Churros Recipe - How to Make Churros
Churros are simple and easy homemade snacks made from fried dough and can be enjoyed with some chocolate dipping sauce or coated with cinnamon sugar. The churros recipe is a common Spanish and Portuguese street food that is often eaten as breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Servings 40 pieces
Calories 171kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 whole eggs
- ½ cup milk
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp white sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 cups olive oil - for frying the homemade churros.
- 1 tsp vanilla extract - for flavoring.
Instructions
Churros dough
- To a saucepan, add 1/2 cup of water, 1/2 cup of milk, 6 tbsp of butter, 1/2 tsp of salt, and 2 tbsp of sugar.
- Allow the butter to melt completely and bring to a boil.
- Turn off the heat and then add the flour and stir to combine until you have a smooth dough. Cook the dough for 1 minute while stirring it continuously and then bring it down from the stovetop.
- Using an electric hand mixer, beat the flour to help cool it down.
- Next, break 3 eggs and add 1 at a time. Mix the egg and the dough using the hand mixer until you have added the whole eggs to the dough.
- For flavoring, go in with 1 tsp of vanilla extract and mix again to combine. You can use a spatula to scrape the sides of the mixing bowl while mixing with the electric mixer to ensure all the ingredients are well combined.
- Scoop the churros dough into your piping bag with a star-shaped nozzle.
Frying the churros
- Add the frying oil to your pan. Allow it to heat up to a temperature of 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Pipe 6 inches of the churros dough into the hot oil, cut them using a pair of scissors. Do not overcrowd the pan.
- Fry one side of the churro for 1 minute 30 seconds or until golden brown in color. Flip over to the other side and fry for 1 minute. You can use wooden skewers for flipping the fried churros or your frying spoon, whichever you like best.
- Once all the sides of the churros are golden brown, remove them from the oil and drain them on a paper towel. Do this until you are done with all the dough.
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Notes
Your easy homemade churros recipe can be enjoyed with chocolate dipping sauce, champurrado, dulce de leche, café con leche, or hot chocolate. Just take one churro, dip it into the chocolate sauce and enjoy the crunchiness; it is so tasty and delicious.