Homemade Cinnamon Sugar Churros Using the Air Fryer
Does your family enjoy warm churros? You’ve got to try this air fryer recipe!
You’ve gotta try making these cinnamon sugar churros in the air fryer! The result is deliciously crisp on the outside yet soft and chewy in the middle. It has all the great qualities of a restaurant-style churro, minus the frying oil! 🙌
This recipe for air fryer churros results in sugary sticks of donut heaven.
The process is fairly easy and includes making a simple dough on the stove, piping the churros onto a baking sheet, chilling them in the fridge, and then finally air frying them to perfection! It may seem like a lot of steps, but it’s a straightforward process and the results are AMAZING. I promise it’s well worth the effort!
Hip tips for making this recipe for Air Fryer Churros
- You’ll need a pastry bag and a star-shaped tip to make these churros. I actually used my handy Wilton Dessert Decorator for this project and find this kitchen tool to be super helpful!
- If you don’t have a designated piping tool, you could always just place your dough in a freezer bag, cut the corner off, and squeeze your dough through the hole. This will work, but it won’t result in the same tube shape with ridges. 🙂
Air Fryer Homemade Cinnamon Sugar Churros
yield: 26 SERVINGS
prep time: 60 MINUTES
cook time: 10 MINUTES
total time: 1 HOUR 10 MINUTES
Make these heavenly churros at home with an easy chocolate sauce using your air fryer!
Ingredients
For the Churros:
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
For the Chocolate Sauce:
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
Directions
1
In a saucepan on the stove, bring water to a boil and stir in 1 tablespoon of the sugar and butter.
2
Once melted, reduce heat to medium/low and fold in flour. Remove from heat.
3
In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs and vanilla extract.
4
Slowly fold a few eggs into the dough. Keep repeating until eggs are well onlinebined into the dough. Let cool.
5
Place dough into a pastry bag with a star-shaped tip. (I'm actually using a Wilton decorator, pictured.) Pipe 6-inch long churros onto a parchment paper lined baking pan or a silicone mat.
6
Place tray into the fridge to chill for about 30 minutes. (This makes your dough less sticky and easier to work with.)
7
Place a single layer of churros, not touching each other, in the air fryer. Air fry for 10 minutes at 380 degrees.
8
Mix cinnamon and 1/2 cup of the sugar together on a small plate.
9
Once churros are done cooking, roll them in the cinnamon sugar mixture and place them on a cookie cooling rack. Repeat the process until all churros are cooked.
10
To make the chocolate sauce, melt chocolate chips and coconut oil in a glass bowl using the microwave for about 20-30 seconds. Mix well and dip warm churros in the sauce to serve!
This recipe makes about 26, six-inch churros.
You are the cinnamon to my churro!
This fun air fryer recipe is like a sweet love note to your family, and they’ll all love you forever for making them churros. LOL! No, seriously though, these are way too yummy!
You can eat these churros warm from the air fryer with just the dusting of cinnamon and sugar, but that chocolate sauce on the side really takes this dessert to the next level. There are lots of ready-made options to choose from too, but the homemade chocolate sauce is super quick and easy to make in the microwave.
This was such an impressive treat to make in the air fryer, and now that I know how easy it is to make churros at home, it’s game on!
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