Baked Churro Munchies

By mytastytreasures

Delicious Baked churro munchies. Like the tradional churros, only baked, not fried and in munchkin size. Warm chocolate dipping sauce too!!
Makes about 30.

Ingredients

• Churro Munchies:
• 2 sticks butter, divided
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tsp plus 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
• 1 cup bleached all purpose flour
• 5 large eggs
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons cinnamon
• Warm Chocolate Dipping Sauce
• 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, broken into pieces
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon instant espresso
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon water

Preparation

Step 1

Set oven rack to lower-middle position; preheat to 400.
Bring 1 cup water,1 stick butter, salt and 1 teaspoon sugar to a rolling boil. Turn heat to low, add flour and stir with a wooden spoon until a soft ball forms. Off heat, thoroughly stir in one egg at a time. Let dough stand until it can hold its shape. About 5 minutes. Cover cookie sheet with parchment paper. Drop scant 2 tablespoons dough to form balls. Bake 30 minutes, until golden.
Reduce oven to 200. Melt remaining stick of butter. Mix remaining sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Dunk puffs in butter, coat in cinnamon sugar and poke an X in puff bottoms with a knife. Return to cookie sheet and set in oven until puffs crisp, from 45 minutes to 3 hours. Serve warm with chocolate dipping sauce.

Warm Chocolate Dipping Sauce:
Heat chocolate, milk, sugar and instant espresso in a medium-sized saucepan until chocolate melts. Combine cornstarch and water and mix into the hot chocolate mixture. Simmer the chocolate until it thickens . Pour in a small bowl, and serve with the warm churros.