Cream Puffs Recipe

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Cream Puffs
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup water
  • 8 tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp granulated sugar
  • 3 to 4 eggs , plus 1 egg for egg
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla

Directions:

  1. To make the cream puffs: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. In a large saucepan, bring the water, butter, salt, and granulated sugar to a rolling boil over medium-high heat. When it boils, immediately take the pan off the heat. Stirring with a wooden spoon, add all the flour at once and stir hard until all the flour is incorporated, 30 to 60 seconds. Return the pan to the heat and cook, stirring, 30 seconds to evaporate some of the moisture.
  2. Scrape the mixture into a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix at medium speed. With the mixer running, and working 1 egg at a time, add 3 of the eggs, stopping after each addition to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mix until the dough is smooth and glossy and the eggs are completely incorporated. The dough should be thick, but should fall slowly and steadily from the beaters when you lift them out of the bowl. If the dough is still clinging to the beaters, add the remaining egg and mix until incorporated.
  3. Using a pastry bag fitted with a large plain tip, pipe the dough onto the baking sheet, in 2-inch diameter rounds or balls. Whisk the remaining egg with 1 1/2 teaspoons water. Brush the surface of the rounds with the egg wash to knock down the points (you may not use all the egg wash). Bake 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 375 degrees F and bake until puffed up, and light golden brown, about 20 minutes more. Try not to open the oven door too often during the baking. Let cool on the baking sheet.
  4. To fill the cream puffs, place a pastry tip on your finger and poke a whole in the bottom of each puff. Whip the cream with the sugar and vanilla until stiff. Pipe whipped cream into each cream puff and chill until ready to serve, no more than 4 hours.
  5. Notes about the recipe: The moisture in the eggs turns to steam and puffs the batter to try to release itself. You can fill them with anything.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 268.1 Kcal (1122 kJ)
Calories from fat 250.65 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 27.85g 43%
Cholesterol 92.11mg 31%
Sodium 51.62mg 2%
Potassium 23.84mg 1%
Total Carbs 4.2g 1%
Sugars 0.74g 3%
Dietary Fiber 0.13g 1%
Protein 1.45g 3%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 10%
Iron 0.1mg 1%
Calcium 16.3mg 2%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 483.26 Kcal (2023 kJ)
Calories from fat 451.79 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 50.2g 43%
Cholesterol 166.04mg 31%
Sodium 93.04mg 2%
Potassium 42.97mg 1%
Total Carbs 7.57g 1%
Sugars 1.33g 3%
Dietary Fiber 0.23g 1%
Protein 2.61g 3%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.5mg 10%
Iron 0.2mg 1%
Calcium 29.5mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 7.7
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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