THEME: Mocha-Filled Cream Puffs
Jamie R
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs
MOCHA CREAM FILLING(recipe follows)
Powdered sugar
1. Heat oven to 400°F. Grease cookie sheet.
2. Heat water and butter in medium saucepan to rolling boil. Add
flour all at once; stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or
until mixture leaves side of pan and forms a ball. Remove from heat.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating with spoon after each addition until
smooth. Drop batter by scant 1/4 cupfuls about 3 inches apart onto
prepared cookie sheet.
3. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven.
Horizontally slice small portion from top of puffs; set tops aside.
Remove any soft dough from inside of puffs. Remove puffs from cookie
sheet to wire rack; cool completely. Prepare MOCHA CREAM FILLING;
fill puffs. Replace tops; sprinkle with powdered sugar. Refrigerate
until cold. Cover; refrigerate leftover puffs. 6 cream puffs.
MOCHA CREAM FILLING
2/3 cup sugar
3 tablespoons HERSHEY'S Cocoa
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1-1/2 cups milk
2 to 3 teaspoons powdered instant coffee
1 egg yolk, slightly beaten
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1. Stir together sugar, cocoa and cornstarch in medium saucepan;
gradually add milk and instant coffee. Cook, stirring constantly,
until mixture boils; boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat.
2. Gradually stir small amount of hot mixture into egg yolk, blending
well; return mixture to pan. Heat just to boiling, stirring
constantly.
3. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Pour into bowl;
press plastic wrap onto surface. Refrigerate until cold.