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Churros 101: The Mexican Style Churros

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This Mexican Style Churros recipe has been updated August 2016 as part of the #ThrowbackThursday photography project where I add better pictures to already delicious recipes. Enjoy! 

Mexican Style Churros are fried dough perfection coated in cinnamon sugar. Make them at home with this easy recipe on GoodieGodmother.com

Who needs a little cinnamon sugar? The Godmother, who is in a third-person sort of mood today, agrees that cinnamon sugar is a magical combination. Add a little fried dough and this is sweet street-food heaven!

Churros

Found at carnivals, theme parks, and soon your kitchen, this is what most people I know think of when they hear “churro”.

Mexican Style Churros are fried dough perfection coated in cinnamon sugar. Make them at home with this easy recipe on GoodieGodmother.com

To get the pretty ridges, I piped these using a jumbo tip (the French star Ateco tip from this set). You don’t have to do that, a plastic bag will work fine, but the ridges do help the cinnamon and sugar stick to the churro.

Churros

Mexican Style Churros are fried dough perfection coated in cinnamon sugar. Make them at home with this easy recipe on GoodieGodmother.com

When you roll the churro in the cinnamon and sugar, you don’t need to do so straight out of the frying pan. In fact, I found that I had a prettier coating if I placed the churros on a paper towel to drain, and then after piping the next set into the oil, tossed the still warm but now less greasy churros into the cinnamon sugar coating.

Cinnamon Sugar Churros

I’d also recommend using a skewer or something to “cut” the dough from the piping tip into the oil in your desired length so you get a clean cut. The dough is sticky so doesn’t naturally make a clean break coming out of the piping bag and if you’re looking to make the straight “sticks” you can’t really swirl the bag to “cut” the dough.

Mexican Style Churros are fried dough perfection coated in cinnamon sugar. Make them at home with this easy recipe on GoodieGodmother.com

Mexican Style Churros are fried dough perfection coated in cinnamon sugar. Make them at home with this easy recipe on GoodieGodmother.com

Churros 101: The Mexican (or American) Style Churro

Yield: 4-6
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Cinnamon sugar dusted churros are a sweet snack or after dinner festive treat!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 cup plus 1 tbsp granulated sugar, divided
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp baking powder
  • 3 cups vegetable oil for frying

Instructions

  1. Mix 1/4 cup sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon in a shallow plate and set aside.
  2. Heat the water and 1 tbsp sugar in a small saucepan until the sugar has dissolved.
  3. While the water is heating, mix the flour, salt and vegetable oil in a medium mixing bowl.
  4. Place the oil in a frying pan and heat over a medium flame.
  5. Drizzle in the warm water and sugar and mix the batter until just combined (it will be very wet and sticky).
  6. Place the batter into a piping bag fitted with your jumbo piping tip of choice (I used Ateco 864) and pipe the batter into your frying oil, trimming the churros to your desired length. Cook for 2-3 minutes per side until golden brown and cooked through.
  7. Drain briefly on a paper towel and then toss the still warm churros in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
  8. Serve immediately and enjoy!
  9. Makes approximately 10 4-inch churros 😉

Notes

If you are in a HUMID CLIMATE - you may need to add another half cup of flour to get the dough to set up enough for piping. Start with 1/4 cup, and if it's still water-runny, add by the tablespoon until you get a very sticky, but still pipe-able dough. If you need to do this, add another 2-3 teaspoons of sugar to the batter so the churros will brown in the fryer.

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Mexican Style Churros are fried dough perfection coated in cinnamon sugar. Make them at home with this easy recipe on GoodieGodmother.com

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