Cream Puffs

Ingredients

Pastry:

• 1 cup water

• 1 stick butter

• Pinch of salt

• 1 teaspoon sugar

• 1 cup sifted all purpose flour

• 4 eggs unbeaten

Filling:

• 3 boxes instant vanilla pudding (4 cup box)

• 3 cups whole milk

• 1 1/2 - 2 cups heavy whipping cream

• Vanilla

Chocolate Drizzle:

• 6 oz semi-sweet chips (1 cup)

• 1 Tablespoon butter

• 3 Tablespoon light corn syrup

• 2 Tablespoon milk

Preparation

Pastry:

1. Place butter and water in medium saucepan over low heat until butter is melted

2. Add sugar and salt

3. Raise the heat and when the mixture begins to rapidly boil add the flour and stir quickly. When it forms a ball take it off the heat

4. Beat in 1 egg at a time

5. Take a greased cookie sheet and drop by rounded teaspoons on cookie sheet

6. Bake at 400 for 10 minutes then lower oven to 350 and cook an additional 20-25 minutes

Makes 18 cream puffs

Filling:

1. Mix pudding with whole milk

2. Whip cream with vanilla

3. Fold cream into pudding

4. Refrigerate until ready to fill cream puffs

Chocolate Drizzle:

Melt all ingredients on low heat (use double boiler)

Assemble:

1. Split pastry in half and remove some of the pastry

2. Fill with pudding mixture

3. After all the cream puffs place them on a wired rack and drizzle with chocolate

4. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve. They can come out a few minutes ahead for the chill to come out of the pastry