Classic Cream Puffs
Cream puffs in the Balkans are called
“Princess Donuts” and are extremely popular cookies. They are the ultimate comfort dessert. Warm, cozy so
lovely and beautiful looking, dusted with sugar to have a sharper taste are a
famous French pastry. This is an excellent classic recipe for puff pastry with
creamy and fluffy homemade vanilla filling.
Note: while preparing dough for puffs if you
add too much flour, dough can get too stiff and puffs will not rise during baking.
The same will happen if dough is more liquid than solid. Important is that
density of the dough should be adequate, smooth and thick.
Homemade cream puffs will wow your guests
with its amazing looks and even better taste. The recipe is not that complicated
so you only have to follow it exactly, and have fun making it.
Ingredients:
- 6
eggs
- Butter,
softened 120g / ½ cup/
- All-purpose
flour, sifted 150g /1 cup/
- Water
250ml /1 cup/
- 1
teaspoon baking soda
For Filling:
- Milk
500ml /2 cups/
- 4
tablespoons sugar
- 1
egg
- All-purpose
flour 80g / ¾ cup/
- 1
teaspoon vanilla
- Butter,
softened 120g / ½ cup/
- Powdered
sugar for dusting
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C /356 F/.
Grease and flour or line with parchment paper a large baking sheet.
2. In a pot pour water and bring to a boil. Add
butter and cook for 3 min until completely melted. Quickly stir in flour and
cook for 1 min until soft dough ball forms. Remove from heat and let dough to
rest for 7 min.
3. Add 6 eggs, one at a time and stir well with
spoon. Add baking soda. Dough should be sticky and thick. Dough is for 30 puff
balls.
4. Drop about ¼ cup of dough by spoonfull on
prepared baking sheet. There should be about 12 dough balls. Bake in the oven
for 25-30 min until puffs are golden, brown. When done set aside to cool.
5. To prepare filling in a small bowl whisk egg
and sugar. Pour milk in a saucepan and cook over medium heat. Stir in egg
mixture, flour and vanilla. Stir and cook until milk boils and mixture is thick
and smooth. Leave aside to chill.
6. When mixture is chilled, add butter and beat
with an electric mixer.
7. When puffs are cooled, cut tops of each puff
and fill with cream mixture. Dust with powdered sugar.
Calories: 210
Preparation time: 35 min | Cook time:
1 hour | Serves: 30
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