Description
Churro Cruffins blend flaky cruffin layers with cinnamon sugar and a creamy dulce de leche filling for a bakery-style pastry made at home.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 cup dulce de leche
Instructions
- Mix flour, sugar, yeast, and salt, then add warm water to form a dough.
- Knead dough until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
- Roll dough into a rectangle, spread butter, fold into thirds, and repeat twice.
- Chill dough for 1 hour.
- Cut dough into 12 pieces, roll into strips, and coil into a greased muffin tin.
- Let rise until doubled in size.
- Bake at 375°F for 20 minutes until golden.
- Roll warm cruffins in cinnamon sugar.
- Fill centers with dulce de leche using a piping bag.
Notes
- Use evenly softened butter for flaky layers.
- Add nutmeg or vanilla to the sugar coating for deeper flavor.
- Let cruffins cool slightly before filling to prevent melting.
- Prep Time: 2 hours
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Mexican-inspired
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cruffin
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 11 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 36 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 45 mg