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Canudinhos, small, fried tubes filled with dulce de leche.

Canudinhos, small, fried tubes filled with dulce de leche.

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Brazilian Canudinhos: Small tubes of fried dough, wrapped around aluminum molds, and then filled with homemade dulce de leche that has been cooked for an …

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Recipe from Atoj, Jorge Morais, Rotlimena and 1 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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In Brazil, canudinhos are the small, crispy tubes that are a staple at every celebration. The dough, which is rolled out very thinly, is wrapped around aluminum cylinders and then fried, before being filled with doce de leite (a sweet, creamy caramel).

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time1 hr
  • Cook time1 hr 30 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total3 hr
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Calories520 kcal/serving
  • Cooking methodfrying
  • Estimated cost$9.01 $0.30 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

30 people

Condensed milk

  • $2.97
  • $0.77

Tubes

  • $0.80
  • $0.06
  • $0.21
  • $4.20

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

Condensed milk

  1. Place the milk and sugar in a saucepan and cook over medium heat for about 1 hour, stirring constantly.
  2. Remove from the heat when the cream thickens. ≈ 3 min

Tubes

  1. Gradually mix the flour and water together by hand. ≈ 4 min
  2. Add the oil and salt, and knead until a dough forms, similar to bread dough. ≈ 10 min
  3. Roll it out thinly and cut out 9 cm squares. ≈ 8 min
  4. Wrap each square around an aluminum tube and then fry.
  5. Remove the tube, allow it to cool, and then fill it with dulce de leche.

The bill

Canudinhos, small, fried tubes filled with dulce de leche.

  • 3 liters of milk$2.97
  • 1 kilogram of sugar$0.77
  • 500 g of flour$0.80
  • 1 tablespoon of oil$0.06
  • salt$0.21
  • 1 liter of oil for deep frying$4.20

Total$9.01

that's $0.30 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Nutrition per serving

Calories520 kcal
Fat32.9 g
Saturated fat4.8 g
Carbohydrates50.3 g
Sugars38.5 g
Fiber0.6 g
Protein5.2 g
Salt0.1 g

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 3 liters of milk
  • 1 kilogram of sugar
  • 500 g of flour
  • 200 ml of water
  • 1 tablespoon of oil
  • salt
  • 1 liter of oil for deep frying

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