Philly Cream Cheese Cream Puff Ring - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup water
1/2 cup margarine
1 cup flour
1/3 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup whipping cream, whipped
2 bananas, sliced
1 (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate square, melted
1 tablespoon milk

Preparation

Bring water and margarine to boil.
Add flour and salt; stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms ball.
Remove from heat.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Drop ten 1/2 cupfuls of dough on lightly greased cookie sheet to form 9-inch ring.
Bake at 400 degrees, 50 to 55 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from cookie sheet immediately; cool.
For filling and topping:
Combine cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and vanilla, mixing until well blended.
Reserve 1/2 cup cream cheese mixture; fold whipped cream and bananas into remaining mixture. Chill.
Carefully cut top from ring; fill with whipped cream and banana mixture. Replace top.
Add remaining sugar, chocolate and milk to reserved cream cheese mixture; mix well. Spread over ring.