Cinnamon Churros
Oct 20, 2015, Updated Jan 02, 2018
Homemade Cinnamon Churros with Chocolate Dipping Sauce makes a delicious treat!
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Homemade Cinnamon Churros are surprisingly easy to make. Serve them with chocolate dipping sauce for a delicious treat!
Blogging has given me so much. To say that it has been a great journey would be an understatement. It has opened so many channels for me. I have had most fun trying new recipes, learning food photography and just being a part of this amazing blogging community. I have met a lot of like minded foodies in the last 2 years and have developed a friendship with several of them. To be honest, I didn’t know that friendship also came as a part of blogging! BONUS!
It’s amazing how encouraging, helpful and tightly knit this blogging community is. I love how everyone’s always celebrating each other’s success, honestly it’s what keeps a lot of us going. I am so excited to be sharing today’s post with you guys because today we are celebrating our dear friend David (from Spiced Blog) and his wife Laura’s baby shower! They are having a baby boy! Yieee I am so excited. It was hard to keep a secret but I can say it now SURPRISE David! Happy Virtual Baby Shower!
I met David (virtually of course) at the beginning of this year and since then I have been hooked onto his blog. Not only is David a wonderful baker, cook but also an amazing writer. His blog is one of the first I read every morning with my morning chai. Other than the fact that we both love to bake, we also share the love for cinnamon. So when Chris from Shared Appetite contacted me for this baby shower, I knew what I was making. It had to be something with cinnamon.
The question was what?!! I know that David loves cinnamon but there were so many things to cook/bake and 1000 ideas were churning in my head. I finally decided to go ahead with cinnamon churros with chocolate dipping sauce. Have you guys ever had churros? If you live in the US and go to fairs, then you most probably would have tasted these delicious snack. Churros are nothing but fried pastry dough, they are popular in countries like Spain, Mexico, Portugal. The dough is basically choux pastry, while making this dough I was reminded of my French pastry class!
The way I like and want my churros to be – crisp from outside and light/airy from inside and I have to say I achieved just that with this recipe. Churros are served with chocolate dipping sauce and you cannot skip it. Yes I insist you don’t skip the sauce. Churros are great as such but they become absolutely wonderful when you roll them in cinnamon sugar, I am sure David would agree?!
David and Laura, I wish you guys all the best! I hope you enjoy my recipe and all others as well! We are all so happy for you and so excited for this virtual baby shower. I hope that the little one fills your life with immeasurable happiness. Here’s to good times!
Method
To a pan add butter, water, salt, sugar and vanilla extract.
Let the butter melt and mixture come to a boil.
Remove the pan from heat, add flour and baking powder, stirring continuously.
Mix till it forms a smooth dough. Let the dough cool down for 2-3 minutes, add then add the egg yolk.
Mix using a spatula till well combined. If your dough isn’t looking smooth, smear your hands or spatula with little oil and give a quick knead. It will be smooth.
Heat enough oil in a pan on medium heat. Transfer dough to a pastry bag fitted with french star tip. This is what is commonly used while making churros but you can obviously use any tip. Once the oil is hot, squeeze the dough into the hot oil directly. I kept my churros small so squeeze accordingly. [Be very careful while doing this step, the oil is hot!]
Once you are sure you have squeezed out the required length of the dough, cut it using a scissor.
Deep fry the churros in the hot oil till they turn golden brown in color.
In a plate mix together sugar and cinnamon powder. Roll the fried churros immediately in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
To make the chocolate sauce, heat cream, milk and chocolate chips in a pan. Whisk till combined.
Add dark chocolate and mix till the chocolate melts.
Add cinnamon powder, orange zest and mix.
Serve the cinnamon churros immediately with chocolate dipping sauce!
* Churros taste best when served immediately. They are crisp and perfect then. I highly recommend serving them immediately.
* I have used dark chocolate in my sauce and this sauce wasn’t too sweet. For a sweeter sauce, use milk chocolate or add sugar to the sauce.
And don’t forget to check everyone’s awesome recipe for this Virtual Baby Shower. They are all incredible!
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Cinnamon Churros
Ingredients
Churros
- 1 cup water
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon granulated white sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 egg yolk large
- oil for deep frying [i used canola]
Cinnamon sugar
- ¼ cup granulated white sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
Chocolate Dipping Sauce
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ½ cup milk
- ½ semi-sweet chocolate chips or milk chocolate
- 2 oz dark chocolate
- zest of half orange
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder
Instructions
Chocolate Dipping Sauce
- To make the chocolate sauce, heat cream, milk and chocolate chips in a pan. Whisk till combined.
- Add dark chocolate and mix till the chocolate melts.
- Add cinnamon powder, orange zest and mix.
