Cream Puffs

Ingredients

• 1 c. hot water
• 1 tsp. salt
• i c. butter
• li c. pastry flour
• 5 eggs
• 1 pt. milk
• 2 tbsp. cornstarch
• f c. sugar
• 1 s.s. salt
• (or 1 tsp. butter)

Method

1. 1

   For the cakes, heat water and butter until boiling.

2. 2

   Add flour all at once and mix thoroughly.

3. 3

   Cook for 3 minutes, then add beaten eggs.

4. 4

   Drop by spoonful on buttered pan and bake for 25-30 minutes until brown.

5. 5

   For filling, moisten flour with cold milk, add to hot milk, cook in double boiler for 15 minutes.

6. 6

   Beat egg and sugar, pour thickened milk over, add butter, and cook until thickened.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Domestic science (Clark, Cornell home economics) (1911) by Ida Hood Clark, page 101. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CREAM PUFFS Lesson XXV Cream Puffs — Home Recipe. Cakes : 1 c. hot water, i tsp. salt, i c. butter, li c. pastry flour, 5 eggs. Cream filling: 1 pt. milk, boiled, 2 tbsp. cornstarch, 3 eggs, well beaten, f c. sugar, 1 s.s. salt, (or 1 tsp. butter)

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