Pumpkin Cream Puffs

Name: Pumpkin Cream Puffs
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter; 425 grams 1/2 pumpkin puree; 4 eggs; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 473 milliliters heavy cream; 1 pinch salt; 237 milliliters water

Pumpkin Cream Puffs might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 15 servings with 220 calories, 3g of protein, and 19g of fat each. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour. If you have water, pumpkin puree, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

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Oven

Place the butter, water, and salt in a heavy saucepan, and bring to a full rolling boil. Stir in the flour and beat vigorously until the mixture forms a ball.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Water

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Place the dough ball in a mixing bowl, and beat in the eggs, one at a time, adding the next egg when the last one has been fully incorporated.

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Dough

Egg

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Mixing Bowl

Drop dough by tablespoons onto an ungreased baking sheet, and bake until the puffs rise and are golden brown on top, with fully-cooked insides, 20 to 25 minutes.

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Dough

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Let cool before filling.

Cut the cream puffs horizontally with a serrated knife.

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Cream

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Serrated Knife

To make filling, place the cream in the work bowl of an electric mixer, and whip until beginning to thicken, about 1 minute. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar and pumpkin pie spice until well-mixed, and continue mixing until the cream forms soft peaks, about 3 minutes.

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Powdered Sugar

Pumpkin Pie Spice

Cream

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Use a rubber spatula or wire whisk to fold 1/3 of the pumpkin puree into the whipped cream. Gently run the spatula through the center of the bowl, then around the sides of the bowl, repeating until fully incorporated.

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Canned Pumpkin

Whipped Cream

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Spatula

Whisk

Bowl

Add the remaining pumpkin puree, folding just until incorporated.

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Canned Pumpkin

Spoon about 2 tablespoons of the pumpkin cream filling into each puff, and dust the top of each puff with confectioners' sugar and a pinch of pumpkin pie spice for garnish. Refrigerate leftovers.

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Powdered Sugar

Pumpkin Pie Spice

Pumpkin