How to Prepare Award-winning Cream Puffs

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, cream puffs. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Cream Puffs is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Cream Puffs is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

Cream puffs need to be thoroughly dried out or they will fall and be soggy. After making one batch of soggy puffs I did a little research in order to have success the second time around. When finished baking, poke a small hole in the side of the puff to let steam escape. In a large saucepan, bring the water, butter, salt, and granulated sugar to a rolling boil over medium-high heat.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook cream puffs using 14 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cream Puffs:

1. Take Choux pastry
2. Prepare 1/4 cup unsalted butter
3. Make ready 1/2 cup water
4. Get 1/2 teaspoon salt
5. Prepare 1 teaspoon sugar
6. Prepare 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon flour
7. Prepare 2 eggs
8. Make ready Filling
9. Get 1 cup chilled, heavy whipping cream
10. Prepare 1/2 cup powdered sugar
11. Get Optional Toppings
12. Prepare Melted chocolate
13. Make ready Powdered sugar for dusting
14. Get Sliced strawberries

In a large bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add sugar and vanilla; beat until almost stiff. Split cream puffs; discard soft dough from inside. Just before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar or brush tops with light corn syrup and sprinkle with colored sugar or nonpareils.

Steps to make Cream Puffs:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
3. Place a metal or glass bowl, along with your whisks into the freezer for your whipped cream
4. Choux Pastry: Over medium heat in a saucepan, melt butter
5. Add in water, sugar & salt, then bring to a boil
6. Once boiling, remove from heat & stir in flour with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula - it should eventually form a ball
7. Set aside & let this cool for about 7 minutes
8. In a small bowl, beat the eggs
9. Add this to the dough then stir together till mixture is thick & shiny
10. Put batter into a piping bag or sturdy ziploc bag; snip the tip/corner off
11. On a parchment paper lined baking sheet, pipe 2 inch mounded circles, one inch apart. To get rid of any peaks, dip your finger into water & slightly press down onto your piped batter
12. Bake at 400° for 20 to 22 minutes. Let cool.
13. Filling: Add your chilled, heavy whipping cream to the bowl & powdered sugar
14. Whip this until stiff peaks form, it takes a bit but is worth the effort
15. Assembly: After the choux buns are cooled, slice them in half, horizontally
16. Either pipe or spoon in the whipped cream onto the bottom half of the bun; additionally, add on the strawberries at this point
17. Place on the top, and drizzle on the melted chocolate or dust with powdered sugar
18. ENJOY~

Split cream puffs; discard soft dough from inside. Just before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar or brush tops with light corn syrup and sprinkle with colored sugar or nonpareils. Peppermint Whipped Cream Filling: In large bowl, beat ingredients with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Stir in milk, a little at a time, until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.

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