Batty Ube Cream Puffs Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Melt butter in boiling water in a large saucepan. Add flour and salt. Stir until mixture forms a ball, then remove from heat and transfer to mixer. Beat to cool slightly, then add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each, until smooth.
• Transfer dough to a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip; pipe 2-inch puffs 4 inches apart on lined baking sheet. Bake until golden brown and puffed, about 1 hour.
• Let cool completely, then split in half and remove any uncooked dough from center. Fill with Grammy's Cream Puff Filling and dust with powdered sugar.
• Pour heavy whipping cream into a mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Add powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a round tip.

Steps:

• Make the cream puffs: In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, granulated sugar, salt and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Remove the pan from the heat and sift the flour directly into the pan. Stir the mixture into a paste with a wooden spoon. Return the pan to a medium heat. Stir the mixture until it pulls away from the sides of the pan and is slightly shiny, about 3 minutes.
• Transfer the paste to a medium bowl, and beat with a wooden spoon until slightly cooled, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the 3 eggs, one at a time, incorporating each one thoroughly before adding the next. Before adding the third egg, beat it in a small bowl. Adding it by tablespoons to the mixture, just until the batter is smooth and tight. If the batter starts to get loose, do not add all of the last egg.
• Place a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Fill a large pastry bag, fitted with an open tip, with the cream puff mixture. Pipe twelve
• 2 1/2-inch circular mounds, about 2 inches apart, onto the prepared pan. (Alternately, use a large spoon to form the dough into the mounds.) Dab the tops of each puff with a fingertip dipped in water to smooth the tops. Beat the egg yolk with a tablespoon of water and brush the surface of the puffs with the beaten yolk.
• Bake in the middle of the oven for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F; continue baking until golden brown and the puffs are light, airy, and crisp, about 30 to 35 minutes more. Cool on a rack.
• Assemble the cream puffs: Cut the puffs in half with a serrated knife, and set the tops aside. (If the puffs are very moist inside, scoop out the excess dough and re-crisp them in a 350 degree F. oven for about 5 minutes. Cool completely before continuing.) Put a heaping tablespoon of the fruit in the bottom halves of the cream puffs. Pipe or spoon about 1/3 cup of the Chocolate Whipped Cream on top. Replace the puff tops. Refrigerate for up to 3 hours or serve immediately.
• Yield: 12 cream puffs
• Beat the cream in a medium bowl with an electric mixer or a whisk, until it begins to hold a loose peak. Sift the confectioners' sugar into the cream. Continue beating until the cream holds a firm but still soft peak. Set aside.
• Put the chocolate in a clean, medium, microwaveable bowl. Melt the chocolate in the microwave, at half power, at 30 second intervals, until softened and warm. Whisk until smooth and liquid. (Alternatively melt the chocolate in a double boiler.)
• Fold about 1/2 cup of the whipped cream into the warm chocolate to lighten it. Add the lightened chocolate mixture back to the remaining whipped cream, folding until completely blended. Store in an airtight container until ready to use. It's best used the same day it is prepared.
• Yield: about 4 cups

Steps:

• Mix together vanilla instant pudding mix, cream and milk. Cover and refrigerate to set.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a large pot, bring water and butter to a rolling boil. Stir in flour and salt until the mixture forms a ball. Transfer the dough to a large mixing bowl. Using a wooden spoon or stand mixer, beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Centers should be dry.
• When the shells are cool, either split and fill them with the pudding mixture, or use a pastry bag to pipe the pudding into the shells.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. In 2 1/2-quart saucepan, heat water and butter to rolling boil. Stir in flour; reduce heat to low. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat. Beat in eggs, all at once; continue beating until smooth.
• On ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by slightly less than 1/4 cupfuls about 3 inches apart. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until puffed and golden. Cool away from draft, about 30 minutes.
• Make one of the fillings (directions below). Cut off top third of each puff and pull out any strands of soft dough. Fill puffs with filling; replace tops. Cover; refrigerate until serving. Store covered in refrigerator. Eggnog Fluff Filling: In large bowl, beat pudding mix, milk, rum extract, nutmeg and ginger with electric mixer on low speed until well blended. Add whipping cream; beat on high speed 1 to 2 minutes or until soft peaks form. Fill puffs. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate up to 3 hours. Just before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar or brush tops with light corn syrup and sprinkle with colored sugar or nonpareils. Peppermint Whipped Cream Filling: In large bowl, beat ingredients with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Fill puffs. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate up to 4 hours.