Churros
- To a pan add butter, water, salt, sugar and vanilla extract. Let the butter melt and mixture come to a boil.
- Remove the pan from heat, add flour and baking powder, stirring continuously.
- Mix till it forms a smooth dough. Let the dough cool down for 2-3 minutes, add then add the egg yolk.
- Mix using a spatula till well combined. If your dough isn't looking smooth, smear your hands or spatula with little oil and give a quick knead. It will be smooth.
- Heat enough oil in a pan on medium heat.
- Transfer dough to a pastry bag fitted with french star tip.
- Once the oil is hot, squeeze the dough into the hot oil directly. I kept my churros small so squeeze accordingly. [Be very careful while doing this step, the oil is hot!]
- Once you are sure you have squeezed out the required length of the dough, cut it using a scissor.
- Deep fry the churros in the hot oil till they turn golden brown in color.
- In a plate mix together sugar and cinnamon powder. Roll the fried churros immediately in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Serve the cinnamon churros immediately with chocolate dipping sauce!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Cinnamon Churros
Yep, my mouth is watering! These are too much to handle at 2:00 in the afternoon…I want them now…do I have to wait?
haha or you can come over 😉 Thanks Annie!
A virtual baby shower? What a cute idea! Ive also never heard of Churros….but they looks amazing (and anything with cinnamon and chocolate is a winner!)
Thanks Lucie, they are very popular at all the fairs!
Wow! These are the best-looking churros I’ve seen. And that chocolate sauce is the perfect thing to dip them in. Love these!!!
Thank you Jen!
These churros looks sensational, Manali! Perfectly crafted. They look perfect for baby shower.
Thanks Anu!
I’m not certain which I love more…the churros or the chocolate dipping sauce! Good thing I can have both!!!
haha you can most certainly have both! Thanks Kathy!
It’s amazing the incredible things that come from blogging and the amazing community is the best part I think.
These look incredible! I ate so many churros when we were in Mexico.
I totally agree! Thanks Dannii!
Mmm I’m totally craving these churros, Manali! I have never actually made my own before, so now I have the perfect recipe to test out. I love the chocolate sauce, too! Just perfect!
Thanks Gayle, chocolate sauce is the best!
These churros look like absolute perfection!! I’ve been wanting to make churros for so long – I’m going to have to give them a go, especially with that swoon-worthy chocolate sauce!
Thanks Rachel! Go for it!
These churros look sensational, Manali! Love the chocolate sauce – so fun and perfect for David’s shower!
Thanks Kelly!
David is very loved!! this recipe looks so simple & simple is what i like 🙂 I love the way you put the dough into the pan! Genius!
I totally agree! Thanks Ambar!
Oh my goodness these cinnamon churros look fantastic! Especially with the chocolate dipping sauce!!
Thanks Kelley!
Manali! My cinnamon partner in crime! Thank you so much for this post. I am literally sitting here imagining how much I want one of these churros right now. And that chocolate sauce…um, I need a permanent batch of that in my kitchen at all times! I can’t tell you how surprised I am by this baby shower…and you guys have totally made my entire week. Thank you!! 🙂
David, I am so glad you liked these!! I just knew I had to make something cinnamon for my cinnamon partner in crime..haha.. I am really happy to hear that we were able to pull off this surprise, yay!! Wish you and Laura good luck! 🙂
Oh churros! Wonderful churros! Yours look fantastic, Manali! It is so heartwarming to see all the love for David! He deserves every word!
Thank you Lindsey. I agree, he does!
I love eating Churros and these look so good Manali!! I bet they are way better than any store bought churros and that chocolate dipping sauce?!! I want it all! Pinned!
Thanks Ami!
Huge congratulations to David! What a great way to celebrate a virtual baby shower, I love it! These churros look amazing Manali, I love the dipping sauce too!
Thanks Harriet!
These cinnamon churros are awesome! I love the chocolate dipping sauce and there is no way I would ever skip it!
yeah no way you should ever skip it!!
My mouth is DRIPPING DROOL all over the counter!!
haha thanks Gigi!
These churros look amazing! So cinnamon-y and crispy 🙂
Thanks Medha!
Dear Manali,
Would the churros be the same if I didn’t add the egg?
no, won’t be same. This is a classic Pâte à Choux recipe which must have eggs. I have not made choux pastry without eggs, maybe I will try someday and share and then you can try that. For this recipe though, eggs can’t be replaced.
wow you have done it again, Manali, these churros look awesome!
Thanks Angie!
Manali, I couldn’t agree more with you – this blogging community is one heck of an awesome one! And so are these churros! I’ve never attempted to make my own mostly because I assumed they were so hard – but you make them seem so easy to enjoy!
I totally agree! 🙂 Thanks Shashi!