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Brown Butter Churro Fries with Three Minute Salted Brown Butter Caramel Drizzle

By: Nicole 30 Comments
Posted: 09/03/14 Updated: 03/24/15

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Brown Butter Churro Fries with Three Minute Salted Brown Butter Caramel Drizzle

I know practically every time I share a dessert recipe with you, I sit here and I proclaim I’m not “a dessert person.” But I’ve come to the realization that’s not entirely true. I thought I wasn’t a dessert person. I think because I typically prefer something savory to something sweet, I interpreted it that way. But like most things in life, it’s not that black and white.

I can be a dessert person, and I can be a savory person. The two can coexist. What…..a revelation.

Brown Butter Churro Fries with Three Minute Salted Brown Butter Caramel Drizzle

I think more than anything my taste buds have just changed over the years. As a kid I was never one to go on a sugar high from eating a few too many snickers bars after Halloween, and was never caught stealing cookies from the cookie jar (although the dough is another story). While other kids were running around like crazy sugar-ridden monsters, I was busy slurping up each noodle from Martha Stewart’s fettuccine alfredo recipe and snacking on warm whole-wheat bread with melted butter. Probably not the best choice nutritionally, but eh.

My love for desserts has multiplied since then, thanks to my more mature taste buds and to my husband who has a habitual sweet tooth — the guy asks what we’re having for dessert every,single.night. And for a while, I obliged, but as you can imagine, my waistline was not feeling the dessert every night thing. These days I try to keep my dessert consumption to a minimum, but when I do make/eat it, it’s got to be worth it, and it’s got be something unforgettable.

Brown Butter Churro Fries with Three Minute Salted Brown Butter Caramel Drizzle

Churros are something that have been on my brain to make ever since Kevin and I took our first trip together to Puerto Vallarta (Our favorite place on earth.). More nights than not, we’d cap off the evening with a freshly made churro from a family-run stand near our hotel. The line was always ridiculously long, but we were more than happy to wait, because what waited for us at the end, was the most delicious churro I’ve ever had in my life (and Kevin’s first). Each churro was made right before our eyes, the batter would be gently pipped into the hot oil to be fried to perfection, rolled in cinnamon sugar and then stuffed with you choice of filling — mine always being dulce de leche.

The last time we went back to Puerto Vallarta, we tried to find the same stand, but unfortunately it was nowhere to be found. We spent the rest of the trip trying to find another one, but to no avail, who would’ve thought it would be impossible to find a churro in Mexico??!

BBrown Butter Churro Fries with Three Minute Salted Brown Butter Caramel Drizzle

Because I knew that I probably wouldn’t find/create a recipe that rivaled the churros we fell in love with in PV, I thought it would be fun to do a totally different spin on them. At first I toyed around with idea of making churro pretzel bites, but then found a cake decorating kit that had the tiniest star tip included. An immediate light bulb went off — brown butter churro fries!

And because I’m on a brown butter (my only acknowledgment of the fall that’s bound to come eventually) binge, I found it only appropriate to include it in yet another recipe. (Sorry there are more to come.)

Brown Butter Churro Fries with Three Minute Salted Brown Butter Caramel Drizzle

The recipe is pretty simple. Similar to making a profiterole (cream or cheese puff), the base of churro starts of with a pΓ’te Γ  choux dough, which is basically just a mixture of butter, water, sugar, flour and eggs. The only change I made in this recipe, was to brown the butter first. I added the water and sugar, simmered until it dissolved and then added the flour in all at once. The mixture is stirred vigorously until it comes together and then the eggs are added one at a time until each egg is completely combined.

The dough is transferred to a ziplock baggie fitted with a small star tip and then pipped into hot oil, fried and then rolled in cinnamon sugar and drizzled with a super easy brown butter caramel sauce. And by super easy, I mean, the butter is browned, the rest of the ingredients are thrown in, and the sauce is complete in under three minutes.

Brown Butter Churro Fries with Three Minute Salted Brown Butter Caramel Drizzle

I like to call these the cheese fry of desserts — seriously decadent, addictive and totally worth the indulgence.

Brown Butter Churro Fries with Three Minute Salted Brown Butter Caramel Drizzle

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Brown Butter Butter Churro Fries with 3 Minute Salted Brown Butter Caramel

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Yield: 4

Serving Size: 1/2 cup fries

These are the cheese fries of the dessert world! Tiny churro fries are covered in a super easy and quick brown butter caramel sauce.

Ingredients

    Churro
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • Β½ teaspoon salt
  • ΒΌ teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 cup flour
  • 4 eggs
  • Brown Butter Caramel Sauce
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • Β½ cup brown sugar
  • ΒΌ cup + 2 tablespoons heavy cream
  • ΒΌ teaspoon fleur de sel
  • Cinnamon Sugar Coating
  • Β½ cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon

Instructions

  1. In a medium skillet, melt the butter over a medium-high heat. Swirl the butter until it begins to brown, once it smells nutty and becomes a deep brown, add the water and brown sugar. Turn the heat down to a simmer, and stir occasionally until the brown sugar is melted. Add the salt and almond extract. Add in the flour all at once, and stir vigorously until combined. Remove from heat and add eggs one at a time, stirring vigorously until completely combined before adding the next egg.
  2. Fill a large pastry or ziplock bag fitted with a small star tip with the dough.
  3. In a large deep pan, heat about an inch of canola oil. Heat to 375 degrees. Pipe dough into oil, using scissors to cut off each straw. Fry in batches until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
  4. On a plate, combine sugar and cinnamon. Coat churro fries in cinnamon sugar.
  5. To make the sauce. Add butter to a non-stick skillet. Melt over a medium-high heat. Swirl the pan until it begins to brown, once it smelly nutty and becomes a deep brown, add the brown sugar and cream. Reduce the heat to medium, and simmer, stirring occasionally until brown sugar has melted.
  6. Remove from heat and add fleur de sel.
  7. Arrange β€œfries” on platter and drizzle with caramel sauce. Sprinkle with a little bit of fleur de sel. (You can also just use the sauce to dip)
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*Churro recipe adapted from Daisy Martinez

Brown Butter Churro Fries with Three Minute Salted Brown Butter Caramel Drizzle

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  1. Chelsea @chelseasmessyapron says

    Posted on 9/5/14 at 12:08 pm

    Cheese fries of dessert? I’ll take TWO plates! These are simply perfect Nicole! I love that caramels sauce! Pinned πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Nicole says

      Posted on 9/7/14 at 3:48 pm

      Thanks girly!

      Reply
  2. [email protected] says

    Posted on 9/5/14 at 6:04 pm

    These churros certainly look worth the indulgence! Love that salted brown butter caramel! Have a great weekend! πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Nicole says

      Posted on 9/7/14 at 3:43 pm

      Thanks Christin!! Definitely worth the indulgence!

      Reply
  3. Shiran @ Pretty. Simple. Sweet. says

    Posted on 9/7/14 at 9:53 am

    I wish I could say I’m not a dessert person! Although my husband was a savory person, he also turned into a dessert person the day he met me πŸ™‚
    The churros look amazing!!! Great choice for a dessert if you try to keep your consumption to a minimum πŸ™‚

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    • Nicole says

      Posted on 9/7/14 at 3:42 pm

      I’m beginning to be a dessert person! Thanks Shiran!

      Reply
  4. Jessica @ Sweet Menu says

    Posted on 9/9/14 at 6:39 am

    Weee! 3 minute salted brown butter caramel? Im hooked! These churros look absolutely amazing! Must try!

    Reply
    • Nicole says

      Posted on 9/10/14 at 3:59 pm

      Thanks so much Jessica!

      Reply
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