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CREAM PUFFS From Betty Crocker’s Cookbook Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
CREAM FILLING
⅓ cup sugar
2 tbsp. cornstarch
⅛ tsp. salt
2 cups milk
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
2 tbsp. butter, softened
2 tsp. vanilla



PUFFS
1 cup water
½ cup butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 eggs

CHOCOLATE FROSTING
1 ounce unsweetened chocolate
1 tsp. butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1 to 2 tbsp. hot water
Directions:
Directions:
PUFFS
Heat water and margarine to a rolling boil in 2 ½-quart saucepan. Stir in flour; reduce heat. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat. Beat in eggs, all at once; continue beating until smooth. Drop dough by scant ¼ cup full about 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 35 to 40 minutes at 400° or until puffed and golden brown. Cool away from draft. Cut off top one third of each half and pull out any filaments of soft dough. Fill puffs with cream filling. Replace tops and dust with powdered sugar. Refrigerate until serving time.
(To make éclairs instead, drop dough by scant ¼ cup full onto ungreased cookie sheet. Shape each into finger about 4 ½ inches long and 1½ inches wide with spatula. Bake as directed; cool, fill with cream filling. Frost with chocolate frosting.)

FILLING
Mix sugar, cornstarch, and salt in 2-quart saucepan. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute. Gradually stir at least half of the hot mixture into egg yolks. Stir into hot mixture in saucepan. Boil and stir 1 minute; remove from heat. Stir in margarine and vanilla; cool.

CHOCOLATE FROSTING
Heat chocolate and butter in 1-quart saucepan over low heat until melted; remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar and hot water. Beat until smooth and of spreading consistency.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Yum, I loved it when mom made these, not only because they tasted great but also because she let me help fill the puffs with the filling. She also made the chocolate éclairs.

 

 

 

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