Easiest Cream Puffs
photo by lilsweetie
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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24 puffs
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 118.29 ml low-fat margarine or 118.29 ml unsalted butter
- 236.59 ml boiling bottled water
- 236.59 ml sifted flour
- 2.46 ml salt
- 4 eggs
- confectioners' sugar
directions
- If butter is not at room temperature, chop it up first.
- Add butter to boiling water.
- When butter is dissolved remove from heat.
- Add flour and salt.
- Beat with a spoon until it looks like putty (about 15 minutes).
- Cool, add eggs unbeaten one at a time.
- Beat until creamy.
- Drop ¾ to 1 tablespoon of cream puff mixture, for each cream puff, onto a greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 375°.
- Reduce oven to 350° and bake for an additional 30 minutes.
- Allow to cool.
- To Serve: cut off the top and fill with whipped cream or vanilla pudding, then replace the top.
- Sift small amount of powdered sugar over each cream puff.
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Reviews
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I just got baked and decided to do some baking. These where real quick and easy. Thanks for sharing the recipe. GO SPURS !! -
Not sure what happened but my dough turned out way too soft I tried to save it by adding more flour but that didn't work so I had to throw it out. I must have messed the measurements up or something. : ( Glad others had success! -
The recipe itself is really good especially if you supstitue 3/4 cup of olive oil for every cup of butter but the second time you bake the dough 30 minutes is a bit to much, 19 or 20 minutes is much better -
Great recipe! Taste just like Wisconsin State Fair cream puffs. I filled them with #72356. I used raw butter which added an insanely good butter flavor. Mine didn't get the nice peaks, but my wrists were killing me during the 15 minutes mixing stage, so I don't think I did it very well with all of the frequent breaks. I wonder if I could mix it in my stand mixer next time? Soo good, Mille, THANK YOU! -
This recipe delivers what it says. It was very easy. Both times i have made it now have turned out some wonderful puffs. My boys really like them stuffed with vanilla pudding and embelishments. A winning recipe!
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Tweaks
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Olive oil for butter and less baking time
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Millereg
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Gavin "Miller" Duncan passed away November 12, 2004 in Laurel, MD from complications of a "broken" heart. The outpouring of support from the Recipezaar community while his health was declining was a huge comfort to him and even "perked him up" a bit in his final month. Miller was a huge asset to Recipezaar, not only due to his incredible collection of recipes, but his participation in the forums. Miller was known for his wonderful low-sodium recipes, his warmth, and last, but not least, his wicked, dry sense of humor.
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Chef Paula Deen:
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Iron Chef Morimoto:
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Dessert Dude Jacques Torres:
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Spit Boy Jamie Oliver:
When he says “whack it in the oven”, he really means “I am into hot, kinky stuff”.
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