" I Can't Believe I Made Cream Puffs! "

Submitted by Mareesme

"My old friend Pat gave me this recipe 20 years ago and I really love these easy puffs....a little too much, as my waistline attests!"

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 15 puffs

ingredients

• PUFFS

• 1 cup water
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 eggs

• FILLING

• 1 (5 1/8 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding (large-size box)
• 1 (5 1/4 ounce) package whipped dessert topping mix, Dream Whip brand (2 envelopes)

directions

1. Heat water and butter to rolling boil.
2. Stir in flour, stirring vigorously over low heat about 1 minute, or until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat.
3. Beat in eggs all at one time and continue beating until smooth. Drop dough by scant 1/4 cupfuls about 3" apart on ungreased baking sheet.
4. Bake at 400° for 35 to 40 minutes, or until puffed and golden. Cool out of draft.
5. Cut in half horizontally, open, and remove any uncooked filaments of dough (if desired, but not necessary).
6. Make Dream Whip according to package directions. Make pudding with only half the milk it calls for. Quickly add the pudding to the Dream Whip and mix well.
7. Fill cream puffs, sprinkle with a little powdered sugar and refrigerate until serving -- if you don't eat them first!

Reviews

[sabrinajosh]

loved it! very easy to make. i did substitute the cream for cool whip and whip cream, it was very good. my husband(who is a very picky person) loved these. thank you for the recipe

 

[sjkotylak]

They turned out great! I was about a quarter of the half cup of butter short, so I used canola oil and instead of the vanilla pudding, I used lowfat, sugar-free chocolate pudding and everyone loved it!

 

[FrannieJ]

Made these this afternoon, and filled them both with the recipe filling and with fresh strawberries and whipped cream....wonderful! Thanks for sharing my dear!

 

[twissis]

The title of this recipe is what attracted me to it as I have never made cream puffs & decided to go outside my comfort zone for a chg. I made a half recipe for 2 of us & it was easy. I had a moment of panic when I could not get the eggs mixed into the dough, so I used my immersion blender & feared how that might impact the result. The puffs were perfect so my next challenge was a filling. Lacking the US Dream Whip product here, I got creative. I made a cream cheese filling sweetened w/powdered sugar + a bit of the spray can variety whipped cream, topped that w/some blueberries & dusted the puffs w/powdered sugar. DH was pretty impressed & I was pleased that my comfort zone now included this yummy new dessert treat. Thx for posting this easy, fun & tasty recipe for us.