One time I was browsing through Facebook when a picture posted by someone ( a friend of a friend's friend) caught my eye. In the photo was a long queue of people in front of what seems to be an establishment inside a mall in Pampanga, my hometown in the Philippines. I was thinking that whatever they are selling must be really good! It made me really curious, so I googled the name of the said establishment to find out what is the craze about. I was amazed to find out that a lot of people are lining up to get their hands on some CHURROS!
I have never had churros myself before and that photo got me really curious about it and to find out what all the fuss is about, I decided to make some. For those who are as clueless as I am and wondering what churro is, well simply put it is a fried-dough pastry said to have Spanish origins, it is then covered in fine or powdered sugar, sometimes with cinnamon and usually comes with a dip, chocolate being the popular one. The ingredients are also very simple.
Homemade Churros
Ingredients
DOUGH
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
FRYING & COATING
- oil - for frying
- ½ cup sugar (fine or powdered)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
CHOCOLATE DIP
- 2 ounces chocolate - cut into smaller pieces
- 5 fluid ounces all-purpose cream
Instructions
- In a saucepan, combine milk, water, sugar, salt and butter together then bring to boil over medium heat. Remove from heat once it starts to boil.
- Stir in the flour immediately to the liquid mixture and stir gently until a loose dough forms that pulls away from the sides of the pan.
- Transfer dough to a mixing bowl and let it cool down for 3-5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare the chocolate dip by placing the chocolate and cream in a microwave-safe bowl, heat for 10 seconds on high and stir until chocolate is melted. Pulse for another 5-10 seconds if needed.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat it into the dough with a whisk, or use an electric mixer.
- Transfer the dough to a piping bag fitted with a large 4 or 5 star tip.
- Heat oil in a deep pan (about 4 inch deep) over medium heat. Once the oil is hot, squeeze out about 5-6 inch of dough and using a pair of scissors, cut it on the other end dropping it to the oil. Fry 5-6 pieces at a time
- Fry 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Remove from oil and place them on a plate covered with paper towels to remove excess oil. Roll or sprinkle the churros with the sugar-cinnamon mix.
- Serve while warm with the chocolate dip.
Tammy says
Hope it workes
Bebs says
Let us know how it goes?
Joy says
Awesome recope
Maria says
What dairy free milk can I use.
Bambi pacol says
Great recipes!
Vidya says
Hi. They look awesome. Can u suggest an alternative for the egg for this recipe pls?
Joan says
Hello, anong chocolate ginamit mo dito? Thank you. At ilang bars?
Mimi says
Can I make the dough ahead and refrigerate so I can fry them to serve warm and not have to be in the kitchen making dough during the party?
Bebs says
Sure you can Mimi.
Maria says
Can I use bread flour for this churros instead of all purpose flour. I have a lot of excess bread flour.
Bebs says
Bread flour makes dense and chewy bread which Churros should not be so I will not recommend it.
Rebecca says
This looks delicious! Do you know if they can be fried in an air fryer?
Bebs says
Hi Rebecca, I haven't tried it but I saw some recipes that are very similar but uses airfyer. They freeze the piped churros in a parchment paper for an hour or until hard and then air-fry them. Hope it works!