Cream puff pie

Yield: 8 servings

Measure Ingredient
\N \N Crust:
½ cup Water
¼ cup Butter or margarine
½ teaspoon Salt
½ cup All-purpose flour
2 eaches Eggs
\N \N Filling:
¾ cup Sugar
⅓ cup All-purpose flour
⅛ teaspoon Salt
2 eaches Eggs -- lightly beaten
2 cups Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 cups Whipped cream -- divided
\N \N Chocolate sauce and/or fresh
\N \N Raspberries -- optional

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

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