Cream Puffs

Betty Crocker to the Rescue

For years I looked for the perfect cream puff recipe that was easy and tasty---I finally found one and it was in my own recipe book by Betty Crocker, it has become one of my family's favorite desserts. You can fill these with all kinds of great things.

Things to fill cream puffs with; pudding (my family's favorite pudding flavors are; lemon and chocolate), ice cream, whipped cream, key lime pie filling, egg salad, tuna salad, chicken salad.

Recipe
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 large eggs
powdered sugar for garnishing (only if you want sweet cream puffs)

1. preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. heat water and butter to rolling in a 2 1/2 quart saucepan. Stir in four, reduce heat to low. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat.
3. Beat in eggs, all at once, with spoon; continue beating until smooth. Drop dough by scant 1/4 cupfuls (I make mine smaller, same time in the oven) about 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Bake 35-40 minutes or until puffed and golden. Cool away from draft, about 30 minutes. Cut off top third of each puff; pull out any stands of soft dough. (I than place them back in the oven, tops and bottoms laying flat on a cooking sheet at 400 degrees for approx 4-5 minutes---this makes them nice and crisp).
5. Puffs can be placed in air tight containers without filling and used within a couple of days.
6. Fill puffs and replace tops. Garnish with powdered sugar. (I serve immediately--this way their nice and fresh and not soggy)