Cream Puffs

Ingredients. Timothy French 7ZKM

• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup sifted all purpose flour
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 4 eggs

Directions

1. Melt butter in boiling water.
2. Add flour and salt all at one time.
3. Stir.
4. Cook until mixture forms a ball that doesn’t separate.
5. Remove from heat (try to give the dough "stretch" by scraping the dough across the pan as you stir).
6. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until smooth.
7. The dough should be stringy.
8. If it does not stretch when pulled, add a few drops of water.
9. Drop from a spoon on an ungreased baking sheet.
10. Bake 20 minutes in preheated 425 °F oven.
11. Let cool.
12. Cut off tops and fill with custard or desired filling.