Baked Churros Munchies

By mamacasma

Ingredients

• 2 sticks (16 Tbs.) unsalted butter, divided
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. plus 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
• 1 cup bleached all-purpose flour
• 5 large eggs
• 1 1/2 Tbs. cinnamon
• Warm Chocolate Dipping Sauce
• 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, broken into pieces
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp. instant espresso
• 1 Tb. cornstarch
• 1 Tb. water
• Makes 2 1/2 cups

Details

Servings 30

Preparation

Step 1

Set oven rack to lower-middle position; heat oven to 400 degrees. Bring 1 cup water, 1 stick butter, salt and 1 tsp. sugar to a rolling boil. Turn heat to low, add flour and stir with a wooden spoon until mixture forms a soft ball. Off heat, thoroughly stir in one egg at a time. Let dough stand until it can hold its shape, about 5 minutes. Cover cookie sheet with parchment paper. Drop scant 2 Tbs. dough to form balls. Bake 30 minutes, until golden.

Reduce oven to 200 degrees. Melt remaining butter. Mix remaining sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Dunk puffs in butter, coat in cinnamon sugar and poke an X in puff bottoms with a knife. Return to cookie sheet and set in warm oven until puffs crisp, 45 minutes to 3 hours. Serve with Warm Chocolate Dipping Sauce.