Profiteroles (Choux Puffs)
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
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60 puffs
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1⁄4 cup unsalted butter, cut into small pieces (1/2 stick)
- 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 egg whites or 2 eggs
directions
- Bring water and butter to a boil in a 2 quart heavy saucepan over high heat, then reduce heat to moderate add flour all at once and cook, stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon until mixture pulls away from the pan (about 2 minutes) remove pan from heat and add eggs, 1 at a time (2 egg whites at a time), stirring vigorously after each addition until smooth preheat oven to 425*F.
- Transfer dough to a pastry bag (I used a ziplock with a snipped end perfectly) and pipe mounds 1/3 inch in diameter about 1/2 inch apart on 2 large baking sheets lined with parchment.
- Gently flatten tips of mounds with a moist fingertip.
- Bake 1 sheet at a time, in middle of oven until golden brown and cooked through, 12-15 minutes.
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Reviews
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A wonderfully easy, yet showy recipe. I did let the butter/flour mixture cool slightly before adding the eggs (I used 2 whole eggs instead of the whites) so as not to scramble them. I then let the puffs cool and placed them in a ziplock overnight (make sure puffs are totally cool or condinsation will build up in the bag and make puffs soggy). Next day I returned them to the oven to crisp them up a bit, then filled them with a combination of sour cream, sweetened cream cheese, and pumpkin butter (Kittencal's recipe #71837). These were a huge hit at my fall party. Thank you for a very nice recipe with easy shortcuts/tips.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
nomnom
Wilmington, Delaware
I graduated from the University of Delaware's HRIM program in '06.
Been several years since I was last active and experimenting, but I'm coming back into it.
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