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The best part is you can make them in your kitchen and serve something different for breakfast on the weekend. These are very easy to make. So, are you ready to learn how you can make Spanish churros at home? Let’s get started!
What You Need For This Recipe
To make this easy breakfast recipe you need several ingredients. Put the following ingredients on your grocery shopping list:
Churros
- Plain flour – you can use all-purpose flour or wheat flour to make the thick batter
- Vegetable oil – to fry them you need oil choose a vegetable like sunflower oil, rice oil, canola oil, or olive oil. Do not use extra virgin because it has a distinct flavor that doesn’t complete the churros
- Baking powder – to help and let the batter rise use baking powder
- Salt – season with a little bit of salt
Coating
- Extra fine sugar – you can also use granulated sugar
- Cinnamon – for that characteristic flavor
Chocolate Sauce
- Dark chocolate chips – if you want to have chocolate sauce you can use chocolate chips or a chocolate bar
Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make Spanish Churros
- Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Add oil and water and stir to combine. You will get a thick batter that is a little bit sticky.
- Transfer the churros batter into a piping bag with a star tip nozzle (8mm). Put the piping bag in the fridge so the batter can cool.
- Preheat a pan with oil over medium-high heat to 375℉/190℃ and check with a small bit of churros dough if it turns golden in less than half a minute.
- Pipe the churros directly in the oil and cut them with scissors about 5 inches or 10-12 cm. Do not crowd the pan, so no more than 3 or 4 at a time.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes or until golden. Remove from the pan with a sloth spoon and drain on a paper towel. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a shallow bowl. Roll the churros in cinnamon sugar.
- Warm the chocolate au bain-marie in hot water or the microwave. Stir until smooth. Serve the churros hot with chocolate sauce.
A Spanish Sweet Treat Recipe
Churros are so delicious. It is one of those must take every time we visit Spain. Even in Spain, they are made in different ways. They are made from a thick batter-like dough.
It resembles doughnuts but also sticky cinnamon buns at least the taste, not the way they look. Whereas doughnuts are made with dough, churros are made with a thick batter. Just like with doughnuts, fried churros puff up.
They originate from Spain and Portugal but can be found predominately in Spain. In Spain, you eat them for breakfast and you see lots of breakfast bars where you can order them.
Churros are served plain, without sugar or chocolate. You can find thin knotted versions but you can also find churros that are made in a circle or a thick variety called Porras.
When you order churros in the South of Spain in Andalucia you’ll get a different type. These are thinner without any ridges on them.
Are Churros Vegan?
Yes, churros are vegan. All ingredients in this recipe are plant-based. Churros are made with flour, but you can also make them from potatoes and these are also vegan.
Are Churros Gluten-free?
No, churros are not gluten-free, unfortunately. It contains wheat or all-purpose flour so not suited if you are gluten intolerant. You can try to make these with gluten-free flour.
The consistency of the churros may vary compared to when made with all-purpose flour. You can look for gluten-free flour that contains sorghum four.
How To Store Churros?
To be honest Spanish churros taste best fresh right after you fried them. But if you have leftover churros there are several ways to store them:
- Room temperature – when you fry the churros you can keep them in an airtight container outside the fridge for 2 days or in the fridge for up to 4 days
- Refrigerate – if you want to eat these within two days store the dough in a piping bag in the fridge. This prevents the batter from going dry. Let the batter get to room temperature first and fry them
- Freeze – you can freeze churros but do so unbaked. Either pipe the churros in the length and shape them the way you want. Then put the unfried churros in an airtight container or between parchment paper in a Ziploc bag. Now when you want to use them, fry them in hot oil. You do not need to thaw them first
How To Reheat Churros?
If you have leftover churros and want to reheat them it is best to not cover them in sugar or melted chocolate.
You have several ways to reheat them:
- Oven – you can reheat churros in the oven. Heat the oven to 350℉/175℃ and put them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Heat for 3 to 5 minutes or until warm
- Air Fryer – you can also reheat them in an Air Fryer. Heat the Air Fry to 325℉/163℃ for 3 minutes. Put the churros in the Air Fryer basket preferably on parchment paper so no leftover sugar can stick to the wire of the basket. Heat for 2 to 3 minutes or until warm. Shake halfway through
- Microwave – you can reheat them in the microwave but be aware that all that crispness of the fried churros will be gone. In the microwave, they will go soft. Microwave for 30 seconds and check to see if they are warm, repeat if necessary
Can I Make Churros Without Frying?
Fried churros are delicious but contain a lot of oil from frying. If you want to serve churros but do not want to fry them in oil you can make Air Fryer churros or oven-baked churros.
Both contain fewer calories and less fat. They are still very easy to make and just as delicious as these fried churros.
Are Churros Only Served In Spain?
No, you can find churros in a lot of countries. In some countries, you can even find dedicated shops called churrerías for them.
You can find them in:
- Spain
- Portugal
- Columbia
- Peru
- Venezuela
- Cuba
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Mexico
- Chile
- Philippines
As you can see this Spanish churro recipe is very popular all over the world.
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Spanish Churros
Make delicious Spanish churros at home. Try this recipe! Crunchy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside. Best fried churros ever!
Ingredients
- Churros:
- 1 cup plain flour (150 gram)
- 1 cup of boiled water (250 ml)
- 1 tbsp olive oil (not extra virgin)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 2 cups of oil for frying
- Coating:
- 1/4 cup fine sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Chocolate Sauce:
- 1/2 cup / 100g dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Add oil and water and stir to combine. You will get a thick batter that is a little bit sticky
- Transfer the churros batter into a piping bag with a star tip nozzle (8mm). Put the piping bag in the fridge to let the batter cool
- Preheat a pan with oil over medium-high heat to 375F/180C check with a small bit of churros dough if it turns golden in less than half a minute
- Pipe the churros directly in the oil and cut them with scissors about 5 inches or 10-12 cm. Do not crowd the pan so no more than 3 or 4 at a time
- Cook for 2-3 minutes or until golden. Remove from the pan with a sloth spoon and drain on a paper towel
- Combine sugar and cinnamon in a shallow bowl. Roll the churros in the cinnamon sugar.
- Warm the chocolate au bain-marie in hot water or in the microwave. Stir until smooth
- Serve hot with chocolate sauce
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Nutrition facts
Calories: 88; Fat: 3g; Carbs: 14.4g; Protein: 1.4g;
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