Sunday, September 7, 2008

Cream Puffs

For The Puffs
1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
1 cup boiling water
4 eggs

For The Filling
1/8 tablespoon salt
1/2 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 tablespoon butter
2 cup milk

First of all, for the puffs part, you need to boil the butter and water together until the butter is fully melted. You will then add 1 cup of flour and continue stirring the mixture rapidly to ensure that the mixture doesn't stick to side of the pan and burn.

Now, before you add in the eggs, switch off the fire and let it cool down first. As you add the eggs, make sure that you mix them well. Next, place the mixture on the grease cookie sheets and place them on the lowest rack in the oven. Bake them for about 30 minutes at 356 f.

Now it's the time to prepare the filling part. First of all, with a little cold milk, moisten the flour. Then heat the remaining milk for 15 minutes. While it is heating up, you need to slowly add in the flour which you have moistened earlier together with the beaten eggs, sugar and salt.
Make sure that you stir rapidly so that the mixtured doesn't stick to the bottom or side of the pan. Once the mixture is thick enough, you can add in the butter and vanilla. Let is cool down for a while and voila, you can now use the filling for your cream puff! Serve and enjoy!

As a note, these were very good but I cannot get them to come out properly. If you have any tips or tricks to make this recipe better let me know!

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