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Dream Cream Puffs

 Dream Cream Puffs

Date added: January 15, 2008

  • Servings: 8 change
  • Calories per serving: 171
  • Prep time: 25
  • Cook time: 30

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Ingredients

  • 1 cooking spray, 1/3 sec spray
  • 1/2 cup water, tap
  • 2 tbsp butter, salted
  • 1/2 cup flour, all purpose, bleached, enrich
  • 2 eggs, large, raw
  • 6 ounce-weight dessert, pudding, choc, dry mix, inst
  • 2 cup milk, nonfat/skim, w/o add vit a
  • 1/4 ounce-weight flavor, peppermint, natural, med, wet
  • 1 tbsp sugar, powdered

Recipe Method

1. Lightly coat a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.

2. In a small saucepan combine the water and butter. Bring to a boil. Add flour all at once, stirring vigorously. Cook and stir until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat. Cool for 10 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well with a wooden spoon after each addition. Drop mixture in 8 mounds, 3 inches apart, on the prepared sheet.

3. Bake in a 400 F. oven for about 30 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer cream puffs to a wire rack; cool. Cut tops from puffs; remove soft dough from insides.

4. Meanwhile, for filling, prepare pudding mix according to package directions, using the fat-free milk. Stir in peppermint extract. Cover surface with plastic wrap. Chill until ready to serve.

5. To serve, spoon about 1/4 cup of the filling into the bottom half of each cream puff. Replace tops. If desired, sprinkle with powdered sugar or cocoa powder.

Mocha Cream Puffs: Prepare as directed, except omit peppermint. Add 2 tsp. instant espresso powder or instant coffee crystals with the milk when preparing the pudding.

Nutritional Facts

Per serving% Daily Value*
Calories 1719%
Fat 5g7%
Cholesterol 63mg21%
Sodium 374mg 16%
Carbohydrates 29g9%

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Jeremy Mitchell - Ask a question

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