Cream Puffs - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
1 cup water
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup flour
4 eggs
1 cup whipping cream, whipped
icing sugar
Preparation
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In a medium saucepan combine margarine, water and salt.
Bring to a boil.
Add flour all at once, stirring vigorously.
Cook and stir till mixture forms a ball that doesn't separate.
Remove from heat.
Cool 10 minutes.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating with a wooden spoon after each addition until smooth.
Drop batter by heaping tablespoons, 3 inches apart, onto a greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 400 F for 30-35 minutes, or until golden.
Cool on a wire rack.
Slice puffs in half and remove any soft dough inside.
Fill with whipped cream.
Replace tops.
Lightly sift icing sugar over tops.
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