Air-Fried Churros with Chocolate Sauce
4
Points®
Total time: 25 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 10 min • Serves: 6 • Difficulty: Easy
Our favorite two-ingredient dough serves as the starting point for these cinnamon-spiced treats. The dough gets a flavor boost with vanilla extract, and is then rolled into ropes and air-fried until crisp and light. To create the churros effect, the cooked dough gets brushed with a little butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar. The accompanying microwave sauce gets a gentle chile kick that amps up the goodness (you can omit it if you’d like). If you don’t have an air fryer, you can bake the dough at 375°F for about 8 minutes; these churros will just be a little denser than air-fried ones.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
4 spray(s)
Self-rising flour
0.5 cup(s)
Plain fat free Greek yogurt
0.5 cup(s)
Vanilla extract
0.75 tsp
Sugar
2.5 Tbsp
Ground cinnamon
0.5 tsp
1% low fat milk
0.333 cup(s)
Unsweetened cocoa powder
4 tsp
Cornstarch
1 tsp
Cayenne pepper
0.125 tsp
Light butter
1 Tbsp
Instructions
1
In a small bowl, place flour, yogurt, and ½ tsp vanilla; stir well with a wooden spoon until just combined and then keep mixing dough in bowl with your hands until smooth (about 1 minute of kneading).
2
Place a large piece of parchment or wax paper on a work surface and sprinkle lightly with a little flour. Place dough on paper. Use a knife to cut dough into 6 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a 5-inch long rope.
3
Preheat air fryer, if necessary, to 375°F. Coat air fryer basket with nonstick cooking spray. Arrange dough ropes in air fryer, leaving some space between them. Lightly coat dough with nonstick cooking spray. Air-fry until golden brown, 6 to 7 minutes.
4
While churros cook, combine 2 tbsp sugar and cinnamon in a pie plate or other shallow dish. In a glass measuring cup, whisk milk, cocoa, cornstarch, pepper, and remaining 1½ tsp sugar and ¼ tsp vanilla. Microwave on High until bubbly and thick, about 1 minute, whisking every 20 seconds.
5
When churros are done, brush all over with melted butter and roll in cinnamon sugar. Serve warm with sauce.
6
Serving size: 1 churro and about 1 tbsp sauce
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