Dessert Recipes
Coconut Cream Puffs
Ingredients
Cream Puffs
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
Coconut Cream Filling
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 2 cups milk
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 (8 ounce) can cream of coconut (3/4 cup)
- 1 cup coconut
Instructions
Cream Puffs
- Combine butter, water and salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Add flour, stirring vigorously. Cook and stir for three to four minutes, until mixture forms a ball that doesn't separate. Remove from heat and let stand for 10 minutes.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating with a wooden spoon until the mixture is smooth. Drop batter on to a greased baking sheet.
- Bake in a 400 degrees F oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden. Cool on a wire rack.
- Split puffs and remove any soft dough.
Coconut Cream Filling
- In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Gradually stir in milk and cream of coconut. Cook and stir until think and bubbly, then cook about two more minutes. Remove from heat.
- Slightly beat egg yolks with a fork. Gradually stir in about one cup of hot mixture into egg yolks. Pour egg yolk mixture mixture into the saucepan with the hot filling. Bring to a gentle boil, then cook and stir for another two minutes. Remove from heat.
- Stir in butter until melted, then add coconut and vanilla extract.
- Refrigerate, then fill puffs.
Notes
Filling can also be topped with meringue and used for coconut cream pie.