Dessert Recipes
French Silk Filled Cream Puffs
Ingredients
Cream Puffs
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 eggs
Filling
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons instant coffee
- 3 eggs
- 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
Cream Puffs
- Bring water and butter to a boil in a heavy saucepan. Add flour and salt at once. Beat until smooth ands forms a ball; remove from heat. Beat in eggs one at a time until batter is shiny.
- Place by tablespoon portions 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool.
- Slice top off and scoop uncooked batter from inside. Fill with filling and replace top. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar and serve.
Filling
- Cream butter and sugar in mixer, blend in vanilla extract and coffee. Add eggs one at a time, beating for 2 minutes after each addition. Blend in chocolate. Chill for 1 hour before filling cream puffs.