All you need is a good oven and a little bit of your time. For the food part you will need: 1 cup of water, 1 stick of margarine, 1 cup of flour and 4 eggs. It will make about 15-18 cream puffs.
Bring water to boil in a middle size saucepan. Add a pinch of salt and 1 stick of margarine. Wait until the margarine is melted. Now you have to act quickly. Add one cup of flour to the boiling mix. You have to mix it very quickly and don't let it burn. Take the saucepan off the heat and put it aside to cool down. When the batter is not hot anymore, add the eggs - one at the time and mix well.
Now you need to prepare the baking sheet. Use Parchment Paper for Baking or any white paper available in your house. Generously grease the paper with vegetable oil.
To place the batter on a baking sheet you can use plastic Pastry Bags or Dessert Decorator. Or just use a teaspoon to make it simple.
Make sure you place your batter about an inch apart (2-3 cm).
Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Baking time is 30-40 minutes. Do not overcook you pastries, but you also don't want them to be raw inside. Your pastries will smell like a French Pastries Shop and they should be golden-brown in color when they are ready.
Let them cool down and fill them up with any filling of your choice. I used the same whipped cream with powdered sugar which I used for my previous recipe. Powdered sugar on the top and - Abracadabra! - it is ready. Pretty simple, huh?
yum yum yum! I'd take your recipes over Julia Child's any day!
ReplyDeleteI am seriously going to try these the next time I need to take a dessert somewhere. they are delicious!
ReplyDeleteThank you, girls! Seriously, it is not hard at all. Just make sure that puffs are hard on the top and they are not raw inside. Otherwise, they will loose their shape and you won't be able to get any stuffing inside!
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