Cream Puffs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. water
1/2 c. butter
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. sifted flour
4 eggs

Preparation

Preheat oven to 450\u00b0.
Combine water, butter and salt and bring to boil.
Remove from heat and flour all at once.
Stir vigorously until mixture leaves sides of pan and forms ball around spoon.
(If ball does not form immediately, hold saucepan over low heat and beat briskly a few seconds.)
Cool slightly.
Add eggs, one at a time, and beat until smooth and glossy after each addition.
Drop by teaspoonful onto greased baking sheet, leaving 2 inches between puffs.
Bake 15 minutes.
Reduce heat to 350\u00b0 and bake until no bubbles of fat remain on surface and sides of puffs feel rigid, about 30 minutes.
Cool.
Cut a cap off puff and fill with Pastry Cream.
Replace cap.
Makes 10 large puffs.