Cream Puffs from Grandma Reynolds Recipe
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Ingredients: Puffs:
1 c water
½ c butter
1 c flour
4 eggs
Custard Filling:
½ c sugar
½ tsp salt
6 T flour
2 c milk or cream
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla or other flavoring (I use 1 tsp vanilla and 1 tsp almond flavoring)
Chocolate Frosting:
3 T butter
3 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate
¼ tsp salt
⅓ c milk
1 tsp vanilla
3 c powdered sugar
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Directions:Puffs - Heat water and butter to a rolling boil and stir in the flour. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture leaves the pan edges and forms a ball ( about 1 minute). Remove from heat and beat in eggs with mixer 1 at a time until smooth and velvety. Drop from cookie scoop on to ungreased cookie sheet. Makes approximately 25 puffs. Bake at 400 for 30-35 minutes. You can make larger ones if you wish, baking about 45-50 minutes.
Custard - Note that I do a double batch of filling for single batch and a triple batch of filling for double batch of puffs. Stir sugar, salt, flour together and gradually stir in milk. Cook over low heat stirring constantly until boils. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir a little mixture into the 2 beaten eggs then put this mixture back in pan and return to boil again. Remove from heat and stir in flavoring. Place plastic wrap directly on top of custard and cool.
While custard cools prepare puffs by slicing off a little of the top and scooping extra moist puff stuff out with a spoon (I have a little baby spoon that works great.) and keep the 2 parts together. Once filling cools put it in a gallon size ziplock and cut a hole in the corner to easily squirt filling into puffs. Replace the top and add a little frosting on top. Keep puffs refrigerated prior to serving.
Frosting - Melt butter and chocolate (I use microwave). Pour into mixer bowl, add remaining ingredients until well blended. I put this in a quart size freezer baggie and when ready to use cut a small hole in one corner of baggie to squeeze out frosting. Freezer baggies are stronger and have less chance of a seam blow out when using! |
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Notes: Mary Thomas: A definite family favorite from my mom Kate Reynolds was often requested for birthday dessert!
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