Festive Coconut Cream Puff
- 1 cup water
- 12 cup blue bonnet margarine
- 1 12 teaspoons sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 ounces royal instant toasted coconut pudding mix
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 medium bananas, sliced
- 1 12 cups frozen strawberries, thawed and coarsely chopped or 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
- Preheat oven to 400.
- On large greased and floured baking sheet, draw circle, using the bottom of 9-inch pie plate as guide.
- To make cream puffs, in medium saucepan, bring water, margarine and sugar to a boil.
- Blend in flour, stirring rapidly until mixture leaves sides of pan and forms a ball.
- Remove from heat.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well mixed.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Drop 1/4 cup mixture on circle on baking sheet; repeat with remaining batter, placing puffs side-by-side to form ring.
- Bake 35-40 minutes or until puffed and golden.
- Turn off oven; let stand in oven 10 minutes.
- Remove ring from baking sheet; cool on wire rack in draft-free place.
- For filling, in medium bowl, combine instant pudding, milk and heavy cream.
- Beat at medium speed of electric mixer for 4 minutes; beat at high speed for an additional 1 minute.
- Chill 1 hour.
- Carefully cut cooked cream puff ring horizontally in half; set top aside.
- Mix bananas into prepared pudding, spoon into bottom of ring; top strawberries.
- Replace top; sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.
- If desired, fill center of ring with fruit pieces.
- Chill until ready to serve.
water, margarine, sugar, flour, eggs, vanilla, coconut pudding, milk, heavy cream, bananas, frozen strawberries
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/festive-coconut-cream-puff-478481 (may not work)