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Cream Puffs
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Status To Try
Cream Filling
- 2 cups milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup flour
- salt pinch
- 6 egg yolks
Puffs
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup butter cut into small pieces
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 5 eggs
Cream Filling
Scald milk with vanilla.
In a saucepan, combine sugar, flour, salt and egg yolks, stirring until well blended. Add milk gradually.
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly without scraping the bottom of the pan. Bring to a boil and continue boiling for 3 minutes.
Pour into a bowl and allow to cool, stirring occasionally.
Puffs
In a heavy saucepan, combine water, butter, salt and sugar. Bring to a boil.
Remove from heat and add flour at once. Stir briskly with a wooden spoon until dough is smooth.
Return to heat and cook, stirring constantly, until dough leaves the side of the pan and forms a ball.
Remove from heat and add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition.
Spoon dough onto a greased baking sheet and bake at 375°F for 45 minutes, or until puffs are dry and golden. Cool, split and fill with cream.
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