Description
These classic homemade Cream Puffs with Basic Cream Chantilly are the perfect treats for any occasion. Treat your taste buds to an explosion of sweet, creamy bliss!
Ingredients
For Cream Puffs:
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter cut into cubes
- 2 Tbsp. white sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 large eggs
For Crème Chantilly:
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream- cold
- 3 tablespoon powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425° F, place the wire rack in center of the oven, and line a pan with parchment paper.
- Combine water, butter, sugar and salt in a medium saucepan over medium high heat and bring to boil, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon.
- Add flour (all at once) and stirring constantly and vigourously cook until mixture clears the sides of the pan and forms a ball around a spoon in the middle (2-3 minutes).
- Remove from heat and allow to cool for about 5 minutes, than add eggs (one at a time) and stir quickly and vigourously, until the each egg is combined before you add next egg. When you add all eggs stir more until the batter become smooth and shiny.
- Transfer batter to piping bag and pipe onto prepared pan, leaving about 2 inches between each one.
- Place the baking sheet in the oven and turn the heat up to 450F, bake for 10 minutes then drop the heat down to 350F and bake for 10-15 minutes until the puffs become golden brown and set.
- Do not open the oven while they’re cooking!!!
- Remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Mix heavy cream until just starting to thicken, than add powder sugar and vanilla and continue mixing until soft to medium peaks form.
- Transfer the cream to a pastry bag and pipe the filling into each puffs.
- Sprinkled with powder sugar.