Strawberry cream puffs
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Water |
| ½ | cup | Butter or margarine |
| 1 | teaspoon | Sugar |
| 2 | pints | Fresh strawberries -- |
| Sliced | ||
| ½ | cup | Sugar -- divided |
| 2 | cups | Whipping cream |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | cup | All-purpose flour |
| 4 | Eggs | |
| Confectioners' sugar | ||
| Additional sliced | ||
| Strawberries | ||
| Mint leaves | ||
Directions
CREAM FILLING
In a large saucepan, bring water, butter, sugar and salt to a boil.
Add flour all at once and stir until a smooth ball forms. Remove from the heat and beat in eggs, one at a time. Continue beating until mixture is smooth and shiny. Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart on a large ungreased cookie sheet (make 10). Bake at 400 deg. for about 35 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. For filling, combine berries and ¼ cup sugar. Chill 30 minutes. Beat cream and remaining sugar until stiff. Just before serving, cut tops off puffs.
Combine berries and cream mixture. Fill cream puffs and replace tops.
Sprinkle with conlectioners' sugar, and garnish with additional berries and mint leaves. Yield: 10 cream puffs Recipe By : Country Woman