Cream Puffs

August 23, 2009 | By Admin In Desserts |

Here is a recipe for real, old-fashioned cream puffs and filling made from scratch!

1 cup boiling water
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1 cup pastry flour
4 eggs

Boil the water and butter together in a saucepan. Sift and add the flour and stir until the mixture leaves the sides of the pan clean. Remove from the heat, cool, then add the eggs, unbeaten, one at a time.

As each egg is added the mixture will appear rather sticky and unmanageable, but a little beating quickly incorporates the egg into it. When all of the eggs are beaten in, drop the mixture by tablespoons, three inches apart, on a greased baking sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. This makes about 10 cream puffs.

Cream Puff Filling

4 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons flour or cornstarch
1 cup milk
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt

Blend the sugar and flour or cornstarch in a bowl, pour the milk which has been scalded, over these, stirring constantly. Return to the saucepan, cook until thick, add the eggs slightly beaten and the salt, and coo a minute longer.

When cool, add the vanilla and use as a filling for the cream puffs, making an incision inthe sides of these and removing any soft portions which may be in them, before putting in the filling. If desired, the tops of the puffs may be decorated with chopped nut-meats.

Chocolate filling: Melt half an ounce of cooking chocolate in a small saucepan, add the milk, and bring to boiling point. Then proceed as above.