Churro's

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It's been a few years since I baked any of the sweet treats from the Pinch of Nom recipe books. I was looking at some things to bake back in January as we were heading to Manchester. I've never attempted to make churro's, so I decided to give them a go.

This recipe can be found in the Quick & Easy recipe book, in the Sweet Treat chapter.

Let's get baking!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 tbsp brown granulated sugar

55g unsalted reduced-fat butter

125ml water

1/4 tsp salt

90g plain flour

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg

1 tbsp granulated sweetener

1 tsp ground cinnamon

Pre-heat your oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas Mark 7.

In a small saucepan combine the brown granulated sweetener, reduced-fat butter, water and salt. I used a sugar alternative to demerara sugar as none of my local supermarkets had brown granulated sweetener.

Heat slowly over a medium heat until the butter has melted.

Bring to the boil and take off the heat.

Tip in the flour and beat until it forms a ball and comes away from the sides of the pan.

Add the vanilla extract and egg.

The mixture will look like it's separated at first, but carry on mixing and it will come back together and turn glossy.

Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper and pour the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a star-shaped nozzle. 

Pipe thirty churro's, approximately 10cm in length, onto the baking sheets, leaving room foe them to spread slightly.

Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until they are crispy and golden brown in colour.

Mix the sweetener and ground cinnamon in a small bowl and dip each churro in the mix, coating them on all sides.

Leave them on the baking sheets and keep warm in the oven, or serve.

The only difficulty I found with this recipe was the beating the mixture to bring it all together, my mixture wasn't really a pouring consistency so I'm not sure if I over beat the mixture, or didn't beat it enough. As you can see from the pictures, I think I over baked mine as some were a lot darker in colour than a nice golden brown.

I'd definitely give these another try as they were actually nice and I'd love to make the chocolate sauce to give them that something extra.

I'd definitely recommend reheating them and having them warm, they definitely taste better warm.

If you're interested in any of Pinch of Nom's recipe's then you can buy the recipe books in all major supermarkets as well as online retailers Waterstones and Amazon.

See you soon!

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