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Baked Churros Recipe

Baked Churros Recipe
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5 from 13 reviews

Delicious baked churros that are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, coated in cinnamon sugar and served with melted white chocolate and shredded coconut.

Ingredients

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Dough:

  • 230 ml (1 cup minus 2 tsp) cold water
  • 120 g (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp soft brown sugar
  • 160 g (1 1/3 cups) plain (all-purpose) flour
  • 3 medium eggs

Toppings:

  • 240 ml (1 cup) boiling water (needed just before the churros go in the oven)
  • 200 g (1 cup) white caster sugar (or superfine sugar)
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 3 tbsp melted butter
  • 200 g (7 oz) white chocolate (broken into pieces)
  • 5 heaped tbsp dessicated/shredded coconut

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 200C/400F (fan). Place silicon baking mats or baking parchment onto two baking sheets.
  2. Prepare the dough: In a saucepan, bring water, butter, salt, vanilla extract, and brown sugar to a boil. Simmer until sugar dissolves.
  3. Add flour: Stir in flour until combined and dough pulls away from the sides. Remove from heat.
  4. Combine eggs: Stir in eggs one at a time until combined. Do not over-stir.
  5. Prepare piping bag: Spoon dough into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip.
  6. Pipe dough: Pipe dough onto baking sheets in rows. Leave space between each churro.
  7. Bake churros: Place trays in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
  8. Prepare toppings: Melt chocolate and set aside. Mix sugar and cinnamon on a plate.
  9. Coat churros: Brush baked churros with melted butter, then roll in cinnamon sugar.
  10. Serve: Serve churros with melted white chocolate and shredded coconut.

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