These gluten free waffle churros are like a Cinco de Mayo miracle. They have all the taste and texture of churros, but in a no-fry waffle batter. Whatever you do, don't skip the chocolate sauce!
It may not be Cinco de Mayo (yet), but if you could have all the taste of light, fluffy and crisp churros without, well, having to deep fry anything, wouldn't you get an early start? That's what I thought. Enter gluten free waffle churros.
We've already made gluten free churros, but this isn't just that recipe made in a waffle iron. The ingredients are largely the same, but the proportions are different in all the right ways.to make a waffle texture so perfect that you'll
The result is a waffle texture so perfect that you'll almost swear they were fried. Only “almost” since everybody knows that only fried food tastes fried but the texture is so perfect that I promise you won't mind.
I've made this dough (which is really the same fabulous French choux pastry that we use to make everything from cream puffs and crullers to éclairs and gougères (with a few savory twists). Here it's more like a batter and less like a dough) every which way: by hand (don't really recommend, but it can be done), in a food processor (lovely, except when you have to clean it) and in a blender (both high speed and regular blender).
My favorite method is the blender (high speed or otherwise), but any will work. It is indeed difficult to make a super smooth batter (or dough) by hand, but please remember that you're not making your food to photograph it and share it … with you. So less-than-perfect is perfectly okay.
Do make sure that you allow the mixture to cool after it comes off the stovetop and before you add the eggs to blend everything together. That keeps your blender or food processor from overheating and the eggs from scrambling in the hot pastry dough.
I'll be honest, sometimes I skip the cinnamon-sugar coating because I'm a total clean freak and it makes a mess. And you'd better believe that as soon as I got this shot of drippy chocolate I cleaned up that jar but good.
But please don't to skip the chocolate sauce. It's just so … perfect. *sigh*