Mini Eclairs
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 5 eggs
- 2 cups Bavarian cream, (your favorite recipe)
- 1 cup Chocolate Glaze (recipe follows)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons milk
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. In a saucepan, over high heat, whisk the butter and milk together, until all the butter has melted.
- Bring the liquid up to a boil.
- Whisk in the sugar.
- Combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Slowly stir in the flour mixture and continue to stir until the mixture forms a ball and pulls away from the sides of the pan.
- Remove from the heat and turn into the bowl of an electric mixer.
- Beat the dough on medium speeds and add the eggs, one at a time.
- Continue beating until the dough holds together.
- Remove the dough from the mixer and cool.
- Place the dough in a pastry bag fitted with a round tip and pipe out logs, 2 inches long, onto the lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
- Place the pan in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to 375 degrees F. and continue to cook for 25 minutes.
- Do not remove the sheet from the oven until they are firm to the touch.
- Cool the shells completely.
- Fill a pastry bag, fitted with a small round tip, with the pastry cream.
- Place the eclairs on a wire rack underlined with a baking sheet.
- Spoon some of the glaze over each eclair.
- Refrigerate the eclairs until the glaze is set.
- Remove from the refrigerator and serve.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the cocoa powder, powdered sugar and milk.
- Mix until smooth.
butter, milk, sugar, flour, baking powder, salt, eggs, bavarian cream, chocolate glaze, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, milk
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/mini-eclairs-recipe.html (may not work)