I finally came across a wonderful recipe for cream puffs! I’ve tried a few versions of these, but finally found one I could be proud to post:) It’s a great recipe and they turn out very light and delicious. Instead of making my own cream whip filling, I bought a can of aerosol reddi-whip and filled them just after they cooled . And what’s also great is you can fill them with just about anything and decorate them so they look pretty and elegant. Most “normal” people eat these as a dessert, we eat them for breakfast…WHY NOT???
Ingredients for cream puffs
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup all-purpose four
1 teaspoon superfine sugar
2 eggs
Ingredients for the Sauce:
4 oz. semisweet chocolate
2 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons heavy cream
2/3 cup heavy cream for the filling
Set the oven at 400 degrees. Grease a cookie sheet and dampen it with water. Cut up the butter and heat it in a saucepan with water.
Sift the flour and sugar into a bowl. When the water boils, remove it from the heat and add the flour and sugar.
Beat the mixture hard with a wooden spoon until it is smooth and comes away from the sides of the saucepan.
Beat the eggs, then beat them into the mixture, a little at a time, until you have a thick, smooth, glossy paste.
Put teaspoons of the mixture onto the cookie sheet. Keep the puffs small or they will not cook all the way through. I used a small melon ball scooper and it worked great with the sticky dough. Keep the drops the size of a gum ball or as big around as a quarter. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until puffy and golden brown.
Put the cream puffs on a wire rack to cool. Pierce them with a toothpick or fork to let out any steam to keep them from getting soft.
Break the chocolate into a saucepan. Add the butter and cream. Stir over low heat until the chocolate has melted. Whip the cream for the filling in a bowl until thick. Slice open each puff and fill with cream.
Arrange the puffs on a serving plate. Pour over the chocolate sauce, making sure each cream puff is lightly coated. Pour any extra chocolate sauce into a small pitcher and serve it with the cream puffs. My recommendation is to eat them as soon as you can – they taste best when they’re fresh!
