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What are Churro Christmas trees?
Churro Christmas trees are a fun and festive recipe to make with your friends and family this holiday season. I mean who doesn’t love churros in the shape of a Christmas tree, coated in cinnamon sugar and drizzled in melted chocolate…
Some people think making churros are hard, but I promise you they are so easy to make. My recipe is fool proof and is the perfect piping consistency.
I am a bit obsessed with these Christmas tree churros, it’s so much fun stacking the churros on top of each other until you have a Christmas tree! Scroll down to find how to make these crunchy sweet churro Christmas trees.
Tips for making Churro Christmas trees?
- When you make the churro dough, do not add the eggs at the same time. Add them one at a time, making sure each one is mixed into the dough before you add the next one. Otherwise the dough will be too soft and runny.
- To make sure the outside does not burn and the inside is cooked, fry the churros on low to medium heat.
- Place the freshly fried churros on a paper towel to soak up any excess oil, then coat on sugar.
How do you make churro Christmas trees?
- To make the churros: Heat the water, butter & sugar in a saucepan.
- Add the salt & flour, stir until it forms a dough & comes away from the sides of the saucepan. Remove from the heat to cool.
- Stir in the eggs, one at a time until the churro dough is nice and smooth. Spoon into a piping bag, pipe 5 circles on to a lined baking sheet/tray that can fit in the freezer. Pipe 5 sizes gradually getting bigger. The 2nd top circle pipe as a swirl with no hole in the middle. The last churro pipe in a cone shape to make the top.
- Freeze the churros until solid, then fry until golden brown & cooked all the way through. Low to medium temp so the inside cooks as well.
- Place on paper towels to soak up any excess oil, then dust in cinnamon sugar whilst still hot.
- Stack the churro christmas trees, then drizzle with melted chocolate.
If you like this recipe, check out these ones…
- Easy Christmas pudding cruffins
- Edible brownie pine cones
- Easy melted snowman biscoff brownies
- Black Forest chocolate fudge cake
Ingredients
Churros
This recipe makes approx 4 Christmas tree stacks
- 115g butter
- 2tbsp caster sugar
- 1 cup/ 225ml water
- 3 eggs
- 145g plain flour
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- To make the churros: Heat the water, butter & sugar in a saucepan.
- Add the salt & flour, stir until it forms a dough & comes away from the sides of the saucepan. Remove from the heat to cool.
- Add one egg at a time, mix using the dough hook attachments on your hand mixer. Do not add the next egg until the first one is fully combined.
- Once the churro dough is nice and smooth, spoon into a piping bag, pipe the first 5 circles to make a Christmas tree on to a lined baking sheet/tray that can fit in the freezer. Pipe 5 sizes gradually getting bigger. For the 2nd top circle pipe a swirl with no hole in the middle and for the last churro pipe in a cone shape to make the top of the Christmas tree. (please watch the video above for reference)
- Freeze the churros until solid, then fry on each side until golden brown & cooked all the way through. Low to medium temp so the inside cooks as well.
- Place on paper towels to soak up any excess oil, then dust in cinnamon sugar whilst still hot.
- Stack the churro Christmas trees, then drizzle with melted chocolate.
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