Vegan Churros with Chocolate Orange Dipping Sauce - Vegan Recipe Club

Ingredients

• Sugar sprinkle
• 50g/¼ cup white caster sugar
• 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
• Dough/churros
• 250g/2 cups plain flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 485ml/2 scant cups water
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 60ml/¼ cup neutral oil (eg rapeseed)
• Cooking
• Neutral oil (eg rapeseed) for deep frying
• Chocolate sauce
• 150g/5 oz vegan dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), broken into chunks/pieces
• 230ml/1 scant cup vegan double cream, whipped or use vegan single cream
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 cinnamon stick (optional)
• 2 tbsp fresh orange juice or ½ tsp orange extract (optional)
• Zest of 1 orange, finely grated or chopped (optional)