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Homemade Churros Recipe

I'm sharing how to make incredibly delicious churros from scratch in some simple steps! Get the crucial tips to make them successful at home!
Author ayacaliva
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Choux pastry, churros
Servings 15 people

Equipment

  • Sieve
  • Parchment paper
  • Pastry bag and a star tip
  • Pan for oil
  • Pot
  • Spatula
  • Stand mixer with a pedal or Bowl
  • Tongue or long chopsticks

Ingredients

The dough

  • 7 oz Water
  • 7 oz Milk
  • 0.21 oz Salt
  • 1 oz Granulated sugar
  • 1 pod Vanilla beans
  • ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 6.3 oz Unsalted butter
  • 8.4 oz All-purpose flour
  • 9.2 oz Egg about 5 eggs

Deep-frying

  • Some Oil I used 1.5 QT.

Cinnamon sugar

  • ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 3.5 oz Granulated sugar

Instructions
 

Preparations:

* Sift flour.

* Warm up eggs until it feels slightly warm or it's room temperature.

* Set a pastry star tip in a pastry bag.

* Set aside parchment paper.

* Pour oil into a pan.

* Make cinnamon sugar.

    Churros

    • Add water, milk, salt, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and butter to a pot.
      7 oz Water, 7 oz Milk, 0.21 oz Salt, 1 oz Granulated sugar, 1 pod Vanilla beans, ½ teaspoon Cinnamon, 6.3 oz Unsalted butter
      liquids, cinnamon, vanilla and butter in a pot to make churros
    • Heat the pot until the liquids start boiling.
      boiling liquids, cinnamon, vanilla, and butter in a pot
    • Remove from heat, add flour to the pot, and mix until it forms a ball.
      8.4 oz All-purpose flour
      mixing cinnamon pate choux in a pot to make churros
    • Heat the pot again at medium heat while you push and flip it constantly to cook the flour evenly. (1 - 1.5 minutes with one batch)
      Remove from heat when it looks a bit looser and slightly more transparent.
      pate choux cinnamon pate choux in a pot to make churros
    • Mix the dough with a pedal until the dough cools down slightly. (about 45 seconds with one batch)
      mixing choux pastry dough with a stand mixer
    • Add egg and mix:
      And add about ⅓ or a little less than a half amount of eggs. And mix well. 
      Once it looks combined, add the rest, dividing it into a few more times.
      9.2 oz Egg
      adding egg in choux pastry dough
    • Pipe and deep-fry them! Heat the oil to 170-175 C | 338-347 F.
      Some Oil
      piping churros on a parchment paper
    • Coat cinnamon sugar. Enjoy!
      ½ teaspoon Cinnamon, 3.5 oz Granulated sugar
      heart shape churros coated with cinnamon sugar

    Video

    Nutrition

    Calories: 211kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 92mg | Sodium: 187mg | Potassium: 65mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 415IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg
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