Cream Puffs with French Vanilla Cream Filling

Source : Make Cream Puff Shellspreheat Oven To 400 Line A Cookie Sheet With Parchment Paper In A Medium Heavy Saucepan Add Water Milk Butter Salt And Sugar Br...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : December 1, 2025

Step:

  1. Make cream puff shells

  2. Preheat oven to 400. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

  3. In a medium heavy saucepan add water, milk, butter,salt and sugar.Bring to a boil.

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  4. Remove from heat and add flour all at once. Return to low heat and stir vigorously for about 1 minute until it forms a ball. Remove from heat And cool 5 minutes

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  5. Beat in eggs, one at a time and beat until glossy about 1 to 2 minutes

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  6. Drop by heaping tablespoons on prepared parchment paper about 2 inches apart.

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  7. Bake sour 20 to 23 minutes until puffed, golden and dry looking. They should sound hollow when lightly tapped. Insert a skewer in each puff to vent. Cool.compeatly on wire rack.

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  8. Make cream puff filling

  9. Whip heavy cream in a large chilled bowl until soft peaks form, add vanilla. Keep at soft peaks, it will be whipped more with the pudding

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  10. Working quickly combine milk and pudding mix.

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  11. Immediately combine pudding/milk mixture with whipped cream, beat until combined and has firm peaks about 1 minute.

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  12. Fill cream puffs

  13. With a small sharp knife cut a,small opening I top of puff, remove any soft loose part, if needed, from inside to have a clean hollow middle

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  14. Pipe or spoon in cream filling to fill puff.

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  15. Replace cream puff top. Refrigerate cream puffs.

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  16. Make chocolate glaze

  17. Heat cream just to a simmer, remove from heat add chopped chocolate. Let sit undisturbed for 1 minute then stir until smooth

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  18. Spoon chocolate glaze over filled cream puffs while warm. Add garnish on warm cnocolate so it sticks. Refrigerate until chocolate is set. Keep and serve chilled

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Ingredients

  1. cream puff shells
  2. 1/2 cup milk, any type you have I use 2%
  3. 1/2 cup water
  4. 4 oz butter, which is equal to 1/2 cup or 1 stick
  5. 1 cup all-purpose flour
  6. 4 large eggs, at room temperature
  7. 1/4 tsp salt
  8. 1 tsp granulated sugar
  9. cream puff filling
  10. 1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
  11. 1 cup milk,any type you have I used 2%
  12. 1 (3.4 ounce) box French Vanilla instant pudding dry mix. I used Jello brand. If you can not find French vanilla you can substitute with vanilla instant pudding
  13. 1 tsp vanilla extract
  14. chocolate glaze
  15. 1/2 cup heavy cream
  16. 8 oz semi sweet chocolate, chopped (chocolate chips can be used)
  17. garnish
  18. sprinkles or shaved white chocolate depending on season or event!

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