Steps:

• Before getting started, you will need: wax paper, toothpicks, 2 1/2 inch circle cookie cutter, pastry brush or clean paper towel, #2 piping tip with coupler, pastry bag, 1M piping tip with coupler, and a thin food quality brush.
• Chill mixing bowl and whisk attachment in the freezer for 15 minutes.
• Add the cold cream and powdered sugar to the mixing bowl. Beat starting on low, and slowly increasing to high speed until stiff peaks form. .
• In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk the cold milk and vanilla pudding mix together for 2 minutes. Add the ube flavoring, cinnamon, and nutmeg, and stir to combine. Gently fold in the whipped cream. Cover and transfer to the refrigerator.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking pan with parchment paper, and chill it, along with your cookie cutter, in the refrigerator until the oven is ready.
• Cut 9, 2 1/2 inch circles out of each sheet of thawed (but still cold to the touch) puff pastry with the cookie cutter. If needed, lightly flour your cutter and work surface. Just press the cutter down - twisting to cut the shape out will compress the pastry layers (keeping them from puffing up). Transfer 9 of the cut out circles to your prepared baking pan.
• Whisk the water and egg together, in a small bowl, and use either a pastry brush or clean paper towel to brush a little of the egg wash into the center of each cut out on your baking pan. Top each with a second circle of puff pastry. .
• Bake for 12 minutes, or until the pastry is just starting to turn golden brown. Place the pan on top of a cooling rack to cool for 10 minutes before splitting each puff pastry in half with a knife. Set aside.
• Transfer the candy melts to a heatproof bowl, and heat, in the microwave, for 1 minute at 50% power. Stir, and continue to heat in 30 second intervals at 50% power, until completely melted. You can add either paramount crystals or vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon at a time, if needed to thin and smooth the melts.
• Use a toothpick dipped into the candy melts to "draw" the wings, ears, eyes, and smiles for each bat onto wax paper. You can also draw the design first and place the drawing underneath the wax paper, as I did, for a guide. Allow to set.
• Once the candy melt pieces are set you can paint the wings with the gold dust! Mix the vanilla extract and edible dust together in a small bowl or cup, and use the food brush to paint the outline and veining onto each wing. Allow to dry before handling.
• Let's make the chocolate ganache, and put it all together! Heat the chocolate chips and cream, in a heatproof container, for 1 minute in the microwave. Whisk until the chocolate chips are completely melted. Transfer to the refrigerator for 15 minutes to thicken.
• Transfer the ube filling to a piping bag fitted with the 1M tip (or any large piping tip you prefer). Fill each puff pastry, evenly, and store any extra filling in the refrigerator.
• Use the back of a spoon or butter knife to frost the top of each puff pastry with the chocolate ganache. Add the wings, ears, eyes, and mouth to each.
• Fit the white decorating icing with the #2 piping tip, and pipe the highlights on the eyes and fangs. Clean the piping tip, and transfer it to the pink decorating icing. Pipe the cheeks under each bat's eyes. Admire your spooktacular work and enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine butter, sugar, salt and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil and quickly stir in the flour with a wooden spoon. Continue to stir until a film forms on the bottom of the pan.
• Remove from heat and transfer contents to a bowl to cool slightly, about 3 minutes. Add 4 eggs, one at a time, stirring vigorously to entirely incorporate egg after each addition.
• For the egg wash, whisk together the remaining egg with 1 tablespoon water. Set aside.
• Transfer the pate a choux to a large pastry bag fitted with a 5/8-inch plain tip. Pipe 1-1/2-inch rounds onto each prepared pan. Gently smooth the pointed peaks with a moistened finger, rounding tops to ensure even rising. Brush tops with reserved egg wash. Bake until puffs rise and are golden brown, about 30 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks. Puffs can be stored at room temperature for up to 1 day.
• Transfer pastry cream to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/8-inch plain round tip. Insert the tip into the opening of each pastry, and pipe to fill with pastry cream. Serve immediately.