Mickey Mouse Churros
Servings: 6 Churros
Calories: 289kcal
Equipment
- 1 large piping bag with star tip
- 1 cookie sheet fitted with parchment paper
- 6 mickey heads traced onto parchment paper
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ½ C sugar plus 1 tablespoon sugar
- ½ C whole milk
- 6 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 C flour
- 3 large eggs
- Canola oil for frying
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the cinnamon and 1/2 C of sugar, set aside
- Using a medium pot over medium to high heat, bring the butter, salt, 1 tablespoon sugar, and ½ C of water to a simmer
- Using a rubber spatula, whisk in the flour until its combined and a ball of dough
- Remove the dough and place into a standing mixer
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes
- Once cooled, using a paddle attachment, beat in 1 egg at a time until combined
- Scoop the dough into the piping bag
- Using the cookie sheet with the traced mickey heads, pipe the detail of mickeys head
- Place cookie sheet into the freezer for 30 minutes
- About 10 minutes before removing tray from freezer, heat up canola oil
- in a large deep skillet or pot or deep fryer if you have one
- Remove tray from freezer and carefully remove 1 of the mickey shaped churros
- Drop the churro into the hot oil
- Once it starts to brown on the bottom carefully flip it using a fork
- Once the entire churro has browned, remove from oil and place onto a paper towel
- Dab oil off the churro and place into the cinnamon sugar mixture and toss to coat the churro
- Repeat steps with remaining churros
- Enjoy!
Notes
You could also fry in vegetable oil. Whichever oil you prefer best.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Churro | Calories: 289kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 114mg | Sodium: 430mg | Potassium: 79mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 507IU | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 1mg