Cream Puffs

Ingredients

• 1 cup of water
• 1/2 cup of best butter
• 1 cup of sifted flour
• 3 eggs
• 1 muffin tin
• 1 and 1/2 cups of milk
• 2 egg yolks
• 4 tablespoons of powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons of cornstarch
• flour
• little cold milk

Directions

1. Boil water
2. Add butter and then beat sifted flour
3. Stir until smooth and set aside to cool 
4. Stir one egg at a time 
5. Drop batter into muffin tin 
6. Bake for 1 hour until golden
7. Bring milk to a boil 
8. Beat egg yolks very light, with powdered sugar 
9. Pour boiling milk onto eggs
10. Stir constantly adding 2 tablespoons of cornstarch and flour
11. Add cold milk
12. Place back on burner and stir till thickened
13. Place cream in puff

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Rachel Niemirowski
Louisiana Anthology
July 16, 2019