Cream Puffs

On hot summer days, do you sometimes miss being a kid? They do not have to worry about clothes and they get to splash around in little pools and not care about cleaning themselves up.

 photo P7071331_zpscfe68ff2.jpg

Though yesterday was not even one of our hottest days, I could not cool off. I have a little AC unit in my apartment but it does not do that well once the oven starts pouring heat into my apartment.

 photo P7071301_zps3425ed6b.jpg

Probably many of you, like myself, try to steer clear of using the oven or stove on hot summer days but it can be inevitable. I have been asking my mother to make cream puffs with me for a while and my sister’s baby shower seemed like the perfect time.

 photo P7071321_zpsbd3d6990.jpg

Luckily, even though cream puffs use the stove and oven, they are served chilled πŸ™‚ And I just can not pass up on cream puffs! They are a very good summer dessert because they are so light and creamy.

 photo P7071268_zps0eca7455.jpg

I survived through the day, even though it meant my mom heard me say “I am SO hot” several times, and ended up with delicious cream puffs for my sister πŸ˜€

Cream Puffs:

Let’s start with the filling to get it cooling!

Cream

3 cup whole milk
6 egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
6 T cornstarch
1/8 t salt
1 1/2 t vanilla
1 cup heavy cream, whipped

  • Cream 3 T butter in a large bowl. Set aside.
  • Cook milk, yolks, sugar, cornstarch and salt in a heavy pot, stirring constantly until thick and bubbling.
  • Pour through a sieve over butter and stir. Add the vanilla and stir. Cover with wax paper and chill.
  • Once chilled and before filling puffs, fold in 1 cup of heavy cream (whipped).

 photo P7071276_zps706b1a97.jpg

Puffs

1 cup water
6 T chopped butter
1/8 t salt
1 cup flour
5 eggs

  • Bring water, butter, and salt to a boil in a 4 qt saucepan. Remove from heat.
  • Add flour and combine with a wooden spoon.
  • Return to heat (medium), stirring constantly until dry and smooth ball forms. Transfer to food processor.
  • Add eggs one at a time. Process for 30 seconds after each egg.
  • Place dollops on a cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes at 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Lower temperature to 375 and bake until golden (about 30 minutes). Cool and then slice or pull off tops. “Clean” out insides if needed and then fill with cream.

 photo P7061221_zps51b4cd7e.jpg photo P7071272_zps48331f0e.jpg photo P7071282_zps5656b70b.jpg

Chocolate Sauce

1/4 c butter
2 oz unsweetened chocolate
1 1/2 c sugar
1/4 t salt
1/2 13 oz can of evaporated milk

  • Melt butter and chocolate in a double boiler.
  • Stir in sugar, salt and milk.
  • Cook until sugar is dissolved. Let cool before drizzling over cream puffs.

 photo P7071292_zps8178b576.jpg

Music For Your Ears:

~French Navy by Camera Obscura

More To Love:

Nutella Beer Pudding

Nutella Beer Pudding

Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake

Choc White Choc Chunk Cookies

Choc White Choc Chunk Cookies

Peanut Butter Cups

Peanut Butter Cups

Comments

  1. These look amazing!! Can’t wait to try them out. πŸ™‚

  2. … and yes, I totally miss being a kid on hot summer days. πŸ™‚ Especially now that my Atlanta relatives are in town … I have many memories of going over to Grandma’s house *constantly* throughout past visits to play with the cousins!!

  3. Looks delicious! Cooking in the summer is always a catch-22. I have a tiny studio apartment, and I feel like its a always a battle between my window air conditioning until and my tiny stove! Usually the stove wins out πŸ˜‰

  4. The cream puffs look very amazing! I am such a big fan of cream puffs, so this looks so great! Thank you for sharing!

    • Me too!! I love cream puffs!! Honestly, they don’t even take that much effort…I mean there is room to mess up but as long as you follow the recipe it really isn’t too intense! And it creates such a yummy dessert!!!

  5. Your cream puffs look so fluffy and delicious πŸ™‚
    Love them to bits!

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

  6. Love cream puffs, they are very light. I love profiteroles too filled with ice cream!!

  7. yum–great job, Lilly Sue! Looks like a great day pool(fountain?) side πŸ™‚ Yes, too hot to cook. But I keep reminding myself that I complain a lot about the cold during winter, so bring on the heat!

    • ha ha that is true. I don’t think I complain too much though in the winter…I actually love summer because I am always outside and active but it is just harder to want to cook : / That is a fountain in the background- my brother has a beautiful house but they are leaving it!

  8. aw.. I want to make these! thank you so much for sharing the recipe..and is that you in the first photo? hee πŸ™‚

  9. Those cream puffs look perfect and delicious, and I love your reminder that they can be a cool summer dessert. Yum!

  10. These look so good — and are such a mine field! I’ve so little self-control when it comes to cream puffs. Give me a serving and I’m fine. Put down a platter of them and it’s best for every one that I be kept busy in another room. Probably a good thing I wasn’t invited to the shower. πŸ˜‰

    • ha ha I don’t have self control either with cream puffs! If I hadn’t been making them for the shower- I would have eaten way too many! At the same time I am sad I had to share : / ha ha

  11. Lilly Sue, way to take one for the team, baking during these hot summer days! I’m a nut who’s had her oven on almost every night too. I’m roasting beets and sitting here sweating while I’m typing this! Your cream puffs look amazing! I’ve never made them but can’t wait to try.

  12. PERFECTION !
    Outstanding job, sweetheart ! (Now I’m dashing off to the kitchen to see if I can make some of those angelic thingies that you suggested today) πŸ™‚

  13. Your puffs look delicious!!! I love cream puffs.. never really thought of them as a summer time food until now:)

  14. I absolutely love creme puffs and your look outstanding. Never made these at home and now I have a recipe to try Thanks much.

Trackbacks

  1. […] Peckish Kiwi), but for the most part I read of folks pert-near melting from high temps. Becky, Deb, Lilly Sue, Cheri, and so many others have been advising us on how to stay cool. Even in Minnesota, where […]

  2. […] had a few puffs leftover from Cream Puffs so I decided to fill them with some of the ice cream since Suzanne from apuginthekitchen mentioned […]

  3. […] This is definitely a beer for sharing! It could be paired with something light like custard or vanilla ice cream. Custard would be a decadent combination, giving it that extra creaminess!! Here is my custard recipe. […]

  4. […] Recipe from my Cream Puffs 3 cup whole milk 6 egg yolks 3/4 cup sugar 6 T cornstarch 1/8 t salt 1 1/2 t vanilla 1 cup heavy […]

  5. […] this time, I wanted to make it into a trifle with my yummy custard recipe πŸ™‚ This trifle involved a raspBEERy bread layer, raspBEERy sauce, fresh raspberries, and custard πŸ™‚ […]