Vegan Churro
Crunchy churros fried to gold brown perfection with a bittersweet chocolate sauce, these churros are so easy to make and they're vegan too!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 140 ml Water (1/2 cup 1 tbsp)
- 13 g Granulated sugar (1 tbsp)
- 30 ml Vegetable oil (2 tbsp)
- 120 g All purpose flour (1 cup)
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 100 g Granulated sugar (1/2 cup)
- 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 100 g Semi-sweet chocolate, vegan or regular (3.5oz)
- 60 ml Non-dairy milk, or regular milk (1/4 cup)
Instructions
- 1
In a medium saucepan combine the water, oil, and sugar over medium-high heat, and bring to a boil
- 2
Remove from the heat and add the flour to the water mixture all at once
- 3
Stir until it forms a ball of dough
- 4
Allow the dough to cool for 15-20 minutes
- 5
Transfer the dough into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip
- 6
Preheat a deep fryer or heavy-bottomed pan filled with vegetable oil to 190C /375F (you can test this by dropping a small piece of dough into the oil, if it bubbles and floats the oil is ready to be used)
- 7
Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a shallow bowl and set aside until the churros are fried
- 8
Cut 10 x 10cm square sheets of parchment paper and pipe a heart shape onto each of the pieces
- 9
Drop 2-3 piped churros on baking paper into the preheated oil and fry for 2-3 minutes, or until golden brown, removing the baking paper halfway through cooking
- 10
Transfer the cooked churros onto a paper towel or wire rack to drain
- 11
Repeat until all the churros have been fried then toss in the cinnamon sugar
- 12
Pipe 4cm/10inch pieces of dough into the preheated pot of oil (you can cut the dough with a pair of scissors to help drop it into the pot of oil)
- 13
Fry 2-3 churros at a time, for 2-3 minutes, or until golden brown
- 14
Transfer the cooked churros onto a paper towel or wire rack to drain
- 15
Repeat until all the churros have been fried then toss in the cinnamon sugar
- 16
Finely chop the chocolate and place it in a heatproof bowl
- 17
Heat the milk in a small saucepan or microwave and pour over the chocolate
- 18
Sit for 5 minutes, and stir until completely melted
- 19
Serve with the warm churros