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Big Nanna's Cream Puffs




Source of Recipe


Big Nanna


Recipe Introduction


There was never a Thanksgiving or Christmas without Big Nanna's Cream Puffs! The tradition is carried on within our homes to this day!


List of Ingredients




Pastry:
1 cup flour
1 cup water
5 Tablespoons butter
4 eggs
Custard Filling:
2 cups milk
5 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 Tablespoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract


Recipe



Boil water and butter. Then pour flour into the boiling water & butter. Stir until it forms a ball of dough. Remove from heat. Add eggs & beat well. Measure 1/4 cup of batter & drop on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in 400 degree oven until golden brown, aproximately 35 minutes. Cool. Cut tops off, pull out mushy inners. Fill with the custard filling.
Filling: Put all the ingredients into a saucepan. Cook until thickened. Fill puffs. Sprinkle cream puffs with powdered sugar before serving.