These Air Fryer Churros have all the sweet crunch of traditional churros without the oily mess! Top them off with some cinnamon sugar and you’ll feel like you’re at the fair!
Air Fryer Churro Recipe
My very favorite fair food is a warm churro! Does it get any better than warm fried dough dipped in cinnamon and sugar?
Making churros at home is so much fun, but it can be messy and greasy with all that oil. Air fryer churros to the rescue!
Air fryer churros are crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, and so delicious. They taste amazing but themselves, but they’re even better with my simple chocolate sauce or gooey caramel sauce!
Grab your air fryer and bring the fair to your home with this tasty treat!
If you are looking for more delicious easy treats, be sure to check out our popcorn balls, delicious strawberry recipes, and our strawberry cake mix cookie recipe to satisfy all your cravings!
What is a churro?
A churro is a popular dessert in Mexico and pain that is made of fried dough. Typically these are deep-fried, but this delicious churro recipe is created right in the Air Fryer. Once fried, they are then tossed in a delicious cinnamon-sugar coating. These are tender on the inside and crispy on the outside.
Air Fryer Churros Recipe
Makes: 24 small churros
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 6-8 minutes
Total time: about 25 minutes
What ingredients do I Need to make Air Fryer Churros?
- water
- milk
- butter, unsalted
- granulated sugar
- all-purpose flour
- large eggs
- vanilla extract
For Coating
- granulated sugar
- cinnamon
For Serving
- Chocolate sauce
- Caramel sauce
How to Make this Air Fryer Churros Recipe
- First, preheat your air fryer to 375 degrees.
- To make your churro dough, start by cutting up the butter into tablespoons. Then, add it to a medium-sized saucepan along with the water, milk, and sugar.
- Cook the mixture over medium heat and stir frequently until it reaches a boil.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the flour. It’s easiest to use a wooden spoon to make sure it gets fully incorporated!
- Put the saucepan back over the heat and continue stirring for about 2 minutes or until the mixture starts to come together into a smooth ball.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat again and transfer the dough into a large mixing bowl.
- Using an electric mixture, beat the dough for a couple of minutes to release some of the heat.
- In a separate small bowl, whisk together the eggs and the vanilla.
- Add the egg mixture to the dough a little at a time, using the electric mixer to beat the dough after each addition. Make sure you scrape the bowl to make sure everything gets incorporated!
- Grab a pastry bag and add an open star decorating tip (#1M). Add the dough to the pastry bag, making sure not to overfill.
- Using kitchen scissors, pipe the dough directly into the air fryer basket, cutting the dough at about 3-inch lengths.
- Cook the churros in the preheated air fryer for about 6-8 minutes until they are golden brown.
- While they cook, you can mix together the sugar and cinnamon in a medium-sized bowl so your topping is ready to go.
- Remove the cooked churros from the air fryer and immediately add them to the cinnamon and sugar mixture to coat completely.
- Move the churros to a baking rack to cool for a few minutes.
- Serve up your yummy churros with chocolate sauce or caramel sauce.
Tips Tricks and FAQs
- Make sure that you don’t overfill your pastry bag before squeezing out your churros! If the bag is too full, the churro dough may fall out the back and go to waste. It’s best to fill the pastry bag about halfway full. That way you’ll have perfect control as you pipe out your churros. You can always refill it if your bag isn’t large enough!
- You will need to make several batches of churros in your air fryer. You want to make sure that there is plenty of room for the air to circulate.
- Use a star-shaped tip to get that nice churro shape.
- You can refrigerate your piped churros for up to 1 hour prior to frying. This will help them keep their shape. Any longer will dry them out.
- To help the cinnamon-sugar mixture stick better, roll them right away.
- These are best enjoyed right away, warm
Can I use something else if I don’t have a pastry bag?
If you don’t have a pastry bag, a Ziploc bag always works great! Just snip the corner of it with scissors and use a pastry tip and you are good to go!
You’ll want to make sure that you get a more heavy-duty Ziploc bag to hold up to this warm dough.
Storage
Serving churros right away is always a good idea because they are best hot! If you aren’t able to eat them all, though, you can store them in an airtight container or bag for up to 2 days.
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Air Fryer Churros
These Air Fryer Churros have all the sweet crunch of traditional churros without the oily mess! Top them off with some cinnamon sugar and you’ll feel like you’re at the fair!
Ingredients
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup butter, unsalted
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- For Coating
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- For Serving
- Chocolate sauce
- Caramel sauce
Instructions
- First, preheat your air fryer to 375 degrees.
- To make your churro dough, start by cutting up the butter into tablespoons. Then, add it to a medium-sized saucepan along with the water, milk, and sugar.
- Cook the mixture over medium heat and stir frequently until it reaches a boil.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the flour. It’s easiest to use a wooden spoon to make sure it gets fully incorporated!
- Put the saucepan back over the heat and continue stirring for about 2 minutes or until the mixture starts to come together into a smooth ball.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat again and transfer the dough into a large mixing bowl.
- Using an electric mixture, beat the dough for a couple of minutes to release some of the heat.
- In a separate small bowl, whisk together the eggs and the vanilla.
- Add the egg mixture to the dough a little at a time, using the electric mixer to beat the dough after each addition. Make sure you scrape the bowl to make sure everything gets incorporated!
- Grab a pastry bag and add an open star decorating tip (#1M). Add the dough to the pastry bag, making sure not to overfill.
- Using kitchen scissors, pipe the dough directly into the air fryer basket, cutting the dough at about 3-inch lengths.
- Cook the churros in the preheated air fryer for about 6-8 minutes until they are golden brown.
- While they cook, you can mix together the sugar and cinnamon in a medium-sized bowl so your topping is ready to go.
- Remove the cooked churros from the air fryer and immediately add them to the cinnamon and sugar mixture to coat completely.
- Move the churros to a baking rack to cool for a few minutes.
- Serve up your yummy churros with chocolate sauce or caramel sauce.
I will also add, I needed to use parchment paper and spray oil so they did not stick to the fryer pan!!! That was not in the directions.
For an easy air fryer recipe they are nice and everyone enjoyed, they really were amazed I made churros in the air fryer! Unlike the other comment, mine did not get chubby. They did get flat on the bottom, only the top side retained the “churro” shape. I still had a little doughy texture inside at 8 min, so I added 1 more minute in my air fryer. Would definitely try again.
This is timely as I just received our new airfryer that we ordered online. Would love to try making churros. Thank you for sharing this recipe. Looks easy to make and delicious. I know my kids would be excited with this.
My husband has been begging to get an air fryer. This recipe may very well be the seal on that deal!
They were so delicious!! But they became “chubby” churros since they blew up like balloons in the air fryer…any suggestions why this happened??
Hey Emily! I’m so glad you liked these! It sounds like you got too much air in the batter. Try not to overmix just incorporate and you should be good! Thanks again!
Oh wow, this looks yummy. I’m excited to try it out.
I love churros, but have never tried to make them before. This sounds like a fun idea!
Oh my goodness these look delicious and I definitely need to try!
I have been using my air fryer like crazy! I didn’t know I could make churros in it! Trying this!
My family loves churros and this is such an awesome recipe.