How to make homemade churros?

Churros are a common element in the gastronomy of our country, present in practically all communities from South to North of the peninsula. For breakfast or snack, accompanied by a good hot chocolate or simply a coffee with milk, they are a sweet that both young and old like.

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Differences between churros and porras

In Spain we can differentiate between two types of churros: wheel or baton churros and bow or stick churros, but there are some differences between them. Take note of them!

Ingredients: while the dough for both types of churros is made up of the same essential ingredients: wheat flour; water and salt, for the preparation of batons, bicarbonate and the so-called "mother dough" are also added.
Shape and size: while churros are usually shaped like a bow; a thin thickness; and a dense mass, the batons are larger; they are thicker and fluffier.
Filling: while churros are not usually filled, in batons we can find different types of fillings.

Also, despite the simplicity of their ingredients, we can find some differences in the shape and presentation of the churros and porras, there are many possibilities!

Shape: straight, bow-shaped or stick-shaped.
Filling: although churros are not usually filled, we can find batons filled with chocolate; pastry cream; milk candy, etc.
Presentation:
Sprinkled: although the most traditional is that they are sprinkled with sugar, in some places cinnamon is also added to the churros.
Dipped: nowadays, we can find both batons and churros... Dipped in different types of chocolates and creams!

Easy homemade churros recipe

If you want to enjoy this sweet throughout the year, you will surely be interested in how to prepare homemade churros. Next, we present a very simple recipe so that you can cook them comfortably at home.

Ingredients to make churros

250 g wheat flour
250 g of water
50 g of butter
Salt
White sugar
Mild olive oil

Preparation of homemade churros

Churros dough

Place the flour in a large bowl. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat the water with the salt and butter.
As soon as the mixture begins to boil, pour it over the flour and immediately begin to mix the ingredients with a few rods until we see that a compact and flexible mass remains. eye! For the dough to be this way, it is important that we stir the ingredients little by little to prevent lumps from forming.

How do we know that our churro dough is ready? When it detaches from the bowl without any problem.

How to fry homemade churros?

Introduce the dough into a churrera or pastry bag with the star-shaped nozzle. Professionals advise using a churrera because it compacts the dough and removes air, but if you don't have this tool, the pastry bag can help you achieve a similar finish.
With the help of the churrera or the pastry bag, we will make our portions of churros and place them on a clean kitchen cloth. Meanwhile, heat a frying pan with plenty of soft olive oil.
When the oil is hot, at about 195 or 200ºC, we will introduce, little by little, the portions of dough to fry.

Whether they are batons or churros, what makes the difference when making good quality homemade churros is that they are crispy, not greasy and do not taste like raw flour. For this reason, once we have introduced the dough into the oil, it is important that we lower the temperature to a medium level to prevent our churros from being raw inside.

How to serve and accompany churros

Once fried, we will place our churros on a tray lined with kitchen paper to absorb excess oil.
The traditional recipe calls for churros to be served sprinkled with white sugar and accompanied by hot hot chocolate, but…there are endless possibilities!

Can homemade churros be frozen?

If you have dared to bring out your most pastry side, but there are not many of you at home, you are interested in knowing that the churro dough can be kept in the fridge or even frozen. Eye! if you choose to freeze them, keep in mind to defrost the dough beforehand.

How to make gluten free churros

Try following our original recipe, but substituting the wheat flour for gluten-free flour.

How to make churros without oil

If you love churros, but you find them heavy from frying, you are still interested in knowing how to make homemade churros without oil. Of course, to prepare them you will need to have an air fryer at hand. You dare? Take note of how to make them.