My Mother's Cream Puffs Submitted by Giamia

Cream Puffs

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of butter
1 cup of boiling water
1 cup of sifted all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon of salt
4 eggs

1. melt butter in boiling water.
2. add flour and salt all at one time, stir vigorously. Cook, stirring contantly until the mixture forms a ball that doesnt separate.
3. remove from heat and cool slightly.
4. add eggs one at a time, beating hard after each addition until misture is smooth.
5. fill up a pastry bag, and use the star tip.
6. form a cream puff 21/2 inches in diameter and 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet pan.
7. bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes then lower it to 325 and bake an additional 25 minutes.
8. when they're puffed up and golden brown remove them to a wire rack and let them cool completely.
9. Split them open and fill with custard and whipped cream.
10. Melt chocolate morsels and drizzle over the tops.
    
    

The Custard recipe is as follows:

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons of cornstarch
1/3 cup of sugar
1/8 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cold milk
1 1/2 cups milk, scalded
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon of imitation rum extract
2 egg yolks beaten w/2 tablespoons of milk

1. mix cornstarch, sugar, salt and cold milk.
2. Gradually add in hot milk.
3. cook in double boiler until thick, stirring constantly.
4. Cover, and cook 10-12 minutes
5. stir in some of the hot mixture over the beaten egg yolks tempering them, then add to the custard. stir well, add in vanilla and rum extracts, and Cool.

When the custard is cool you can start filling the cream puffs by adding some custard to the bottom half of the puff and top that with whipped cream. fill each one and arrange on a platter then take your melted chocolate morsels and drizzel the chocolate over the tops and refridgerate till ready to serve.