Today on The Stay At Home Chef I'm showing you how to make
S'mores Funnel Cake
This is a really delicious recipe and I'm making everything from
scratch. I'm making a homemade marshmallow sauce, a homemade chocolate
sauce and the funnel cakes themselves so we better get started. Start making your
marshmallow sauce by putting two egg whites into a mixing bowl and then add
in 1/4 teaspoon of cream of tartar. Then we're gonna let this beat until
stiff peaks form. You can also do this with a hand mixer but the stand mixer
sure is convenient. All right turn off the mixer and I'm gonna dip this
attachment right in down in there and pull it up and see how little peaks form?
That's what we're looking for a stiff peak that it can hold its shape. Set the
egg whites to the side and move on over to the stove. Pour 3/4 cup of light
corn syrup into a saucepan. Add in 1/2 cup of sugar, 1 teaspoon of vanilla and
1/4 cup of water and then just swirl it all together. I'm gonna bring this to
a boil over high heat and I'm going to swirl it occasionally. You don't want
that sugar to burn on the bottom so you can also stir it with a little rubber
spatula so you can scrape the sides and the bottom but you know swirling is kind
of fun. Once it comes to a bubbly boil I'm gonna reduce the heat just a little
bit to about a medium and we need to cook this until it reaches a temperature
of 240 degrees. Watch this closely and keep on checking the temperature. You
don't want it to go over 240 degrees. It'll take about 4 to 5 minutes to get
there but this is candy making so it is serious business and you don't want to
burn it and that's it, once it reaches 240 degrees immediately remove it from
the heat. I'm gonna move this over to our egg whites. Get them mixing at a medium
speed and slowly pour this in
and that's it for this delicious marshmallow cream sauce. I'm going to
pour this into a little squeeze bottle for easy serving later and then we're
gonna move on to our homemade chocolate sauce. The chocolate sauce is pretty easy
Get a 1/2 cup of butter and melt it in a saucepan over medium heat
Once the butter is mostly melted pour in a 12 ounce can of evaporated milk, 2 cups
of sugar, 1/3 cup of cocoa powder, 2/3 cup milk chocolate chips, and 1 teaspoon
of vanilla. Mix this all together and bring it to a simmer over medium heat
Let it simmer for seven minutes stirring occasionally. To achieve that really
smooth texture you'll want to pour it into a blender and blend it for about
one minute. All right I'm going to pour this into a squeeze bottle as well. Now
I'm sure you could use store-bought marshmallow sauce and store-bought
chocolate sauce but let me tell you homemade is so much better. I love it!
Next up we're gonna make our funnel cake batter. Pour about one inch of oil into a
large heavy skillet. We need to heat this to 375 degrees. While you're waiting for
the oil to heat up it's time to make a graham cracker flavored funnel cake
batter. Start with two eggs in a large mixing
bowl, 1 cup of water, 1 cup of milk and a 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Then
use a hand mixer to beat this all together. Then add in three cups of
all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup of brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of baking powder
1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and then beat this all together
as well. Now comes the fun part! We're ready to fry! The oil is at a perfect 375
degrees. Now you can use a squeeze bottle for this part too but I like to be a
little old-fashioned and use an actual funnel. Plug the bottom of the funnel
with your finger and scoop in about 1/2 a cup of the batter. Then we'll let your
finger out and drizzle it into a swirl
Every time you fry you want to keep a close eye on the temperature of the oil
You don't want it to get too hot and you don't want it to cool off. You want it to
stay right around 350 to 375 degrees. After about a minute you'll want to
carefully flip it over. Once it's a nice golden brown on each side remove it from
the oil and transfer it to a paper towel-lined plate serve them up. Top with
some marshmallows, some bits of chocolate bar, and some crushed graham crackers and
of course finish them with that marshmallow cream and chocolate sauce
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See you later!