Cream Puffs

Name: Cream Puffs
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 larges eggs; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 591 milliliters heavy cream; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 teaspoon sugar; 118 milliliters (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces; 118 milliliters whole milk

Cream Puffs might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 4g of protein, 21g of fat, and a total of 237 calories. This recipe serves 16. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. A mixture of eggs, sugar, heavy cream, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.Fit 1 large pastry bag (or a plastic freezerbag with 1/2" cut from one bottom corner)with plain 1/2" tip.

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Bring milk, butter, 1 teaspoon sugar, salt, and1/2 cup water to a boil in a medium saucepanover medium heat, stirring occasionally.

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Sugar

Water

Milk

Salt

Add flour all at once; reduce heat tomedium-low. Stir vigorously with a woodenspoon until a dough forms and pulls awayfrom sides of pan, 1-2 minutes. Continuebeating vigorously until a thin dry film formson bottom and sides of pot, about 1 minute.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Pot

Transfer to a bowl.

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Add 1 egg and stir vigorously withwooden spoon until egg is incorporatedand dough looks dry again, about 2 minutes.Repeat with 4 more eggs, adding one ata time and stirring vigorously to incorporatebefore adding the next. Dough should besmooth, shiny, and thickened.

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Egg

Spoon dough into prepared pastry bag;pipe out 2 1/2"-diameter rounds on preparedsheets, leaving 2" between rounds.DO AHEAD: Freeze the piped dough roundson the baking sheets, then transfer toresealable plastic bags and freeze for up to1 month.

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Pastry Bag

Place on parchment paper-linedbaking sheets, spacing apart (do notdefrost) before continuing with recipe.

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Baking Paper

Arrange racks in upper and middlethirds of oven and preheat to 450°F.

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Whiskremaining egg with 2 teaspoons water andbrush dough rounds all over with egg wash.

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Water

Egg

Transfer baking sheets to oven; turnoven off. After 10 minutes, heat oven to 350°Fand bake for 10 minutes. Rotate pans frontto back and top to bottom; continue bakinguntil deep golden brown all over, about 10minutes longer (puffs will deflate if removed from oven before fully baked).

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Oven

Transfer puffs to a wire rack and let cool completely.

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Using a serrated knife, gently slice thetop quarter off each puff; transfer tops to aplate. With your finger, gently push down thesoft film of cooked dough inside each puff.

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Dough

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Prepare a second pastry bag (or freezerbag) with 1/2" open-star tip. Beat heavy creamand remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in a large bowluntil soft peaks form. Spoon whipped creaminto prepared pastry bag. Fill each puffwith cream, finishing with a generous ringof cream on top. Dust tops of cream puffswith powdered sugar; place atop puffs.

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Powdered Sugar