So I have been trying to get a fun new dessert and I was craving these so I decided I would try making cream puffs/eclairs they actually turned out really good and they were so much easier than I thought they would be!
what you'll need to start out:
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter (one stick)
1 cup flour
2 tablespoon corn starch
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
and whatever you want to put inside of them...I just used vanilla pudding minus 1/2 cup of milk...next time I think I'll use banana cream pie filling though
preheat your oven to 375
so you boil the water and butter together in a medium sauce pan
while it is heating up mix the flour, corn starch, and salt together in a seperate bowl
once the water/butter is boiling add all of the flour mixture at once into the boiling pot using a spoon mix it all together (stiring constantly) until it makes a big clump of dough (it took about a min for mine to make the clump)
take the dough and put it in a mixer (i used my kitchen aid)and add one egg at a time until all 4 eggs are in
put in a frosting bag (or plastic bag in my case with the corner cut off) and make either eclairs and make them long or just do little balls for cream puffs
(the dough is really sticky!!)
put them in the oven for 25-30 mins until they are golden brown
*I was reading up on making them and they said don't open the oven before 15 mins because it will cause the puffs to fall and then you can't put the cream in them
after it was cooled i put vanilla pudding inside of them and then just frosted them with chocolate frosting
