Divert the craving and avoid: 175 calories, 10 g fat, 1 g saturated fat
Ingredients
Butter-flavored cooking spray
2 96 percent fat free soft-taco sized flour tortillas
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon light butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3-3/4 inch wide Sombrero cookie cutter (or 3-3/4 inch tall cactus cutter)
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Lightly mist a medium metal baking rack with spray. Place it on top of a baking sheet of similar size.
Using the cookie cutter, cut 5 sombreros or cactuses from each tortilla.
Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a medium shallow bowl. Add the butter to a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave it until just melted, about 10-30 seconds. Stir in the vanilla until well combined. Using a pastry brush, lightly brush one side of one sombrero with the butter mixture then hold it over the bowl of sugar and sprinkle it with sugar, letting any excess fall back into the bowl.
Brush the second side and sprinkle that with sugar, again letting any excess fall back into the bowl. Place it on the awaiting baking rack. Repeat with the remaining sombreros until they are all coated and place them side by side on the baking rack. Bake them for about 6 minutes for softer crisps or 8 minutes for crisper crisps.
Makes 10 crisps; 5 servings. Each (2 crisp) serving has: 56 calories, 1 g protein, 10 g carbohydrates, 1 g fat, less than 1 g saturated fat, 3 mg cholesterol, less than 1 g fiber, 110 mg sodium.
Devin Says: Though these crisps are definitely not comparable to actual churros, I designed them to satisfy the same craving with a fraction of the fat and calories. The cinnamon and sugar over the buttery crisps are sure to hit the spot and you'll divert the craving and avoid the fat and calories found in a small churro, which typically has: 231 calories, 2 g protein, 31 g carbohydrates, 11 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 10 mg cholesterol, 1 g fiber, 120 mg sodium.
This is a really fun recipe for kids!
Save time by cutting the tortillas into triangles using a pizza cutter instead of the cookie cutter.
