Cream Puffs

Small-batch numbered recipe

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Ingredients

  • ¼ C butter
  • ½ C water
  • ½ C flour
  • ¼ t salt
  • 2 eggs unbeaten-room temp.

Directions

  1. 1) sift flour on wax paper. measure and sift again.
  2. 2) combine fat & water in saucepan. bring to vigorous boil, turn heat low add flour all at once.
  3. 3) beat fast & hard then stir till mixture leaves sides of pan & forms stiff ball.
  4. 4) take from heat - drop in one egg - beat hard & stir till batter is shiny. add 2nd egg. beat well.
  5. 5) batter should be stiff. drop on greased baking sheet by teaspoonfulls 2" apart.
  6. 6) bake in hot oven 425°. 30 min.

Timing: vigorous boil; until mixture leaves sides and forms stiff ball; until batter is shiny; batter should be stiff; 30 min.

Temperature: eggs unbeaten-room temp.; vigorous boil; turn heat low; take from heat; hot oven 425°

Equipment: sifter, wax paper, measuring tools, saucepan, wire utensil or whisk, lid, mixing utensil, teaspoon, greased baking sheet, oven

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use wire in saucepan*

Place a lid next time

Cream Puffs ¼ C butter ½ C water ½ C flour ¼ t salt 2 eggs unbeaten-room temp. 1) sift flour on wax paper. measure and sift again. 2) combine fat & water in saucepan. bring to vigorous boil, turn heat low add flour all at once. 3) beat fast & hard then stir till mixture leaves sides of pan & forms stiff ball. 4) take from heat - drop in one egg - beat hard & stir till batter is shiny. add 2nd egg. beat well. 5) batter should be stiff. drop on greased baking sheet by teaspoonfulls 2" apart. 6) bake in hot oven 425°. 30 min. vigorous boil; until mixture leaves sides and forms stiff ball; until batter is shiny; batter should be stiff; 30 min. eggs unbeaten-room temp.; vigorous boil; turn heat low; take from heat; hot oven 425° sifter, wax paper, measuring tools, saucepan, wire utensil or whisk, lid, mixing utensil, teaspoon, greased baking sheet, oven

Four-times Clear Tote batch

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup Oleo
  • 2 cups flour
  • of pan.
  • 8 eggs.

Directions

  1. Heat to boiling stage
  2. stir in 2 cups flour & cook until mix leaves sides of pan.
  3. Add eggs one at a time.
  4. Drop by teaspoon on greased cookie sheet.
  5. Bake until dry
  6. remove and cool.

Temperature: 350 degree; boiling stage; cool

Equipment: pan; teaspoon; greased cookie sheet; 350-degree baking oven

Notes

  • If use can apples add 1 lemon juice + 5 water; example: 1/4 cup lemon juice to 1 1/4 cup water

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Water, fat, flour, and eggs

Green Recipe Box handwritten two-card set
1/2 C water, 1/4 C butter, 1/2 C flour, 2 eggs
Clear Tote handwritten Favorite Recipe card
2 cups water, 1 cup Oleo, 2 cups flour, 8 eggs

Fat and salt

Green Recipe Box handwritten two-card set
1/4 C butter and 1/4 t salt
Clear Tote handwritten Favorite Recipe card
1 cup Oleo; no salt stated

Baking setting

Green Recipe Box handwritten two-card set
hot oven 425° for 30 min.
Clear Tote handwritten Favorite Recipe card
350 degree; bake until dry

Method detail and shaping

Green Recipe Box handwritten two-card set
Six numbered steps including double sifting, heat reduction, beating to a stiff shiny batter, and dropping teaspoonfulls 2 inches apart
Clear Tote handwritten Favorite Recipe card
Short boil, flour, egg, teaspoon-drop, bake-until-dry, and cool method with one unreadable deleted line

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