Description
Classic Italian cream puffs filled with rich custard, a delightful dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2¾ cups unbleached AP flour
- ⅛ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 2 cups water
- 9½ tbsp butter
- 6 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 cups whole milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp rum
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Sift the flour, salt, and baking soda together and set aside.
- In a saucepan, heat water and butter. When melted, remove from heat and add flour mixture.
- Beat with a wooden spoon, then return to medium-high heat until it forms a ball.
- Remove from heat and beat in eggs one at a time.
- Pipe 3-inch puffs onto the cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
- Slit the sides to release steam and cool on a rack.
- For the custard, combine sugar, flour, and salt in a pan.
- Gradually add milk, stirring until thick and bubbly.
- Mix in egg yolks, butter, rum, and vanilla. Cool with plastic wrap on top.
- Fill pastry shells with custard and dust with powdered sugar.
Notes
- Use room temperature eggs for better mixing.
- Cool puffs completely before filling.
- Store filled puffs in the refrigerator.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cream puff
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 7g
- Cholesterol: 160mg