Super Easy Keto Churros Recipe

Spanish desserts are famous for bringing warmth and comfort during colder days. They often feature a rich blend of carbohydrates and fats that make them both filling and satisfying.

If you’re looking for a healthier alternative without compromising flavor or texture, this keto churros recipe is perfect.

Read this article, and you will learn how to make churros recipe from scratch, with helpful instructions on how to store, serve and customise.

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Background of the Dish

The question that a lot of people have while wanting to indulge in a sweet treat in Andalusia is “Are churros keto-friendly”? And the answer is that the traditional recipe isn’t, but there is a solution.

You can prepare keto churros at home with some simple substitutions from the classic one, like using almond and coconut flour, erythritol for the sweetener, and xanthan gum.

The best churros would only be completed with a delicious hot chocolate, so with this recipe, we also include super easy instructions on how to make the most delicious keto chocolate dip.

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Things You’ll Need for Keto Churros

To make the best churros recipe you will need eggs, coconut and almond flour, erythritol, heavy cream, butter, and xanthan gum as the main ingredients.

When it comes to the kitchen tools to prepare the keto churros, you just need a piping bag with a star tip, which you can replace with a churrera or a ziploc bag with a cut in the corner.

Ingredients

For the keto churro dough

• 1 cup (120gr) almond flour
• 2 tablespoons coconut flour
• 1 teaspoon xanthan gum (this helps with texture)
• 1 cup (240ml) water
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup (30gr) powdered erythritol (or your preferred keto-friendly sweetener)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• For the chocolate dip
• 1/4 cup (30gr) powdered erythritol
• 1/2 cup (120gr) heavy cream
• 1/4 cup (50gr) unsweetened dark chocolate chips

How to Make Keto Churros – Step by Step Guide

1. For the first step in this easy churros recipe, grab a large bowl and mix the coconut and almond flour with the xanthan gum.

2. Now, in a medium saucepan, melt the butter. Also, add the water, salt, and powdered erythritol and mix it in. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce heat to low.

3. After that, add the dry ingredients to the saucepan, stirring constantly for around 2 minutes until a dough forms and pulls away from the sides.

4. Then, remove the saucepan from the heat and let the breakfast churros dough cool for about 5 minutes.

5. To continue with this homemade churros recipe, stir in the vanilla extract and the eggs, incorporating them individually. Keep mixing until you get a smooth and sticky dough.

6. Now, preheat the air fryer to 355°F or 180°C. Transfer the dough to a piping bag fitted with a star tip for the traditional churro shape.

7. Then, pipe 3-4 inch strips of dough into small pieces of parchment paper. Spray the churros with avocado oil spray. Carefully place them in the air fryer basket (without overcrowding) and air fry for 10 minutes or until golden brown and crispy.

8. To make the dip for the healthy churros recipe, grab a small saucepan and heat the heavy cream over medium heat. Once it is hot, add the chocolate chips or chopped chocolate and stir until smooth.

9. After that, add powdered sweetener and vanilla extract, adjusting the sweetness to your taste. Pour it into a small bowl.

10. To finish this authentic churros recipe, simply serve them warm with the chocolate sauce as a dip.

Substitution of Ingredients

The keto-friendly churros are perfect for when you are in need of a healthy churros recipe, but it might be tricky to find some of the ingredients, so we bring you the solution.

For this churro dessert we encourage you to stick with almond and coconut flour, as they help you achieve the perfect texture, but you could use sunflower seed flour or flaxseed meal (the flavor and texture may vary).

Instead of erythritol, you can prepare this fantastic easy keto churros with powdered stevia or granulated monk fruit sweetener.

We recommend that you don’t use an artificial liquid sweetener (such as liquid stevia) for this simple churros recipe, as when heated it leaves a bitter aftertaste.

If you want to know how to make churro recipes that will fit other dietary restrictions, you must check out our churros without eggs, the gluten-free churros, or delicious churros without butter.

Tips on Serving Keto Churros

Spanish churros recipes are popular due to their simplicity, but also thanks to their versatility which allows you to serve them for breakfast, as an afternoon snack, or have them as a dessert.

With this keto churros recipe, you prepare the perfect smooth chocolate dip to go with it, but you could make a homemade hazelnut and chocolate dip and have something similar to the churros with Nutella.

You can complement the recipe for churros with chopped berries, melon, cantaloupe, or strawberries to stay on the keto side while adding more flavor and textures.

If you are craving something sweet we have more Spanish dessert churros for you, like the innovative churros cheesecake, the decadent churros with caramel sauce, and the fantastic baked churros.

How to Store Keto Churros

To ensure that the keto churros preserve their original flavor and texture, store them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.

You can also freeze the raw churros on a baking sheet until solid, then transfer them to a freezer-safe bag, and store them in the freezer for up to 30 days.

After that, simply continue the cooking step of the Spanish churros recipe by taking them to the air fryer or the oven.

If you want to have a sweet treat in your fridge or freezer, then we have more churros recipes for you like the churros air fryer recipe and the healthy churros.

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