When I lived in Seattle I had a good friend, Diane! She and I have stayed close throughout the years and she even visited me while in Saudi! I went to her house for dinner and she served this amazing dessert! I had never tried homemade cream puffs and had no idea how to make them. I asked for the recipe and she generously jotted it down.
A couple weeks later I had a dinner and invited her. I took out the recipe and started making them. As I watched them puff in the oven I broke several of the basic rules, I opened the oven to check them, I took them out when they looked very pretty, puffed and golden! It was like a cartoon as I watched my lovely puffs slowly fall into a blob! They were completely done and cooked but were just flat! I tried to piece them together and make what I could of them which was a big mess!
I didn’t give up which is what I tell everyone about baking and cooking, it isn’t an over night thing! The next time I made them I turned the heat down and let them cook longer until they were not pretty, but a brown, hard looking thing! I learned not to open the oven door and since then they have been fairly easy.
Ingredients
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter cut into pieces
1 cup flour
4 eggs
Filling
1 small container whipped cream
1/2 cup sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
In a sauce pan place water and butter. Turn on medium heat and let the butter melt and the mixture lightly start to boil. Turn heat off. Remove from heat. Add 1 level cup of flour and whisk immediately. This should form into something thick.
Add eggs one by one and slowly incorporate
Do not mix, slowly fold.
when the eggs are lightly mixed in you can mix more vigorously.
Place dough by spoonfuls onto baking sheet leaving a space in between.
Do not open oven during baking time.
Bake for 40 minutes. Turn heat down to 300 and let bake for 10 more minutes.
Remove from oven and cool.
When puffs are cool, slice top off and take out soft middle, discard.
whip the cream and fill puffs.
Melt 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips with 2 Tbs. butter. when smooth using a fork drizzle on top of cream puffs. Sift powder sugar on top.
Yummy!!! I cream puff
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Yummy!!! I love cream puff
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Thanks! me too
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They look wonderful! I like to cook quick food items – I just do not have the patience to wait – I am always opening the oven door.
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yes me too! It was a big mess and I served them had nothing else! So I learned ha ha
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Delicious!! 🙂
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Thanks Linda!
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I love cream puffs. You can get it in many German cafes and bakeries. I have to try this recipe!
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I am so glad!
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They look perfect! Thanks for sharing the failure in the process, it’s so true! “Try try again…”
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These look so pretty! I would be able to stay away from the oven, but it would be my hard-headed husband who thinks he must check everything! He messes up everything. I constantly tell him he is not allowed to stir things and open the oven and he does and destroys some dishes because he’s hard-headed, LOL
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haha you are hilarious!!
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The struggle is real baking in my house! I have a 32 year old toddler, LOL! He cannot wait to eat anything I cook, LOL!
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ha ha I love it!!! so funny
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Oh my goodness! Just yummy!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
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thanks dear!
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😘😘😘😘
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My mom and I used to make these when I was a kid. They bring back good memories 🙂
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I am so glad!
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Looks so yummy!
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thanks!
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Yummy!! These look amazing.Thanks for the step by step photos by the way.:P
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Thanks! glad you liked it!
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Hey Lynz, well I laughed so hard at the description of them falling into a blob of dough! So happy you mastered the cream puff! Cheryl
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It was typical of my trial and error cooking! but hey worked out in the end ha ha!
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So true, I have had many disasters in the baking and cooking arena myself! We can laugh about it now! LOL They do look YUMMY!
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yes!
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We are doing much better now! Ha_Ha.
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yes I hope! lol
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Oh my they look so good.
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Thanks
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The image of your gradually deflating puffballs gave me quite a laugh! I bet you weren’t too happy at the time, though. Thank you for the excellent tips about baking them. You’re right about learning what works and what doesn’t by trial and error. Another great recipe, Lynz.
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Thanks Millie! It was really embarrassing! But oh well I learned!
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As most of us do, all the time. It wouldn’t be much fun without all those silly mistakes, would it? And as you say, you soon learned how to make them perfectly.
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yes so true! I look back fondly for sure!
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Funny story and lovely cream puffs! Never give up! 🙂
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wow
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Thanks ! hope you like them
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Oh my goodness…. Those look incredible! Unrelated question: how do you get drool off a keyboard? Asking for a friend.
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ha ha!!!!
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Love, love, love cream puffs 🙂
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me too!
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Hi Lynz, these look delicious, I wanted to check out all your recipes via your menu at the top of your blog, as I fancied cooking something different tonight but your links don’t seem to be working?
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Thanks for telling me. Let me know if they work now please!
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It says loading …. but nothing comes up Lynz. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, hope you get it working.
