CREAM PUFFS

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Sufficient for 1 Dozen Cream Puffs
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1/2 c. butter
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1 C. boiling water
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1 c. flour
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4 eggs
Boil the butter and water together until the butter is melted. Add the flour by pouring it all in at one
time. Stir rapidly and cook until the mass does not stick to the sides of the pan. Continue the stirring so
that it does not burn. Remove from the fire and cool, so as not to cook the eggs when they are added.
Add one egg at a time and mix thoroughly with the mixture before adding another. Drop by spoonfuls
on a greased cooky sheet, place close to the floor of the oven, and bake in a hot oven for about 30
minutes or until the puffs are dry and can be lifted from the sheet. Allow them to cool and then fill with
whipped cream or a custard filling. Before serving, sprinkle powdered sugar over the top of each.
ÉCLAIRS


When éclairs are desired, make the paste as for cream puffs. Then through a large, round pastry tube,
one having a diameter of at least 1/2 inch, force this paste in strips 3-1/2 or 4 inches long, putting the
paste on a cooky sheet or some other large pan. Bake in a hot oven in the same way as cream puffs.
When cool, fill with a custard mixture of any desired flavoring and cover with an icing of the same
flavor.
ROYAL ÉCLAIRS


Royal éclairs are especially delicious and make a very agreeable change from the usual variety. To
make these, bake éclairs in the usual shape and set aside to cool. Cut canned peaches into pieces, add
sugar to them, and cook down until the sirup becomes thick. Fill each éclair with several spoonfuls of
this mixture and, if desired, serve with whipped cream over the top.
CREAM FILLING FOR CREAM PUFFS

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1/3 c. flour
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2 c. milk
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1 egg
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3/4 c. sugar
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1/8 tsp. salt
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2 tsp. butter
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1 tsp. vanilla
Moisten the flour with a little cold milk. Heat the remainder of the milk and add the moistened flour.
Cook in a double boiler for 10 or 15 minutes. Beat the egg, add the sugar and salt, and pour this into the
hot mixture, stirring rapidly. Cook until the egg is thickened, and then add the butter and vanilla.
Remove from the fire, cool, and fill into the cream puffs