Gluten-Free Churros

Intro: Gluten-Free Churros

In this Instructable, I will show you how to make gluten-free churros. This easy gluten-free churros recipe is perfect for people who can't have gluten but love churros! They are incredibly simple to make with just a few ingredients. If I can do it, you can do it. Let's get started!

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Follow the easy steps below or watch the video tutorial or do both!

STEP 1: Ingredients and Tools

Ingredients:

• 1 cup water (237ml)
• 1/2 cup butter, salted or unsalted (113g)
• 1/2 tsp salt (2g)
• 1 cup of 1 to 1 Gluten-free flour mix (148g)
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 to 2 tsp. cinnamon, or more if you like (2 to 5g)
• Oil for frying, canola, vegetable, coconut, etc.

Tools:

• Disposable pastry bags
• Pastry tip
• Pots
• Wooden spoon or another sturdy spoon
• Bowls
• Paper towel
• Pie plate or plate
• Tongs or spider ladle

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STEP 2: Make That Dough

Begin by taking a large pot and adding about an inch deep of cooking oil to it. Set the heat to medium.

In a medium pot, combine the water, butter, and salt. Set the burner temp to medium and heat the mixture until the butter melts and it starts to boil.

Then pour in all of the gluten-free 1 to 1 four mix and stir. Stir really quickly, eventually, a dough will form. Keep stirring and pushing down on the dough, for about a minute. Now remove it from the heat.

STEP 3: Cool and Egg

Now add the hot gluten-free churro dough to a bowl. Stir the dough until it cools down and is just barely warm but not hot anymore. It will take 5 to 10 minutes. If it is too hot it will cook the egg once we add the egg and you don't want that to happen.

Once the dough has cooled, add the egg. Start stirring again. At first, it will seem like the egg doesn't want to mix in with the dough, but eventually, it will.

You may use a stand mixer with a dough hook if you like. Make sure to use a sturdy spoon if you use a spoon because the dough is firm and may break the spoon if it isn't a wooden spoon or something sturdy like that.

And just like that, the gluten-free churro dough is ready to go. Only 5 ingredients!

STEP 4: Piping Bag

Time to fill up the piping bag. You really need to use a piping bag for this. With this type of dough, a standard zip-lock freezer bag tends to not work as well, but you can always try that too.

Make sure to add the pastry tip first. I really like this particular pastry tip. It produces a wonderful perfect-sized churro. But you can always experiment with other tips depending on the size you want to make them.

Now fill up the bag with the gluten-free churros dough.

TIP: If you place the bag in a large tall glass and fold the opening over the rim it is easier to fill.

With this recipe, you should be able to completely fill up a standard 12-inch pastry bag with all of the dough. And still, have a little room to twist the top.

STEP 5: Fry Those Churros Up!

Time to fry these gluten-free churros up! Check the temp of the oil, it should be between 350 F and 375 F (176 to 190 C).

Now squeeze on the bag of the pastry bag and force the dough through the tip, creating a classic churro shape. Allow the dough to gently go into the hot oil. Use your finger to separate it from the pastry tip or you can also snip it with kitchen shears.

Be careful! The oil is really hot. :)

Allow the churros to cook for 5 to 8 minutes, turning them with tongs or a spider ladle. This will make sure they evenly brown. Once they are lightly golden brown they are ready to be taken out. Allow the excess oil to drain off.

Place them on a paper towel to dry.

STEP 6: Cinnamon and Sugar Oh Yeah!

Mix together the cinnamon and sugar and put it on a pie plate or something like that. Then roll those gluten-free churros in the cinnamon and sugar. Time to serve them up! They taste amazing, almost identical to churros made with regular flour. Enjoy!

Print the recipe here if you like.

STEP 7: Video Tutorial

Now watch those steps in action with this video tutorial.

Comments

[patrick1425]

I've not had a Churro in the last 9 years since going Gluten Free. Thank you for posting. By the way I've been to Applebee's and McDonalds they each serve French fries but make them a little different... however they each still call them fries. :). Thanks again.

[In The Kitchen With Matt]

You are very welcome!! :) Yes indeed! There are many recipes for French Fries, but they are all still called French Fries. :)

[lorenkinzel]

As long as it's "real" butter & not some flavored spread product.

[In The Kitchen With Matt]

I only ever use real butter. :)

[lorenkinzel]

Then they must be real churros. Apologies for the weak attempt at humor.

[In The Kitchen With Matt]

lol :)

[Miguel ÁngelL9]

Sorry but this are not "churros". They surely are tasty but aren't churros. Churros are made with just flour, salt and water mixed and fried. That's it.

[In The Kitchen With Matt]

Yes, these are churros. There is more than one recipe for churros out there. Stop being so rigid with your thinking. These ARE churros. These are "gluten-free" churros. And no, not even authentic Mexican churros are made with just flour salt and water. They have some sort of fat (butter, shortening, oil), most of the time it is butter in it. Some have eggs, usually the Spanish churros from Spain don't have eggs, some do not, usually the Mexican may or may not have eggs.

[Miguel ÁngelL9]

Then this are MEXICAN churros. In Spain (the original ones) nobody uses eggs or fat. It was a "poor man bread" recipe.

[In The Kitchen With Matt]

They also didn't use gluten-free flour, did they? Remember there are 7 Billion people in the world. Lots of different recipes. The title of this is not authentic original Spanish churros. Oh really? Nobody eh? There are 49 Million people that live in Spain. So you are saying you have watched everyone there that make churros not use eggs or fat? haha, well I know a few people from Spain that make churros and they do. :) Again, don't be so rigid with your thinking when it comes to recipes.

[Miguel ÁngelL9]

I repeat: I'm sure those are tasty... but not "original" churros. Just like "vegan meat" is not meat. It can be tasty but it is not (animal) meat.

And about tasting in different places of Spain: Madrid, Barcelona, Palma and Cádiz. All use the same recipe.

And, to compare, a "Mexican tortilla" has little to do with a "Spanish tortilla". One is made with corn flour (Mexican) and the other with eggs and without flour. Both are delicious but are different recipes.

[In The Kitchen With Matt]

I repeat. I never said these were "original" churros did I, nor did I even say these were Spanish churros. It says right in the title "gluten-free churros"! Who cares if the Mexican tortilla is different than the Spanish tortilla. They are BOTH tortillas!! And called tortillas! You just proved my point! haha. Anyways I am done with this silly conversation. Take care.