Air Fryer Churros

Ingredients

• 1 cup All-purpose flour
• 4 tbsp Unsalted butter
• 2 Eggs (large)
• ½ cup Granulated sugar
• ½ tsp Kosher salt
• 2 tsp Ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 4 oz Dark chocolate (70%)
• ½ cup 1% milk
• 1 tbsp Canola oil

Method

1. Bring 1 cup water, the butter, salt and 1 tablespoon of the sugar to a boil. Dump in the flour all at once and stir hard over the heat for 2 minutes until it forms a smooth ball that leaves a film on the pan bottom.
2. Cool 5 minutes, then beat in the eggs one at a time and the vanilla. It will look broken after each egg and come back together — keep beating.
3. Pipe 5-inch lengths through a large star tip straight into the air fryer basket, lined with perforated paper. The ridges from the star tip are structural: they give the churro its crisp edges.
4. Mist with oil and air fry at 375°F for 10-12 minutes until golden and firm.
5. Toss the hot churros in the remaining sugar mixed with the cinnamon.
6. Sauce: warm the milk and pour it over the chopped chocolate, then stir until glossy. Spanish chocolate for churros is thick enough to coat — it is a dipping sauce, not a drink.

Notes

✨ The restaurant touch

Sugar them while they are hot. Cold churros will not hold the coating.

🧒 For the kids

Piping is the fun part. Let them do it and accept the shapes.

🥡 Leftovers

Eat immediately — this is genuinely a to-order dessert.

Per serving

Computed from USDA FoodData Central values. A planning tool, not medical advice.