Cream Puffs
- 1/2 cup milk, any type you have I use 2%
- 1/2 cup water
- 4 oz butter, which is equal to 1/2 cup or 1 stick
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup milk,any type you have I used 2%
- 1 3.4 ounce box French Vanilla instant pudding dry mix. I used Jello brand. If you can not find French vanilla you can substitute with vanilla instant pudding.
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 8 oz semi sweet chocolate, chopped ( chocolate chips can be used )
- MAKE CREAM PUFF SHELLS
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium heavy saucepan add water, milk, butter,salt and sugar.Bring to a boil.
- Remove from heat and add flour all at once.
- Return to low heat and stir vigorously for about 1 minute until it forms a ball.
- Remove from heat And cool 5 minutes
- Beat in eggs, one at a time and beat until glossy about 1 to 2 minutes
- Drop by heaping tablespoons on prepared parchment paper about 2 inches apart.
- Bake sour 20 to 23 minutes until puffed , golden and dry looking.
- They should sound hollow when lightly tapped.
- Insert a skewer in each puff to vent.
- Cool.compeatly on wire rack.
- MAKE CREAM PUFF FILLING
- Whip heavy cream in a large chilled bowl until soft peaks form, add vanilla.
- Keep at soft peaks, it will be whipped more with the pudding
- Working quickly combine milk and pudding mix.
- Immediately combine pudding/milk mixture with whipped cream, beat until combined and has firm peaks about 1 minute.
- FILL CREAM PUFFS
- With a small sharp knife cut a,small opening I top of puff, remove any soft loose part, if needed, from inside to have a clean hollow middle
- Pipe or spoon in cream filling to fill puff.
- Replace cream puff top.
- Refrigerate cream puffs.
- MAKE CHOCOLATE GLAZE
- Heat cream just to a simmer, remove from heat add chopped chocolate.
- Let sit undisturbed for 1 minute then stir until smooth
- Spoon chocolate glaze over filled cream puffs while warm.
- Add garnish on warm cnocolate so it sticks.
- Refrigerate until chocolate is set.
- Keep and serve chilled
milk, water, butter, flour, eggs, salt, sugar, heavy whipping cream, milk, vanilla, heavy cream, semi sweet chocolate
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/357402-cream-puffs (may not work)