Cream Puffs With Custard Filling Recipes

Steps:

• For creampuffs: heat the water and margarine to boiling in a saucepan. Stir in all at once the sifted flour.
• Stir constantly with a wooden spoon until mixture leaves pan and forms into a ball (about 1 minute). Remove from heat; cool.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating until smooth after each addition. Beat mixture until smooth and velvety.
• Drop from teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake about 15 minutes in 425 degree oven then reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 10-15 minutes more.
• Remove from oven, gut gash to allow steam to escape (I guess in the middle so you can fill them). Fill with custard filling.
• For custard filling: melt margarine in a saucepan. Blend in cornstarch, sugar and salt. Gradually add milk. Heat to boiling over direct heat. Stir mixture into slightly beaten egg yolks.
• Return to heat and cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add vanilla. Cool thoroughly. Makes 2 cups.

Steps:

• 1. HEAT MILK AND ADD CORNSTARCH, SALT AND SUGAR. MIX. BEAT EGG YOLKS AND ADD TO MIXTURE. COOK OVER LOW HEAT UNTIL THICK, STIRRING CONSTANTLY. COOL. ADD VANILLA TO TASTE. PIPE COOLED FILLING INTO PUFFS WITH COOKIE GUN IF YOU HAVE IT. DRIZZLE WITH MELTED CHOCOLATE. RERFIGERATE.
• 2. RECIPE FOR SHELLS: 1/2 CUP SHORTENING, 1/8 TEASPOON SALT, 1 CUP BOILING WATER, 1 CUP SIFTED ALL PURPOSE FLOUR, 4 EGGS
• 3. PREHEAT OVEN TO 450 F. IN MEDUIM SAUCEPAN, COMBINE SHORTENING, SALT AND BOILING WATER AND HEAT UNTIL ENTIRE MIXTURE FORMS A BALL. REMOVE FROM HEAT AND ADD EGGS, ONE AT A TIME,BEATING THOROUGHLY AFTER EACH EGG. CONTINUE TO BEAT UNTIL MIXTURE IS THIS AND SHINY.
• 4. USE AN ICECREAM SCOOP TO PLACE ON UNGREASED COOKIE SHEET. BAKE 20 MINUTES THEN REDUCE HEAT TO 350 F. THEN CONTINUE TO CHECK UNTIL GOLDEN BROWN AND SOUND HOLLOW WHEN TAPPED. OVEN TEMPS AND TIMES VARY. COOL COMPLETELY BEFORE FILLING. I USE MY COOKIE GUN TO INSERT THE TUBE INTO THE CENTER
• 5. DRIZZLE WITH MELTED CHOCOLATE OR SPRINKLE WITH POWDERED SUGAR.

Steps:

• For the custard: In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar, 5 tablespoons flour and a pinch of salt. Stir in milk, a little at a time, until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 60 seconds, then pour a small amount of hot liquid into the 2 egg yolks, and stir. Then return now heated egg yolks to saucepan and stir, over heat, until mixture starts to bubble again. Remove from heat, add vanilla. Cover and chill in refrigerator.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• For the pastry: In a medium saucepan, combine shortening and water and bring to a boil. Sift together 1 cup flour and a pinch of salt and pour all at once into boiling mixture. Stir vigorously until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat, and add eggs, one at a time, stirring vigorously after each addition. Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheet, or pipe into desired shape.
• Bake 10 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce heat to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and bake 25 minutes more, or until golden. Cool completely, split, fill with custard, and replace tops.

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.