Cream Puffs

Ingredients

• Put one cup boiling water
• half a cup hard and butter
• one cup of flour
• Add three eggs
• Boil a pint of milk
• one tablespoon butter
• four of flour
• one cup of sugar
• two eggs
• half a teaspoon vanilla
• lemon

Method

1. 1

   Put one cup boiling water on stove.

2. 2

   To this add half a cup hard butter and one cup of flour.

3. 3

   Let cook five minutes, remove from fire and let cool.

4. 4

   Add three eggs, one at a time, beat well, and drop by spoonfuls on buttered tins.

5. 5

   Let cook ten minutes in hot oven before opening door; then let cook twenty minutes.

6. 6

   Cut off tops and fill with cream.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Twin-city housewife (1920) by N.C.) International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons. Whatsoever Circle (Winston-Salem, page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cream Puffs Put one cup boiling water on stove. To this add half a cup hard and butter mixed and one cup of flour. Let cook five minutes remove from fire and let cool. Add three eggs, one at a time, beat well, and .drop by spoonfuls on buttered tins. Let cook ten minutes in hot oven before opening door; then let cook twenty minutes. Cut off tops and fill with cream. This will make eighteen puffs. Cream for Filling: Boil a pint of milk and to it add one table- spoon butter, four of flour and one cup of sugar beaten with two eggs. Flavor with half a teaspoon vanilla and lemon

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