How To Make The Most Delicious Homemade Churros

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Making homemade churros is worth the effort, especially when you’re craving them.

Looking for the best and most delicious homemade churros recipe? Here it is! Plus, it is quite easy if you simple follow each step.

What are churros? This fried dough is a staple in Spain and Latin America. Spaniards usually dunk them in a thick hot chocolate, especially on rainy days. Growing up in Chile, going to get churros was a special treat, and my grandfather sometimes even let us get them from street vendors.

Looking for the best and most delicious homemade churros recipe? Here it is! Plus, it is quite easy if you simple follow each step.Of course many have tried these fried dough pastries at Disneyland, Walt Disney World and local fairs but you don’t have to buy them to enjoy them. Making churros at home is quite simple once you follow the step by step process outlined below.

Personally, I love sprinkling powdered sugar after they are fried, but my husband prefers his churros rolled in cinnamon sugar.

Looking for the best and most delicious homemade churros recipe? Here it is! Plus, it is quite easy if you simple follow each step.I added a simple recipe for a yummy chocolate dipping sauce. It is not as thick as Spanish chocolate caliente (hot chocolate) but makes a great addition to any churro. Also, kids seem to always love dunking churros into chocolate.

Homemade Churros Recipe

You will need:

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup water
  • ¼cup cold unsalted butter, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp cinnamon

 

For the Chocolate Sauce

  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 1 tsp vanilla

 

Instructions:

  • In a heavy bottom saucepan bring water, unsalted butter, sugar and salt to a low boil. It should be just enough heat to melt the butter.
  • Add in the flour and mix with a rubber spatula until a thick dough Add the dough to a mixing bowl and let cool for 5 mins.
  • Using a whisk attachment, add egg and vanilla and mix until a looser dough forms. It will resemble choux.
  • Add your piping tip to the piping bag and cut off the opening at the end so that the dough will clear the tip.
  • Preheat vegetable oil in skillet.
  • Pipe 5-6-inch-long strips of dough into the hot oil using a knife to cut off the Fry on all sides about 3-5 mins, until golden brown.
  • Drain on paper towels and toss in cinnamon Or, like I prefer, in powdered sugar.Looking for the best and most delicious homemade churros recipe? Here it is! Plus, it is quite easy if you simple follow each step.

Homemade Churros

Looking for the best and most delicious homemade churros recipe? Here it is! Plus, it is quite easy if you simple follow each step.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup water
  • ¼cup cold unsalted butter, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp cinnamon

Instructions

·      In a heavy bottom saucepan bring water, unsalted butter, sugar and salt to a low boil. It should be just enough heat to melt the butter.

·      Add in the flour and mix with a rubber spatula until a thick dough forms.  Add the dough to a mixing bowl and let cool for 5 mins.

·      Using a whisk attachment, add egg and vanilla and mix until a looser dough forms. It will resemble choux.

·      Add your piping tip to the piping bag and cut off the opening at the end so that the dough will clear the tip.

·      Preheat vegetable oil in skillet.

·      Pipe 5-6-inch-long strips of dough into the hot oil using a knife to cut off the end. Fry on all sides about 3-5 mins, until golden brown.

·      Drain on paper towels and toss in cinnamon sugar. Or, like I prefer, in powdered sugar.



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To make the chocolate dipping sauce:

  • Bring the heavy cream to a slight boil.
  • Add in the chocolate and vanilla.
  • Stir until chocolate has melted. Pour in serving dishes.

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