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MINI CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients



• PASTRY
  
• 1 cup water
  
• 1 stick margarine or butter
  
• 1 cup sifted all purpose flour
  
• 4 eggs
  
• FILLING
  
• 3 cups milk
  
• 3/4 cup sugar
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 6 tablespoon flour
  
• 3 eggs2 teaspoon vanilla
  
• ICING
  
• 2 (1oz) squares chocolate
  
• 2 cups sugar
  
• 1 cup whipping cream
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 400F
   
2. heat water and margarine to boiling point.
   
3. Add flour and stir constantly until mixture is smooth and forms a ball when tested in cold water.
   
4. Remove from heat and let cool.
   
5. Bet in 4 eggs, one at a time.
   
6. Drop dough from teaspoon to form small eclairs onto greased cookie sheet.
   
7. Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until lightly browned.
   
8. Set aside to cool.
   
9. Prepare filling by combining milk, sugar, salt and flour, cook slowly until thickens.
   
10. Add 3 beaten eggs and comtinue to cook until mixture is even thicker.
    
11. Remove from heat, cool and add vanilla.
    
12. With a serrated knife, slice pastry puffs lenghwise but not all the way through.
    
13. Pipe custard mixture into the center.
    
14. Melt chocolate for icing, add sugar and cream.
    
15. Cook over meduim heat until soft ball stage.
    
16. Let cool and beat until smooth
    
17. Ice tops of the eclairs.