| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 29 min |
| Prep: | 12 min |
| Cook: | 17 min |
| Yield: | 16 to 18 churros |
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting
- 1 cup water
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature, beaten
- Canola oil, for frying
Instructions
- Cinnamon sugar: In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar, cinnamon and espresso powder. Set aside.
- Churros: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and dust liberally with flour. Set aside. In a heavy-bottomed saucepan or Dutch oven, combine the water, butter, sugar, espresso powder, and salt over medium-high heat. Bring the mixture to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat and, using a wooden spoon, stir in the 1 cup of flour all at once. Return the pan to low heat and stir continuously until the mixture forms a thick dough, about 2 minutes. Transfer the dough to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. With the machine running on medium speed, slowly add the eggs. Continue to beat until the eggs are fully incorporated and the dough is thick, about 4 minutes. Transfer the dough to a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip. Pipe the dough onto the prepared baking sheet in 4-inch long logs.
- In a large heavy-bottomed saucepan, pour enough oil to fill the pan about 1/3 of the way. Heat over medium heat until a deep-frying thermometer inserted in the oil reaches 350 degrees F. (If you don’t have a thermometer a cube of bread will brown in a couple of minutes.) Using a thin metal spatula, transfer the dough, 4 pieces at a time, into the hot oil, and fry until dark-golden and crispy, about 3 minutes. Drain on paper towels and roll in the cinnamon-espresso sugar while still hot. Transfer to a serving platter and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 18 servings |
| Calories | 125 |
| Total Fat | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 13 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 7 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 31 mg |
| Sodium | 74 mg |
Reviews
Delicious and the espresso is a nice little change. Next time I’ll only make half the sugar mixture to roll the churros in–I loaded them and still had a lot left over.
My family loved the churro. I didn’t make with espresso but kept the other ingredents as written. Will make is again and it will be the go to churro.
I tried this recipe and it turned out really good. I was even thinking to do it again the same day. My husband doesn’t like coffee so I added cinnamon instead.
I omitted the espresso powder. The recipe was spot on for authentic churro texture and flavor. Don’t pipe them to fat or they will not cook all the way and will be soggy in the middle. Do not under cook them!
easy to make and taste amazing
Easy to make and very tasty. Also made a batch without the espresso for the kids and was just as good. I did add some nutmeg & and lemon zest to the second batter, and it was amazingly yummy! Love the recipe, and will make again for friends and family.
Great, so easy to make. I made two batches, one with no coffee, both are great. I will make them again, (probably the one without the coffee will make it more often. Thanks a lot for this awesome recipe
These are very good tasting, odd looking but good tasting
I made these last night for my weekly pot-luck dinner group and everyone requested that, as much as they love my other dishes, I should make these every week!
The dough/batter looked a bit odd (wonder if this could be because the eggs were not at room temperature?) and I was worried, but they are so amazingly good- light and delicate, and full of flavor! I will definitely need to double the recipe next time; perhaps I’ll make one batch without the espresso, for the caffeine sensitive in my group. (I learned that caffeine apparently negates the effectiveness of homeopathic remedies – who knew?)
this recipe was pretty good, but overall i found this to be a strange episode where it was geared toward children coming to her home…the salsa and bean salad were spicy and the churros have espresso powder, i.e. caffeine. maybe her friends’ kids are more tolerant than the ones i know.