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hmm I will have to check
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please tell me which link I just checked and they are working! But please let me know so I can fix it and thanks
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Ah, now I see, the links on the left are just headers, e.g. Breakfast, Desserts, Mains, Middle Eastern, Salads, Veg…. Sorry being a bit of an idiot. It is Friday so that’s my excuse…. Just found it a bit confusing, as there is a empty post with the category headings with a share this, and like button.
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ha ha I am glad you told me dear! There was such a long list I put categories! Thanks for telling me!
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I need an early night …. think I must be a bit tired…. yawn…. stretch…. another yawn…. I’ll rejuvenate after dinner normally does the trick!
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ha ha well I am old ok so I do this type of stuff all the time!!!
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Yes I need to use my mobile calendar to remind me what to do these days…. But sometimes I forget to enter in the calendar.. or put in the wrong information, it’s happened before …
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ha ha yes!! I click buttons on my computer and the kids are like NOO
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These look perfect and I bet she loved them! I need to try these for my next event. Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Sure let me know if you have any questions. Although I am sure it will be easy for you
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Thank you Lynn! I will let you know 🙂 I love how you put your initial mistakes in the post. That is very helpful!
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well ok there are tons! People, my sister, friends, tell me wow you are so lucky to be a great cook, I tell them no I just keep trying!!!
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you are too funny 🙂
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Ha ha
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These look great Lynz! Your resilience is evident even in your baking! 🙂
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ha ha thanks!
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🙂
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Oh my my my!! These look incredible! Cream puffs have been calling out to me lately, Lynz! A must make!! Thank you!
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thanks dear!
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Awesomeness Lynz! 🙂
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thanks!
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Yummy cream puff!!! They taste heavenly in the mouth! ❤
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yes they do!
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😋
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So good
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Thanks
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These look yummy!
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Thanks!
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I bet your kitchen always smells amazing! These look so fluffy and delicious! Thanks for sharing your recipe with us for #foodpornthursdays
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sure! thanks for inviting me!
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Ohhh yum yum yum, I have to try so many of your recipes I might end up having to diet for a year 😛
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thanks so much!
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When I saw the pic the first thing i did was drool and now I am looking at how detailed your work is! its just amazing!!!!
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Thanks so much!
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These look so pretty. I haven’t made cream puffs before, but I’d love to try. 🙂
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you should, it is fun
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I make them every year. Though I am the only one who eats them 🙂
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Thanks for visiting! they are fun to make!
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Yes they are and people think they are so difficult.
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yes!!
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used to just love this time of year due to the baking and such but it has been a real bad few family wise
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sorry!
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Thank you
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hope things are ok for you and your family 🙂
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I hope for a fun Holiday season and wish you the best as well 🙂
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Thanks!:)
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You’re welcome 🙂
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wow a great blog to learn baking… you deserve a book!!! your own recipe book 🙂
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ha ha thanks dear!
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you are most welcome chef!!! 🙂
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your so sweet!
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I never eknwo cream puff s this easy.. I should try this .. Looks delish
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So glad you like it !
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Looks so good! I can’t wait to try this one. G-uno
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Thanks!
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oh my — I’m officially hooked on your site!
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Thanks so much Belinda!
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oh wow! These look perfect! I wasn’t hungry until reading this post, now I am!
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Haha thanks!
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I think I can gain wait just looking at the pics. Is this as easy to make as you make it seem? Pastries like this are my weakness. My wife has been talking about moving onto baking. I am sure there are easier options, but is this something a newbie can make?
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I tried to make tips and explain what not to do as my were a big disaster first time around. They should be ok!
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Hahaha. Love your honesty. Thanks so much for sharing.
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sure, I had many messes along the way:)
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It makes sense. We learn baking, like cooking and writing, by trial and error.
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yes for sure
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Oh my Aunt Eleonore used to make Creme puffs. I am printing this out now for the making. Thank you!
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Thanks JoHanna
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This looks absolutely wonderful, I’m going to try this during the coming weekend.
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Thanks!
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This really looks so delicious!!!
I will try this recipe for sure! Thank you for sharing
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You’re killing me with these yummy photos, Lynz! And you make everything look so easy! I’m trying to boil eggs without them cracking 😀
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haha thanks dear!
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I can probably eat this sauce by itself… ! 😀 Yummy!
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🙂
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LOVE Cream Puffs! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for visiting!
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Oh…just SO yummy 🙂
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yes I love them! thanks
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My goodness, these look sinful. There goes my diet !
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Thanks for stopping by!
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I wanted to say ‘I Love Cream Puffs’, but everybody beat me to it.. .☺
so I’ll just say,.. . “Mmmmmmmmmm-Yum-Yum-Yum!”
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Thanks I agree
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