Churros - Perfect to Bake during Lockdown Season

Provided By Felix Spirason

edited by pat bui

Over lockdown number five, a lot of us are feeling super down and bored. I’ve found comfort in baking and cooking - especially easy sweet treats! Here’s a simple and short recipe on making churros for you all to enjoy at home.

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CHURROS

A delicious, crispy and doughy dessert perfect to eat freshly coated in icing sugar and dipped in chocolate sauce. And don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with a recipe for the sauce as well! 

You will need:

  • 50g unsalted butter, melted

  • 2 tbsp caster sugar

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 190g (1 1/4 cups) plain flour

  • 2 eggs

  • Icing sugar (interchangeable with cinnamon sugar), to dust

  • 1 cup of water

  • Oil (preferable vegetable), for frying

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  • Medium saucepan

  • Wooden spoon

  • Large bowl

  • Electric beater

  • Piping bag with nozzle*

  • Large saucepan

  • Sift

Recipe

  1. Put one cup of water in a medium saucepan and add butter and sugar. Bring to a boil and add vanilla and a pinch of regular salt. Stir for three minutes over medium heat (until butter is melted).

  2. Add your flour and use a wooden spoon to stir vigorously until a smooth ball of dough forms, set aside and allow to cool for about 10 minutes. 

  3. Transfer into a large bowl and use an electric beater to beat in one egg at a time, giving time to beat well between each addition.

  4. Transfer your mixture into a piping bag with a nozzle of your choice (usually a star tip nozzle).

  5. Prepare a large saucepan of oil (vegetable preferably) and bring to about 175 - 190 Degrees Celsius 

  6. Use scissors and snip lengths of your choice as you pipe slowly into oil, and allow to fry for around 4 - 5 minutes, until golden brown.

  7. Take out and place on a paper towel and dry off oil a little.

  8. Top with icing sugar, use a sift to dust it onto the churros.

  9. Enjoy with chocolate dip!

* If you don’t have a piping bag to use, don’t worry, just drop dough balls into the oil instead and make churro donuts!

Chocolate dipping sauce

You will need:

  • 1 cup (250ml) thickened cream

  • 1/3 cup (75g) light brown sugar

  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder

  • 85g 70% cacao dark chocolate (interchangeable with milk chocolate), coarsely chopped

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

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  • Small saucepan

  • Whisk

REcipe

  1. In a small saucepan whisk your cream, then your sugar, then your cocoa powder and a pinch of regular salt until simmering. Remove from heat and add your chocolate and vanilla, stirring until smooth.

  2. Take out a spoonful and put it in a dipping bowl. Serve with churros for the ultimate taste! Keep over low heat to warm.


That’s it! I hope these delicious treats will provide you as much comfort and enjoyment as it has provided me during lockdown. Here’s to hoping COVID will finally go away.

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