Well, as you may imagine, with 5 birthdays crammed into 3 months and 8 days...we get a little tired of birthday cake by the end:-) So we did a something a little different for Brian this year...a Bolger family fave! This is his Aunt Kathleen's recipe, and normally, Lauren is the one that makes it for parties and get-togethers. They are SO good. Brian loves them! I asked for the recipe and decided to give it a go myself! I have never made a puff pastry before...lets see how it goes!
Aunt Kathleen's Cream Puffs
1/2 C butter
1 C water
1/2 t salt
1 C flour
4 eggs, well beaten
Bring water, butter and salt to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to low. With a wooden spoon (not metal), vigorously stir in flour until mixture leaves the sides of pan. Remove from heat. Add in 4 beaten eggs quickly and beat (again vigorously) until the mixture is smooth and well blended. It will look like this:
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| The batter is done! |
Drop onto well greased cookie sheet (or parchment paper) in 13 equal portions, swirl the top of each mound. Bake at 375 for 50 mins or until done.
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| Ready to go in the oven. A very sticky dough, and "swirling" isn't that easy...but it works out! |
Cut top open, hollow out the inside if needed (it *should* bake up hollow), and return to the oven for as many as 10 mins. (I shut the heat off and left in for about 5).
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| Top cut open...it's puffy and hollow |
Once cool, fill with whipped cream, ice cream, or pudding. I did an instant chocolate pudding, with whipped cream folded in to make it light and airy tasting. Can also drizzle tops with melted chocolate as a garnish. I ran out time before t-ball practice and so we just gobbled them down like this:-)
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| They were perfect and delicious! Happy Birthday Buddy! |
These were incredibly easy to make, and a successful first puff pastry attempt!
Looks amazing Darla! I have always been afraid of puff pastry, but this looks great, I might have to try it!
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