Cream puff pie

8 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
Crust:
½cupWater
¼cupButter or margarine
½teaspoonSalt
½cupAll-purpose flour
2eachesEggs
Filling:
¾cupSugar
cupAll-purpose flour
teaspoonSalt
2eachesEggs -- lightly beaten
2cupsMilk
1teaspoonVanilla extract
2cupsWhipped cream -- divided
Chocolate sauce and/or fresh
Raspberries -- optional

Directions

In a large sauce pan bring water, butter and salt to a boil. Add flour all at once and stir until a smooth ball forms. Remove from the heat; beat in eggs, one at a time. Continue stirring vigorously until the mixture is smooth and shiny. Spread in the bottom and halfway up the sides of a well-greased 9 in. pie plate. Bake at 400 deg. for 35 to 40 min. Cool completely. For filling, combine sugar, flour and salt in the top of a double boiler. Stir in eggs and milk until smooth. Cook over simmering water, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Cool. Fold in 1 cup of whipped cream. Pour into the crust. Top with remaining whipped cream. Chill for 2 hrs. Garnish with chocolate sauce and/or raspberries if desired. Yield: 6 to 8 servings.

Recipe By : Taste Of Home