coconut cream puffs Recipe

• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup Land O Lakes butter
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 large Egglands Best eggs
• 1 (4.6-ounce) package of cook-and-serve vanilla pudding and pie filling mix
• 3 cups Land O Lakes Half & Half or Fat-Free Half & Half
• 1 teaspoon orange zest, freshly grated
• caramel sauce
• 1/4 cup Land O Lakes butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/3 cup Land O Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes, toasted

1. Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Combine water, 1/2 cup of butter and 1/8 teaspoon of salt in a 2-quart saucepan.
3. Cook over medium heat for 5-7 minutes or until the mixture comes to a full boil.
4. Vigorously stir in the flour, using a wooden spoon, until the mixture forms a ball.
5. Remove the saucepan from heat.
6. Cool the mixture for 10 minutes.
7. Then add 1 egg at a time, stirring well after each addition until the mixture is very smooth.
8. Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls, 3 inches apart, onto an ungreased baking sheet.
9. Bake 30-35 minutes or until puffed and lightly browned.
10. Pierce each puff with a fork to allow steam to escape.
11. Move the puffs to a cooling rack and cool completely.
12. Prepare the pudding mix as directed on the package, substituting half-and-half for milk.
13. Stir in the orange zest.
14. Pour the pudding mixture into a bowl; cover with plastic wrap.
15. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until cool.
16. Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a 1-quart heavy saucepan over medium heat.
17. Stir in the brown sugar and continue cooking 2-3 minutes or until the sauce is smooth and bubbly.
18. Stir in the whipping cream and continue cooking 2-3 minutes, or until the mixture just comes to a boil.
19. Remove the sauce from heat and stir in the sea salt.
20. Cut off the top portions of the cream puffs; scoop out the insides, if necessary.
21. Fill each puff with 1/4 cup of chilled pudding mixture and sprinkle with 2 teaspoons of toasted coconut.
22. Drizzle each cream puff with caramel sauce and another 1 teaspoon of toasted coconut.

water, butter, salt, flour, eggs, orange zest, caramel sauce, butter, brown sugar, cream, salt, coconut flakes

Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/salted-caramel-drizzle-toasted-coconut-cream-puffs-31657 (may not work)