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Pate a choux

Source of Recipe

Shirley Corriher


List of Ingredients

3/4 cup water
1/2 Tsp salt
1/4 LB unsalted Butter
1 cup Bread flour
1 large whole egg
3 large egg whites
1 large whole egg, stirred



Recipe

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Bring water, salt and butter to a boil. Add flour all at once and stir until it makes a dough ball that pulls away from the pan. Put in mixer with paddle and mix at low speed until barely warm.
Beat in whole egg, add egg whites and beat in, then add about half of stirred egg and beat well. If dough is too stiff add remaining stirred egg.
Pipe onto baking sheet lined with parchment or silpat. Make whatever shapes are desired.
Place baking sheet into lower half of oven and turn heat up to 450. Bake for 10 - 15 minutes until puffed and browned. Turn oven down to 300 and continue to bake for 15 - 20 minutes until well dried out and light.
cool on rack.
Puffs can be used right away or frozen.