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Let's Cook - Chef Billy Parisi

Cream Puffs Recipe

This delicious cream puffs recipe is loaded with sweetened vanilla cream and finished with powdered sugar for an incredibly decadent dessert.
Servings: 12
Prep Time: 35 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Set Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 40 minutes

Ingredients 

Instructions

  • Make the choux pastry dough.
  • Transfer the dough to a piping back with a 1A or similar baking tip.
  • Squeeze about 4 tablespoons of the dough while slowly lifting up onto a sheet tray lined with parchment paper.
  • Bake in the oven on a middle rack at 400° for 30 to 35 minutes or until browned and firm outside.
  • Set the cream puffs aside to cool to room temperature.
  • Slice the cream puffs in half, leaving a thinner bottom and a bigger top piece.
  • Place the bottom slices on a sheet tray with parchment paper and add 1/3 to ½ cup of cream filling. You can use a scooper or a piping bag with a 357-baking tip or a similar decorative dip.
  • Place the top slices onto the filling of the cream puffs. In addition, you can add the cream puffs to the refrigerator and serve chilled.
  • Garnish with powdered sugar.
  • You can eat these immediately, or you can freeze them all and eat frozen.

Notes

Make-Ahead: You can make the cream puffs up to 2 days ahead of time as long as they are separated from the cream filling.
How to Store: Keep the cream puffs separate from the cream filling in the refrigerator and cover it for up to 5 days. The cream puffs will freeze well covered for up to 3 months. It’s best to eat them frozen once you freeze them.
Other filling options are flavored whipped cream with fresh berries, pastry cream, crème diplomat, crème mousseline, and Italian custard; the possibilities are endless.
You should be able to get about 9 to 12 cream puffs per baking sheet.
You can also drizzle a little honey over the top of the cream puffs.

Nutrition

Calories: 68kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 1gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.001gCholesterol: 40mgSodium: 14mgPotassium: 29mgFiber: 0.02gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 199IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 23mgIron: 0.2mg
Author: Chef Billy Parisi