Best Mini Churros Recipes

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE-STUFFED MINI CHURROS (MINI CHURROS RELLENOS DE CHOCOLATE) RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a saucepan over a medium heat, combine the butter, sugar, water, and salt ,and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low, and mix in the flour with a wooden spoon until the dough comes together to form a soft ball.
• Take the saucepan off the heat and cool for 5 minutes, to prevent the eggs from curdling.
• Gradually mix in the eggs one by one.
• Add in the vanilla extract and rum, and mix until creamy.
• Spoon the mixture into a piping bag with a star nozzle.
• Pipe mini churros onto a baking tray, about the length of your index finger, and top with mini chocolate chips.
• Pipe another churro on top, so that no chocolate shows.
• Freeze for 20 minutes, until set.
• In a large saucepan, heat up the oil until it reaches 375˚F (190˚C).
• Fry the churros in the oil for a few minutes, until slightly golden in color.
• Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate or a clean kitchen towel to drain.
• Combine the remaining sugar with the cinnamon.
• Coat each churro in the cinnamon sugar, then serve.
• Enjoy!

MINI PUMPKIN CHURROS CHOCOLATE-COFFEE DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• For the dipping sauce: Bring the cream to a simmer in a small saucepan. Put the chocolate in a medium bowl. Add the hot cream to the bowl with the chocolate and let sit for 1 minute. Gently whisk until smooth. Stir in the coffee liqueur and vanilla extract. Keep warm. For the churros: Whisk together the flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, the cloves, 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, the nutmeg and salt in a large bowl. Bring 1 1/2 cups water, the pumpkin puree, butter and vanilla to a boil in a medium saucepan, whisking constantly. Pour the pumpkin mixture into the bowl with the flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined; it will be thick. Continue mixing and add in your eggs, one at a time, until well combined. The dough should be thick and smooth. Place the dough into a pastry bag with a large star tip. Heat 2 inches of canola oil in a high-sided saute pan until it reaches 350 degrees F on a candy or fry thermometer. Pipe the dough directly into the pan in 3-inch pieces, cutting off the pieces with a scissor. Fry until golden and crispy, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir together the sugar and remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon in a medium shallow bowl. Transfer the churros to a paper-towel-lined baking sheet or plate to drain the oil and immediately toss in the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Dip in the chocolate-coffee dipping sauce to serve.

MINI CHURROS

Steps:

• For the caramel sauce: Add the milk, 1 can condensed milk, cream and then the remaining can condensed milk to a blender. Add the salt. Blend, starting on low and going all the way up to high, until smooth. Pour into a serving dish.
• For the cinnamon sugar: Add the granulated sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and sea salt to a shallow dish and mix together, breaking up any clumps with your fingers.
• For the churros: In a medium saucepan over medium high heat, combine water, butter, salt, and sugar and bring to a boil. Add the flour and mix vigorously with a wooden spoon until mixture is the consistency of an elastic paste.
• Add the hot mixture to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and allow to cool to room temperature (do not refrigerate) for about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, fill a Dutch oven with oil to come about 3 to 4 inches up the sides. Heat to 375 degrees F.
• Turn the mixer on medium-low speed and add the eggs one at a time. Transfer dough to a piping bag. Pipe the dough in 3-inch pieces into the preheated oil. Fry until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain on a paper towel-lined sheet tray and toss churros in the cinnamon sugar while they're still very warm. Serve churros in small waxed parchment bags with caramel sauce on the side.

CINNAMON-DUSTED MINI CHURROS

Steps:

• Whisk eggs, egg yolk, 6 tablespoons sugar, orange juice, orange peel, vanilla, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in large bowl. Let stand 5 minutes, then stir in flour. Mix 1 cup sugar and 2 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon in medium bowl.
• Pour enough oil into heavy large saucepan to reach depth of 1 inch. Attach deep-fry thermometer to side of pan and heat oil to 355°F to 360°F over medium-high heat. Spoon batter into pastry bag fitted with 3/8-inch (medium) star tip. Working in batches, pipe several 3- to 4-inch-long ribbons of batter into hot oil. Fry until golden brown, turning occasionally and adjusting heat to maintain temperature, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain.
• Working in batches, add warm churros to bowl of cinnamon sugar and toss to coat.

MINI ROASTED APPLE CHURROS WITH SALTY CARAMEL

Steps:

• To make Caramel Dip, in 1-quart saucepan, mix 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water and the salted butter until well combined. Heat to boiling. Continue to boil 10 to 15 minutes, without stirring (don't do it!), until mixture becomes deep, golden brown. Remove from heat; immediately stir in whipping cream until smooth. Stir in coarse sea salt. (If there are lumps or the caramel is not combining, gently heat while stirring until smooth.) Pour into heatproof bowl or jar; cool to room temperature.
• To make Roasted Apples, heat oven to 400°F. Toss Roasted Apples ingredients until coated; spread in even layer in ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish. Roast about 25 minutes or until apples are tender and begin to caramelize around edges. Remove dish from oven to cooling rack; cool to room temperature.
• To make Churro Dough, in 2-quart saucepan, heat unsalted butter, 1 cup water and the salt to boiling. Add flour all at once; stir to combine. Cook, stirring constantly, until dough becomes a ball and no longer sticks to saucepan. Remove from heat; scrape dough into large bowl. Cool several minutes. (I use this time to crack the eggs and separate the one egg.) While mixture is still warm, beat in eggs and yolk, one at a time, until completely combined before adding the next. Fold in cooled apples.
• Heat several inches canola oil in another 2-quart saucepan to 350°F. (I used about 4 cups, making the oil about 4 inches deep in the saucepan.)
• In shallow bowl, stir together Coating ingredients; set aside. Line plate with paper towels; set near frying oil.
• Fit decorating bag with large closed-star tip. Fill bag with churro dough. Pipe 1- to 2-inch-long ropes of dough into hot oil; fry 3 to 5 minutes or until golden brown and thoroughly cooked. Remove from oil to paper towel-lined plate to drain briefly; toss immediately in coating. Serve warm churros with caramel dip.

MINI CHURROS

Steps:

• Heat 1 3/4 inches oil to 400°F in a wide 3 1/2-to 4-quart heavy pot over high heat (oil will be just beginning to smoke). Drop in zest (oil will bubble vigorously) and fry until browned, about 1 minute. Remove with tongs.
• Prepare churros while oil heats:
• Line 2 trays with parchment paper.
• Bring water with salt to a boil in a heavy medium saucepan, covered. Add 2 teaspoons olive oil and remove from heat. Immediately add flour and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until combined (mixture will be stiff and not very smooth). Fill churro-maker with some hot dough and wrap a kitchen towel around churro-maker canister.
• Turn screw handle of churro-maker until dough emerges from star opening. Holding opening about 2 inches above a tray, turn handle to squeeze long lines of dough onto parchment. Cut lines into 3-inch pieces with kitchen shears. Repeat with remaining dough, including any scraps.
• Fry churros, 10 to 12 at a time, turning occasionally, until golden but still slightly moist in center, 3 to 4 minutes per batch. Drain on paper towels. Return oil to 400°F between batches.
• Roll warm churros in sugar and serve with warm chocolate sauce if desired.