Cream Puffs
Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 133. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup margarine or butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 eggs
- Pudding, whipped cream, ice cream, sherbet, or fresh fruit
- Powdered sugar (optional)
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan combine margarine or butter, 1 cup water, and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Bring to boiling. Add flour all at once, stirring vigorously. Cook and stir till mixture forms a ball that doesn't separate. Remove from heat. Cool 10 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating with a wooden spoon after each addition till smooth.
- Drop batter by heaping tablespoons, 3 inches apart, onto a greased baking sheet. Bake in a 400° oven for 30 to 35 minutes or till golden. Remove from oven. Cool on a wire rack. Split puffs and remove any soft dough from inside. Fill with pudding, whipped cream, ice cream, sherbet, or fruit. Replace tops. Lightly sift powdered sugar over tops, if desired.
- Éclairs: Prepare as above, except spoon batter into a pastry tube fitted with a Number 10 or larger tip. Slowly pipe strips of batter onto a greased baking sheet, making each strip about 4 inches long, 3/4 inch wide, and 1 inch high. Bake, fill, and cool as above. Fill with pudding or whipped cream. Frost with Chocolate Glaze (see recipe, page 89).
Source and image provenance
Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.
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