Cream Puffs

Ingredients

• fib. of butter
• fib. of caster sugar
• two eggs
• lflb. of sifted flour
• 2 table-spoonfuls of baking-powder
• 4oz. of caster sugar
• 1 pint of milk
• two eggs

Method

1. 1

   Warm butter and beat with caster sugar, then mix in eggs.

2. 2

   Combine flour and baking powder, stir in the mixture until smooth.

3. 3

   Shape into cakes and bake in a brisk oven.

4. 4

   Prepare cream by mixing cornflour with milk, add sugar and eggs, stir until thick.

5. 5

   Fill cakes with cream and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopædia of practical cookery (1890) by Theodore Francis Garrett, page 550. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cream Puffs. — (1) Slightly warm fib. of butter, and beat it well with fib. of caster sugar, then mix in two eggs. Put lflb. of sifted flour in a basin with 2 table-spoonfuls of baking- powder, stir in the beaten mixture, and work until quite smooth. Shape the dough into cakes, and bake them in a brisk oven. Beat two eggs well with 4oz. of caster sugar and 1 pint of milk

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