5.0 from 6 votes
Cream Puffs Recipe
This delicious cream puffs recipe is loaded with sweetened vanilla cream and finished with powdered sugar for an incredibly decadent dessert.
Prep Time
35 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Additional Time
1 hr 30 mins
Total Time
2 hrs 40 mins
Servings: 12
Calories: 68 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
French
Ingredients
- 1 choux pastry dough recipe
- 1 Bavarian cream recipe
- powdered sugar
Instructions
- Make the choux pastry dough.
- Transfer the dough to a piping back with a 1A or similar baking tip.
- Squeeze about 4 tablespoons of the dough while slowly lifting up onto a sheet tray lined with parchment paper.
- Bake in the oven on a middle rack at 400° for 30 to 35 minutes or until browned and firm outside.
- Set the cream puffs aside to cool to room temperature.
- Slice the cream puffs in half, leaving a thinner bottom and a bigger top piece.
- Place the bottom slices on a sheet tray with parchment paper and add 1/3 to ½ cup of cream filling. You can use a scooper or a piping bag with a 357-baking tip or a similar decorative dip.
- Place the top slices onto the filling of the cream puffs. In addition, you can add the cream puffs to the refrigerator and serve chilled.
- Garnish with powdered sugar.
- You can eat these immediately, or you can freeze them all and eat frozen.
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Notes
- Make-Ahead: You can make the cream puffs up to 2 days ahead of time as long as they are separated from the cream filling.
- How to Store: Keep the cream puffs separate from the cream filling in the refrigerator and cover it for up to 5 days. The cream puffs will freeze well covered for up to 3 months. It’s best to eat them frozen once you freeze them.
- Other filling options are flavored whipped cream with fresh berries, pastry cream, crème diplomat, crème mousseline, and Italian custard; the possibilities are endless.
- You should be able to get about 9 to 12 cream puffs per baking sheet.
- You can also drizzle a little honey over the top of the cream puffs.
Nutrition Information
Calories
68kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
5g
(2%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.4g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.001g
Cholesterol
40mg
(13%)
Sodium
14mg
(1%)
Potassium
29mg
(1%)
Fiber
0.02g
(0%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
199IU
(4%)
Vitamin C
0.1mg
(0%)
Calcium
23mg
(2%)
Iron
0.2mg
(1%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 68
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 68kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 5g | 2% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.4g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.001g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 40mg | 13% |
| Sodium | 14mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 29mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 0.02g | 0% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 199IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 23mg | 2% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.