Easy Cream Puff Recipe
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This homemade Cream Puffs recipe is so easy to make, and doesn't require an apprenticeship in a French bakery, though it certainly tastes like it. Cream Puffs are a classic French dessert. This scrumptious cream puff recipe makes light and airy pastry puffs filled with sweet pastry cream.
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Ingredients
Choux Pastry
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 4 large eggs
Cream Cheese Filling
- 2 bricks (8 oz) cream cheese softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup whipping cream whipped
- 2 bananas, sliced
Ganache Topping
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate melted
- 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
Cream Puff Pastry
- Bring water and butter to boil in saucepan.
- Add flour and salt; stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms ball.
- Remove from heat.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Drop ten ½ cupfuls of dough on lightly greased cookie sheet to form 9-inch ring.
- Bake at 400 degrees, 50 to 55 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from cookie sheet immediately with spatula and place on rack.
- Cool.
Banana Cream Cheese Filling
- Combine cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and vanilla, mixing until well blended.
- Reserve ½ cup cream cheese mixture; fold whipped cream and bananas into remaining mixture. Chill.
- Carefully cut top from each puff; fill with whipped cream mixture. Replace top.
Chocolate Ganache Topping
- Add remaining sugar, melted chocolate and milk to cream cheese mixture; mix well.
- Spread over the top of each puff.
Notes
- Use a small spatula to push the dough off the spoon and onto the baking tray so the puffs stay round.
- Use a serrated knife to cut the puffs in half.
- Do not fill cream puffs until they are completely cooled.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
1g
Calories
425kcal
(21%)
Carbohydrates
38g
(13%)
Protein
8g
(16%)
Fat
28g
(43%)
Saturated Fat
16g
(80%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
7g
Trans Fat
0.01g
Cholesterol
140mg
(47%)
Sodium
248mg
(10%)
Potassium
248mg
(7%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
24g
(48%)
Vitamin A
1091IU
(22%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
92mg
(9%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 425 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 425kcal | 21% |
| Carbohydrates | 38g | 13% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 28g | 43% |
| Saturated Fat | 16g | 80% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Trans Fat | 0.01g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 140mg | 47% |
| Sodium | 248mg | 10% |
| Potassium | 248mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 24g | 48% |
| Vitamin A | 1091IU | 22% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 92mg | 9% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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