EASY

HOW TO MAKE  CREAM PUFFS

Cream puffs look fancy and hard-to-make, but they’re actually a super easy dessert to make with only four ingredients you probably always have in your pantry.

 INGREDIENTS

– ¾ cup all-purpose flour – 6 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into 6 pieces – 1 teaspoon sugar – ¼ teaspoon salt – 3 large eggs room temperature – Egg Wash optional – 1 egg – 1 teaspoon water

Preheat oven to 425°. Lightly grease baking sheets or line with parchment paper. Measure flour and set aside.

Bring butter, sugar, salt, and ¾ cup water to a boil in a 3-qt. saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Immediately remove from heat, and quickly stir in flour mixture all at once.

Return to heat and stir with a wooden spoon for 1 to 2 minutes, or until dough is smooth and forms a ball. Transfer dough to the bowl of an electric mixer, and let cool 5 minutes.

Add 3 eggs, 1 at a time, beating until mixture is smooth and glossy. Spoon dough into a pastry bag fitted with a ⅝-inch plain tip. 

Pipe dough onto prepared pans into 1 ½-inch rounds (1 ½ inches high). Smooth out peaks and round tops with a moistened finger.

Whisk together remaining 1 egg and 1 tsp. water. Brush tops of dough with egg mixture.

Bake at 425° for 5 minutes; reduce oven temperature to 375°, and bake 30 minutes or until puffy and golden brown.

Turn oven off; let shells stand in closed oven 10 minutes. Remove from baking sheets to wire racks, and cool completely.

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