How To Make Sweet And Flaky Cream Puffs
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source: YouTube/In The Kitchen With Matt
When you think of cream puffs, you probably think of a dessert commonly served in fancy restaurants. And although cream puffs are a sweet, flaky, and delicious dessert, you don’t need to be pastry chef in order to make your own. Food blogger In The Kitchen With Matt shared a perfectly simple recipe for cream puffs that are way better than those frozen ones we’ve all bought before!
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This recipe involves crispy, flaky pastry shells filled with a homemade custard. The nice thing about this recipe is that it can be made using all pantry staples: butter, salt, flour, eggs, vanilla, sugar, and heavy whipping cream. Plus, you don’t need any fancy kitchen gadgets – a hand mixer will do just fine.
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First you make the pastry dough which you’ll make warm, then transfer it to an icing bag. Plop little bits of the pastry dough onto a baking sheet. Afterwards, stick them in the oven and cook until they’re golden brown. Once they’ve cooled, cut them in half, fill with the custard, and dust with powdered sugar.
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I have always assumed that cream puffs are an extremely complicated dessert to make. But now that I know how truly simple it is, I wish I would have made them much sooner. Better late than never, right? Click here for the video tutorial, and click here for the written recipe. Happy baking, everyone – your friends are about to think you’re a professional pastry chef!