Christmas: Eggnog Cream Puffs
Source of Recipe
Arielle
List of Ingredients
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup all purpose flour
4 eggs
eggnog cream (below)
powdered sugar
Recipe
Heat oven to 400F. Heat water and butter to rolling boil in 2-1/2 qt saucepan. Stir in flour. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat. Beat in eggs, all at once; continue beating until smooth.
Drop dough by scant 1/4 cupfuls about 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet(line with parchment paper). Bake 35-40 minutes or until puffed and golden. Cool away from draft.
Cut off tops of puffs; pull out any soft dough. Fill puffs with Eggnog Cream; replace tops. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve immediately. Store covered in refrigerator. Makes 10-12 cream puffs.
Eggnog Cream
1 pkg (4 serving size) vanilla instant pudding and pie filling mix
1 cup milk
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp rum extract
1/4 tsp ground ginger
2 cups whipping (heavy) cream
Beat all ingredients except cream in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed, for 1-2 minutes or until smooth. Add cream. Beat on high speed 1-2 minutes or until soft peaks form.