Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Boy did you miss out!


Puffs

1

cup water

1/2

cup butter or margarine

1

cup all-purpose flour

4

eggs

Fluff Filling

2

cups whipping cream

1/4

cup granulated or powdered sugar

1

teaspoon Vallette’s Vanilla extract




Heat oven to 400ºF. In 2 1/2-quart saucepan, heat water and butter to rolling boil. Stir in flour; reduce heat to low. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat. Beat in eggs, all at once; continue beating until smooth.


On ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by slightly less than 1/4 cupfuls about 3 inches apart. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until puffed and golden. Cool away from draft, about 30 minutes.


Fluff Filling:

In large bowl, beat whipping cream, sugar and vanilla; beat on high speed 1 to 2 minutes or until soft peaks form*. Fill puffs. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate up to 3 hours.


Cut off top third of each puff and pull out any strands of soft dough**. Fill puffs with filling; replace tops. Sprinkle with powdered sugar***. Cover; refrigerate until serving. Store covered in refrigerator.



*I whipped the cream a little longer and it thickened up nicely into more of a custard or ice cream texture.

** I didn’t remove any of the insides, the puffs puffed nicely.

***I topped with a chocolate sauce, made of semisweet chocolate chips and chocolate syrup

5 comments:

  1. I love cream puffs! I would like to order one dozen and will be able to pick them up at 2:08 p.m. on April 28th. They look perfecto!

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  2. I am sorry, I made a mistake. Could you please increase my order to 24? Do you accept credit cards or checks? I would be happy to make a deposit!

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  3. You girls (my daughter included) are really tempting me - a lot - with all these good eats. Sure wished I was there, I would have totally broke my diet. Cook on! Jeanette

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  4. Did you take the biggest puff and put the smallest dollop of chocolate in it? So whoever was greediest and picked the biggest one lost out?

    A life lesson in a cream puff. Past on by my mom circa 1962.

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  5. Of all the recipes that I have seen posted on a variety of sites, the two that interest me the most is your "cream puffs" and your sister-in- laws "sopahpia's" (sic)our course your sisters and your cinnamon rolls are to die for as well. Did I mention, that I am going to be staying in something similar to a hotel in LA but much more expensive for 4-5 days which has a very bad reputation in the quality of food?

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