A good French bakery is a gift from God. But if you happen to not have one nearby or just want to be able to pull something fantastic from your own oven, fear not, the Cream Puff looks fancy but is quite simple to pull off!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of milk, I prefer whole
- 1/4 lb. or 1 stick of butter
- a pinch of kosher salt
- 1 cup of all purpose flour
- 4 extra large eggs
- 1 cup of heavy cream
- 1/4 cup of powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees, do not fear heat!
On the stove top, heat the milk, butter and salt over a medium heat until the milk just begins to boil and the butter has completely melted. Stirring the cream mixture, dump the floor in all at once and stir with a wooden spoon until completely integrated. The mixture will have a beautiful yellow color and smell sweet and decadent without any sugar added. Cook for 2 more minutes stirring gently. Take the mixture and either with a hand mixer or a table mixer add the eggs one at a time until blended. On a baking sheet, place nice rounded dollops of mix well spaced. Wetting your fingers with a little water, create a swirl on the top of the dough. This will give it a lovely bakery made look. Bake for 20 minutes then turn off the oven and let the pastry sit in the oven for an additional 10 minutes. Let them cool to the touch and make a slit in the pastry to release steam and allow for filling. Blend with a hand mixer or an immersion blender the cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla until stiff peaks appear and the heavy milk cream has become whipped cream. Fill each pastry with a heaping teaspoon full of cream and serve! Everyone will love them and you will feel like a proud French pastry chef, oui!
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