Churro

fried dough · Spanish food · sweet treat

Spanish and Portuguese roots. Churros started in Spain and Portugal as a special fried pastry treat, and sailors and explorers brought the recipe to many other countries around the world.

Star-shaped creation. Cooks use a special piping bag with a large star-shaped tip to squeeze the dough into hot oil, which gives churros their bumpy, ridged sides that get extra crispy.

Made from choux dough. Churros are made with choux pastry, a special dough that puffs up and gets light and crispy when it hits the hot oil.

Found everywhere now. Thanks to Spanish and Portuguese immigration, you can find churros in Latin America, the Philippines, France, the southwestern United States, and many other places.

Golden and crispy outside. When the dough hits the hot oil, the outside becomes golden and crunchy while the inside stays soft and fluffy.