Churros are one of my favorite treats and these Churro Cream Puffs are a little piece of heaven. The perfect dessert for Cinco de Mayo or any Mexican meal.Churro Cream Puffs - the-girl-who-ate-everything.com

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CHURRO CREAM PUFFS

Here it is two days before Christmas and what am I doing? Making cream puffs! What can I say? Baking relaxes me. DreamPuffs_FrontCover

These Churro Cream Puffs come my sweet friend Barbara’s cookbook Simply Sweet Dream Puffs: Shockingly Easy Fun-Filled Treats!. It’s filled with gorgeous pictures and fantastic recipes. She gives step-by-step instructions so that you can make these easily.
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I admit that even I was intimidated to make cream puffs. I don’t know why? They both start with a Pâte à Choux which is the base of any cream puff or eclair like this Eclair Cake that is one of the most popular recipes on this blog. You can use a pastry bag, a ziploc bag, or even a small ice cream scoop to make small little rounds for your cream puffs. Churro Cream Puffs - the-girl-who-ate-everything.comI was completely surprised how easy these Churro Cream Puffs were. The hardest part was waiting to let them cool off so I didn’t burn my mouth. Cinnamon, sugar, honey, and whipped cream on a cream puff? You can’t go wrong.

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Churro Cream Puffs

4.75 from 8 votes
Churros are one of my favorite treats and these Churro Cream Puffs are a little piece of heaven. The perfect dessert for Cinco de Mayo or any Mexican meal.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 16 servings

Ingredients

Basic Cream Puffs:

  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3 large eggs, room temperature
  • Egg Wash, (optional)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon water

Churro Topping:

  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
  • 2 tablespoons honey

Churro Filling:

  • 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425°. Lightly grease baking sheets or line with parchment paper. Measure flour and set aside.
  • Bring butter, sugar, salt, and 3/4 cup water to a boil in a 3-qt. saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Immediately remove from heat, and quickly stir in flour mixture all at once. Return to heat and stir with a wooden spoon for 1 to 2 minutes, or until dough is smooth and forms a ball. Transfer dough to the bowl of an electric mixer, and let cool 5 minutes.
  • Add 3 eggs, 1 at a time, beating until mixture is smooth and glossy. Spoon dough into a pastry bag fitted with a 5/8-inch plain tip. You can also use a Ziploc bag with the tip cut off or a small ice cream scoop. Pipe dough onto prepared pans into 1 1/2-inch rounds (1 1/2 inches high). Smooth out peaks and round tops with a moistened finger.
  • For the egg wash: Whisk together remaining 1 egg and 1 tsp. water. Brush tops of dough with egg mixture.
  • Bake at 425° for 5 minutes; reduce oven temperature to 375°, and bake 30 minutes or until puffy and golden brown. Turn oven off; let shells stand in closed oven 10 minutes. Remove from oven.
  • For the Churro Topping: Combine granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon together in a small bowl. Set aside.
  • Microwave honey in a small microwave-safe bowl about 20 seconds, or until it starts to boil. Brush tops of cream puffs with honey and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture. Bake for 5 minutes. Let them cool.
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat the heavy cream and salt at medium speed until soft peaks form. Add powdered sugar and cinnamon, and beat until stiff peaks form.
  • Spoon whipped cream into a pastry bag fitted with a small round tip. Pierce the side of each cream puff with a small knife to create a hole. Insert the pastry tip into the hole and fill with cinnamon whipped cream. You can also just slice them in half and fill them that way.
Cuisine: American
Course: Dessert
Churro Cream Puffs on a plate

 

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Christy Denney
Christy is the voice behind The Girl Who Who Ate Everything! She is no stranger to making meals that kids and adults will love. She grew up in Mesa, Arizona as the youngest of ten kids. She can always be found in her kitchen with music playing and cooking with her kids. She published her first cookbook in 2014. She loves party food that gets the conversations going!