Why am I writing this post at 9:00 at night? Now I’m craving these babies!! Oh, they are so, stinking good! I have heard that Costco and Disneyland have really yummy churros, unfortunately I’ve had neither. And every time I look up a recipe for churros I usually throw in my hat and call it quits. I just don’t feel up to the hassle. Or at least I didn’t. Then we headed out to Bryan, and Lisa’s house for a relaxing Saturday afternoon and I decided to experiment with an easy churro recpie. It did not work. And I’ve been on the hunt ever since.
We chose to use Peppridge Farm puff pastry which is one of the all time best pre-made items that you can buy for sweet or savory dishes. Kind of like these Avocado Napoleans, Crimini Tartlets, etc. I thought I could be tricky and roll the puff pastry in the butter/cinnamon sugar mixture ahead or time, but the dough it too light and the butter just makes them flat and nasty. However, after you pull them out of the oven if you hurry and do the butter and then cinnamon sugar they actually stay really well coated. And then you have to dunk them.
I actually posted a stuffed churro recipe, (basically the same thing only you stuff the churros) at Sweet Treats More, so you’ll have to check that out too. But, while we (Mr. Handsome and I) were talking about making churros he mentioned that he wanted to dip his in chocolate or dulce de leche. GENIUS! I stirred (and it was hard work) the two together and we all had a moment of silence for the chocolatey perfection. Seriously, no one was talking. It was delicious.
Buttery nuggets dredged in cinnamon sugar and then dipped in a pot of chocolatey caramel sauce. HEAVEN
Ingredients
- 1 Sheet (two come in a package) of defrosted Puff Pastry dough *See note
- 1/4 Cup Butter, Melted
- 1/3 Cup Cinnamon Sugar
- 1/3 Cup Nutella
- 1/3 Cup Dulce de Leche *see note
Instructions
- Sprinkle the counter with a little flour and lay the puff pastry out flat. Use a floured rolling pin to roll the dough out a little more and get rid of the creases from being folded. Slice the dough into long strips and then into little 1-1/2" pieces.
- Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a silpat or parchment paper. Place the "nugget" churros on the pan and bake for 15-18 minutes or until lightly golden and baked through.
- Remove from the oven and dump into the melted butter in a pie dish. Toss with a slotted spoon, carefully and dump them into another pie dish with the cinnamon sugar. Toss to coat and set aside.
- Stir the nutella and dulce de leche together. Heating slightly in a microwave is optional.
- Dip and enjoy!
Notes
I prefer to let my dough defrost in the wrapper in order to avoid dry dough later on.
Dulce de leche can be found at most grocery stores on the international or baking aisle.
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Thanks for posting this recipe.
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I am seriously adding more nutella and dulce de leche to my shopping list! Genius to mix the two!!!
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Holy moly. This looks AMAZING! I hope you had a sweet Valentine’s my dear!
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Oh my word. You did not just mix Nutella and dulce de leche. No way. That did not happen.
Ugh. I’m putting on my fat pants.
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I love churros! these little bites look incredible!
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LOVE this idea! I have a special place in my heart for churros, but they really are too much of a pain to make at home on a normal day. Definitely giving these guys a try soon. Thanks for another great recipe!!
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Such a fun idea to use puff pastry for churros.
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these sound so stinking good. And look at how cute they are??? Love them already!
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I LOVE churros! These are so perfect!! I can’t wait to try them!
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Cute! I love these little guys. I could see how it would be dangerous just having a plate of these sitting in front of me…
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OH MY WORD. You’re killing me with these! I can almost taste them. I sent Fred to the store last night kinda late to get me some sweetened condensed milk so I could make dulce de leche today. Which I still plan on doing even though it’s dinner time.
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Sweet Basil Reply:
February 15th, 2013 at 8:51 am
You make the best dulce de leche treats. FOR REAL!
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Churros & Chocolate Sauce, my favorite dessert! LOVE that these are baked! Thanks for posting!
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Woman, I’m never going to stick to a diet of no sweets with posts like these!
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Oh wow, these look wonderful!
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Sweet Basil Reply:
February 15th, 2013 at 8:52 am
Thanks, Julie!
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The churros are awesome but I am SO crushing on that chocolate sauce. It sounds SOOOO good!
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Sweet Basil Reply:
February 15th, 2013 at 8:52 am
Thanks!! That sauce is seriously too delicious. I totally licked the bowl clean. tmi?
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I can’t even begin to tell you how much I want these!
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I’m always writing my posts at 10PM and it’s the worst! Life of a food blogger, right?
No, but seriously, these little nuggets of love look crazy good. They’ll come in real handy for my midnight snacks when I’m blogging!
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Sweet Basil Reply:
February 15th, 2013 at 8:53 am
Totally!! I try to not work at night anymore, but if the hubby is gone I might as well get work done!
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These are too cute, lady! what a great idea!
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Mmmmm, its so hard not to lick my computer! I just want to grab it and shove them in my mouth! So perfect! In love with the sauce too!
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I’d say nugget of love is the best way to describe these!
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I’ll take a million of these, please and thank you.
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Sweet Basil Reply:
February 14th, 2013 at 8:44 am
Amen sista! They are so small I found myself grabbing more and more without even realizing it!
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I love those moments…eating and no one is making a peep (except the occasional mmmm) because the food is so good. Funny how silence can be such a good compliment!
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Sweet Basil Reply:
February 14th, 2013 at 8:45 am
That is so true!
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Oooh these are like little bites from heaven! They look so divine!
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Sweet Basil Reply:
February 14th, 2013 at 8:45 am
Thanks Kayle! Can’t wait to go see what you’ve been cooking up!
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