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Pop's Famous Cream Puffs
 
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Prep Time: 45 Minutes
Cook Time: 45 Minutes
Ready In: 90 Minutes
Servings: 24
These are such a big deal for my family...always as special as the occasion itself.
Ingredients:
1 cup softened butter
2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 eggs
1 (3 1/2 ounce) box vanilla pudding mix
3 tablespoons butter
5 tablespoons cocoa
1/4 cup milk
1 (16 ounce) box powdered sugar
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
2. Melt butter in 2 cups boiling water.
3. Add flour and salt, stirring well until mixture forms a ball that doesn't separate.
4. Remove from heat, cool slightly.
5. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each until smooth.
6. Drop heaping tablespoons of batter on greased cookie sheet.
7. Bake at 450 degrees F for 15 minutes.
8. Lower temperature to 325 degrees F and bake for an additional 25 minutes.
9. Remove and let cool.
10. Cook vanilla pudding according to package directions, or make homemade. Try /Vanilla-Pudding-4271.
11. Split puffs and fill with vanilla pudding (or any other flavor).
12. For chocolate topping, stir melted butter and cocoa together in a medium bowl.
13. Add milk and powdered sugar. Stir well.
14. Cover tops of cream puffs with chocolate topping.
15. Refrigerate on trays and serve cold.
By RecipeOfHealth.com