Best Churros Recipe From Spain

Andalusia is the home of the most amazing Spanish desserts: not only are their flavors delicious, but they also have some of the most fascinating stories behind them.

The best churros recipe has everything that you know and love about the classic churros from Southern Spain, but takes it to a whole new level.

Keep reading this article, and we will show you how to make Spanish churros, with some expert tips for serving, storing, and customizing the ingredients of this Andalusian classic.

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Background of the Dish

The original recipe for Spanish churros was created hundreds of years ago by shepherds who lived in the region and needed a way to make use of common ingredients (flour, water, and eggs).

Thus, the churro was born as a snack, later evolving into a dessert or sweet treat thanks to its cinnamon sugar coating and, in some cases, chocolate or dulce de leche dips.

Nowadays, there are other variations like churros with Nutella or churros with filling, but the best churros continue to take the spotlight thanks to their simplicity and deliciousness.

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Things You’ll Need for Best Churros

To prepare the best churros recipe, you will need eggs, flour, water, butter, salt, sugar and cinnamon as the main ingredients.

You will also need a piping bag, which is replaceable with a churrera or a clean ziplock bag.

Ingredients

For the dough

• 2 cups (480ml) water
• 2 cups (250gr) flour
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons white granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• A pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Vegetable oil for frying

For the coating

• 1 cup (200gr) white granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• Melted chocolate or dulce de leche for dipping (optional)

How to Make Best Churros – Step by Step Guide

1. To start making the best churros recipe, you have to grab a saucepan and combine water, sugar, salt, and butter. Heat over medium-high until it boils.

2. Now, reduce the heat to low and add the flour all at once. Stir vigorously for 3 minutes until it gets completely combined (no lumps left). Remove from the heat and let it cool for 5 minutes.

3. When the churros dough is warm to the touch, add the eggs, incorporating them one by one. Also, add the vanilla and mix with a wooden spoon until you get a smooth and homogenous dough.

4. Then, grab a frying pan and heat a few inches of vegetable oil (enough to cover the churros). Do it over medium heat, or until it reaches 375°F or 190°C (you can check it with a thermometer).

5. As the oil heats, transfer the dough to a piping bag, fitted with a star-shaped tip. If you don’t have one, replace it with the traditional churrera or a clean Ziploc bag instead.

6. After that, pipe around 10cm of churro dough into the hot oil, and cut the end with a sharp knife. If it is your first time frying, you can pipe the dough into parchment paper and transfer it carefully into the hot oil.

7. As a key step in this recipe for Spanish churros, fry the churros for around 4 minutes per side, until golden brown. Remove from the oil and place them on a plate lined with paper towels to drain the excess fat.

8. Now, grab a shallow plate and combine the white granulated sugar with the cinnamon. Pass the warm churros from Spain through that mixture to fully coat them.

9. For the final step in this homemade churros recipe, serve the best churros warm and enjoy. As an optional step, you can serve them with dulce de leche or chocolate sauce for dipping.

Substitution of Ingredients

These are the best churros, partly thanks to their simple yet perfect ingredients. However, there are several substitutions you can make to customize the recipe to your taste.

First, you could prepare the Spanish churros recipe with a different flavouring, such as almond extract, nutmeg powder, etc.

The exterior cinnamon and sugar coating is a staple for any traditional churros recipe, but you could switch it for just white sugar or brown sugar if preferred.

Since this is the best churros recipe ever, you can easily turn it into a gluten-free one by simply using your favourite mix of GF flour, as well as 1 teaspoon of baking powder (also gluten-free).

Do you have multiple guests coming over and some have dietary restrictions? Then you must check out our churros without eggs, churros without butter, and keto churros recipes as great alternatives.

Tips on Serving Best Churros

Now that you know how to make the best churros, it’s time for you to learn how to make the most out of them while serving.

The churros shine on their own thanks to the exterior sugar coating, but you can enhance the sweetness by serving them with some delicious dipping sauces, such as a chocolate sauce, dulce de leche sauce, or salted caramel.

The authentic Spanish churros recipe can also be used as a topping for your breakfast yoghurt, or as a pretty creative complement to an ice cream sundae.

You can also take this simple churros recipe by serving it with chopped seasonal fruits (berries, apples, bananas, etc.), and you will have the freshest dessert or breakfast churros.

Are you hosting a party or do you want to make a special breakfast for the holidays? Then, we have more Spanish churros recipes for you, such as the churros balls recipe, the churros cake, and the churros with caramel sauce.

How to Store Best Churros

Once you finish preparing the best homemade churros, you can enjoy them right away or store them for later.

First, you can store the best churros at room temperature in a covered container (with a lid or plastic wrap) where they would last around 12 hours.

Besides that, you can store them in the same container but take them to the fridge, and there they will last up to 2 days (reheat in the oven or air fryer before serving).

For longer storage, prepare the easy churros recipe right until the cooking step, pipe the dough into a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and freeze for up to 30 days.

Apart from the best churros, other Andalusian desserts you can make and store for later are the churros with chocolate sauce and the churros with dipping sauce.

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