Homemade Eclairs Recipe

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  • Prep Time

    25 mins

  • Cook Time

    25 mins

  • Total Time

    1 hr 35 mins

  • Servings

    23 3-Inch Eclairs

  • Course

    Dessert

  • Cuisine

    French

Homemade Eclairs Recipe

This Homemade Eclairs recipe will teach you the importance of ratios and weight — and you'll get perfect, delicious ganache-dipped eclairs filled with pastry cream out of it too!

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Ingredients

Servings
  • ¾ cup + 2 tablespoons (7floz/200ml) water
  • cups (10floz/283ml) whole milk
  • 1 cup (8floz/227ml) heavy cream
  • 7 tablespoons (3.5oz/100g) butter
  • 2 tablespoons (0.9oz/25g) granulated sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • pinch of salt
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 ⅓ cups (8oz/227g) dark chocolate, chopped
  • ¾ cup (3.5oz/100g) bread flour
  • 1 vanilla bean, or vanilla extract
  • 4 large (7oz/200g) eggs
  • 4 large egg yolks
  • 3 tablespoons (0.7/21g) cornstarch
  • ¼ cup (1.8oz/50g) granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons (1oz/28g) butter, softened
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