Churros. Real churros in Spain are not light and fluffy; they're like this. These were pretty good except they were much tougher than churros I've bought. I didn't overmix but they ended up chewy.

Homemade Churros are made with simple, pantry-staple ingredients and fried to golden perfection, these are easy to make at home! Churros are kind of the Spanish version of donuts. Taco Bell ripped them off with their Cinnamon Twists. You can cook Churros using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Churros

1. Prepare 1 cup of water.
2. Prepare 5 tbsp of butter.
3. It's 1 tbsp of brown sugar.
4. It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
5. It's 1 cup of all-purpose flour.
6. It's 2 of eggs.
7. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
8. It's 4 cup of oil for frying.
9. You need of coating.
10. Prepare 1/4 cup of sugar.
11. You need 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon.

The original Spanish churros were made with just flour and water (maybe some oil) dough. I have loved churros ever since I was a little girl wandering the streets of Tijuana. A churro is a fried-dough pastry—predominantly choux—based snack. Churros are traditional in Spain and Portugal, where they originated, as well as in the Philippines and Ibero-America.

Churros step by step

1. Combine water, butter, sugar and salt in a medium pot and bring to boil over medium heat..
2. Turn off heat and add flour all at once. Stir briskly until a ball forms..
3. Turn into a large bowl or mixing bowl. Let cool 5 minutes..
4. Beat eggs with vanilla in a small bowl..
5. Mix in half the eggs either with a wooden spoon or electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Mix in remaining egg until smooth..
6. Heat 2-3 inches of oil to 350ºF. Set up a piping bag with a ½ inch star tip and fill with half the dough or fill a churrera fitted with a star tip..
7. Squeeze 3-4 inch lengths of dough into hot oil. Use your non-dominant hand to squeeze and your dominant hand to cut lengths off with scissors or a knife..
8. Fry 4 churros at a time for 2-3 minutes on each side. Turn them with a slotted spoon..
9. When golden brown, remove to paper-lined tray to drain..
10. While still warm coat with sugar/cinnamon mixture..
11. Serve hot..

The Mexican version of a quick fried cake, churros are incredible tasty treats that couldn't be easier to make. Whether you want to craft them from scratch or are looking for a quicker fix. Meanwhile, spoon the churro dough into a pastry bag fitted with a large tip. Fry the churros, turning them once, until golden brown. Transfer churros to a pastry bag or strong gallon ziploc bag with a corner snipped off, fitted with That was exactly my understanding of churros, too.