Delicious Churros With Filling Recipe

If you’re craving a sweet snack but don’t feel like having the usual cakes or pies, Spanish desserts have the perfect solution for you.

You will find cookies, fritters, and all kinds of pastries that offer just the right amount of sugar to energise you. One of the best among them is churros with filling.

Keep reading this article to learn how to make filled churros, along with the best tips for storing them for later, ingredient substitutions, and the best ways to serve them.

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Background of the Dish

The churros with filling were created decades ago, and they quickly became one of the most popular versions of this Andalusian recipe, as they allow you to enjoy the crispy dough and sweet sauce all at once.

The best thing about it is that you could make the base from a healthy churros recipe and then fill them with your preferred sauce (like a sugar-free or vegan dulce de leche).

As you will see later, the process of how to make authentic churros is super simple, and once you learn it you can play with new and more complex recipes from Southern Spain.

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Things You’ll Need for Churros With Filling

The main ingredients needed to make one of the best Spanish churros recipes are flour, water, eggs, butter, dulce de leche, sugar, and cinnamon. 

As you can see in the how to make churros recipe section, the only kitchen tools needed are piping bags or a similar element to replacements.

Ingredients

For the churros:

• 1 cup (240ml) water
• 1 cup (120gr) all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• A pinch of salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Vegetable oil (for frying)

For the filling:

• 1 cup (300gr) dulce de leche (store-bought or homemade)
• 2 tablespoons milk or heavy cream (optional, to soften the dulce de leche)

For the coating:

• 1/2 cup (100gr) sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

How to Make Churros With Filling – Step by Step Guide

1. For the first step in this Spanish churros recipe, grab a pot and add the butter, then melt it over medium heat. Pour the water, a pinch of salt, and sugar, and bring it to a boil. 

2. Once the mixture is boiling, remove from the heat and add the flour. Mix vigorously with a wooden spoon until you get a homogenous and sticky dough. Let it rest for 5 minutes.

3. Then, add the eggs one at a time, and pour the vanilla extract. Once everything is incorporated and slightly cooled, transfer the churro dessert dough to a piping bag fitted with a star-shaped tip.

4. For the other cooking step in this churros recipe, heat about 2-3 inches of vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium heat (355°F or 180°C).

5. As the vegetable oil heats, prepare the exterior coating by mixing the sugar and cinnamon in a shallow dish.

6. When the oil is hot, pipe strips of dough (about 4-6 inches long) into it. Fry a few at a time, so as not to overcrowd the pan. It should take around 3 minutes per side until they get golden on the outside and fully cooked on the inside.

7. After that, place the churros on top of a plate lined with paper towels to drain the excess oil. While warm, roll them through the cinnamon sugar mixture.

8. To prepare the filling for the homemade churros recipe, you can warm the dulce de leche for a few seconds in the microwave to make it easier to pipe (or add a few tablespoons of milk). Pour it into a piping bag or a small zip-top bag with the tip cut off.

9. Now, with the help of a small skewer or knife, make a hole in the centre of each churro. Insert the piping bag filled with dulce de leche and gently squeeze the caramel inside.

10. For the final step, simply serve the churros with filling inside while warm and enjoy.

Substitution of Ingredients

We are the biggest fans of this churros with filling recipe because it is super easy to make, but you can also make some replacements for the ingredients if needed.

First, you can switch the dulce de leche filling and turn them into churros with chocolate filling or churros with cream filling, although a creamy filling might be harder to pipe and hold its shape.

To adapt this recipe to different dietary restrictions, you can prepare the churros without eggs or the churros without butter recipes for the dough, and then add the dulce de leche filling (which could be a vegan one).

We know that nailing the filling process in this authentic Spanish churros recipe can be tricky, so you could start with a churros balls recipe or turn it into a churros with dipping sauce if you find it too complicated.

Tips on Serving Churros With Filling

Different to the chocolate-filled churros, the churros with caramel filling or dulce de leche are served both for breakfast or as a dessert, as they aren’t as heavy, making them a versatile option for enjoying at any time of day.

Similar to most homemade churros recipes, you top these ones with a cinnamon sugar coating, which you could replace with just white granulated sugar or a drizzle of dulce de leche.

You can also serve this authentic churros recipe with chopped fresh fruits for a lighter flavour profile.

Other Spanish dessert churros that you can make and serve for a big family gathering are the churro cheesecake with strawberries and the churros cake, which offer creative takes on the classic recipe.

How to Store Churros With Filling

Once you finish preparing the recipe for best churros you can store it at room temperature or in the fridge, then reheat it in the oven or air fryer before serving.

To store the churros with filling, let them cool to room temperature and place them in a covered airtight container (you can cover it with a lid or plastic wrap).

After that, you can store the churros with filling at room temperature for up to 24 hours, or in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Different from the traditional churros recipe, you can’t freeze this one because that would affect the consistency and flavour of the dulce de leche filling.

Do you want to have a sweet treat available on demand? Then we have more churros recipes that you can make and store for later, such as the homemade churros and the breakfast churros.

Recipe Card: Churros With Filling

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