15-Minute Churros | Simple Dessert Recipe

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option while maintaining flavor.

chocolate sauce

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate

💰Cheaper: chocolate syrup

Dark chocolate is richer and healthier, while chocolate syrup is more affordable.

Preheat a Dutch oven to about 350 degrees.

Take crescent rolls out of the refrigerator and let them reach room temperature.

Pull apart the crescent rolls and arrange them into a rectangle, pushing them together.

Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a separate bowl.

Mix 2 tablespoons of sugar with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon in another bowl.

Brush the melted butter over the crescent roll rectangle.

Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture over the buttered crescent rolls.

Cut the rectangle into four pieces using a pizza cutter.

Twist each piece and lay them in the preheated Dutch oven.

Cover the Dutch oven with coals, using 17 on top and 8 on the bottom for heat.

Let the churros cook until they are nice and hard, indicating they are done.

Serve with chocolate sauce for dipping.

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