Ma Cusson's Kitchen

Cream Puffs

Ingredients
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sifted flour
4 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
6 tbsp flour
2 cups milk
2 beaten eggs
2 tsp vanilla

Preparation
Pastry

• Hea to a boiling point in a pan the water and butter
• Stir in sifted flour
• Stir until mixture leaves the sides of the pan and forms a ball (about 1 minute)
• Remove from heat and let cool
• Beat in, 1 at a time, 4 eggs
• Beat until smooth
• Spoon on to an ungreased cookie sheet
• Bake in oven at 400 F for 30 minutes

Filling

• Mix in sauce pan sugar, salt, flour
• Stir in milk, bring to a boil and remove from heat
• Stir a little of this mixture into 2 beaten egs
• Blend into hot mixture in sauce pan and bring to a boil
• Blend in vanilla

Split pastry and fill with the filling
Frost with chocolate frosting

• Makes 18 cream puffs

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