Easy DIY Churros!

Have you ever tried making your own churros?

By accident, we found a super easy way to make them!

My husband came home from the Bulk Barn (a bulk foods store we have in Canada) with a donut mix.  (If you can’t find one in the bulk foods section of your grocery store, I’m sure you could use a simple donut recipe online, but if you find a mix, you’re in luck- ours was a “just add water” mix :))

So, we added water & we had our mix (super easy, right?).  Then we thought our mix seemed pretty watery, so we tried putting it in one of those icing bags with a star tip like this:  (I used a large one that would normally be used to decorate cupcakes)

Then we squeezed the batter out into a pot with hot oil in it.  We didn’t really even have to squeeze- it just came through the tip easily!

You can try to make it straight like a typical churro, or make it all twisty- go ahead and get creative! 🙂

Let it cook for a few seconds until it gets golden on the bottom.  Flip it & let the other side get golden.
Here’s a really twisty, pretzel-like one:

Then take it out and put it in a dish of sugar mixed with cinnamon.  Let the sugar mix coat the fresh churro & set it aside.

That’s it!  Just repeat & repeat until you’ve got lots of delicious churros & enjoy! 🙂

I hope you will try this- it’s so fun to make together as a family!  Of course the hot oil part is good for parents, and the sugar coating part is really fun for kids to help with!

If you’re looking for other fun kitchen activities for your family, come visit us at the Raising Memories Blog 🙂

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