Churros - Baked Version

Churros is a Mexican desserts that have found its way into our specail sweets and dessert list. Being a new comer, they are labelled as A list dessert, something that can be eaten hot or cold, dip in hot chocolate or with ice cream. This Churros is non-fried and using baking method! Yippie ! Sounds much easier to control. Inpired by Bigger Bolder Baker. 


1 Cup / 8 Oz / 225 gm Water
1/2 Cup / 4 Oz / 113 gm Butter
2 Tbsp Brown Sugar (or white)
1/4 tsp Salt
1 Cup / 5 Oz / 143 gm Plain or All Purpose Flour
3 Eggs at room temperature
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

Put water, butter, sugar, salt into pan and bring to slow simmer, stir continuously.

Pour in flour and whisk into the melted mixture until flour dissolved, 

Beat Eggs and put in Vanilla Extract

Use Spatula to slowly mix in Egg mixture into slightly cooled cooked batter.

Preheat Oven 200 C. Place 2 baking sheets on top of each other. 

Bake 18-20 mins, leave in oven for 10 more mins

Coating :-

1/4 Cup / 4 Oz / 113 gm Sugar

1/4 tsp Salt

1 tsp Cinnamon

Put all these into plastic bag.

When the Churros are out of the oven (18-20 mins baking and 10 mins cooling down inside oven), toss them into the plastic bag and mix well.

Hot Chocolate :-

6 Oz / 1 Cup / 180 gm Bittersweet Chocolate (58% cacao) choppoed

1 1/2 Cups / 20 Oz / 570 ml Milk

1/2 tsp Corn flour (mix with 2 tsp of water)

1/4 tsp Vanilla

Bring milk to simmer, add in chopped chocolate, add in corn flour mixture.

Cook till it bubbles, reduce heat and cook for 2 minutes, whisking.

Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. 

First Attempt : FAILED, forgot the water. I added them at the very end only 1/2 Cup instead of 2 Cups, cooked a minute in microwave oven, more lumps, use blender to make it smooth. The list confused me a bit.