Pastry Puffs

 

This is a good old easy recipe from EVERYDAY FOOD, the old booklet by Martha Stewart.  You can probably also turn these into cream puffs using the recipe HERE. 

 

Yield = 110 small puffs

 

Ingredients

 

1 cup water

2 stick unsalted butter

1 teaspoon sugar 

1 cup all purpose flour, spooned and leveled 

4 large eggs 

 

 

Process

 

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. 

 

2. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. 

 

3. In a small saucepan, bring 1 cup water, 1 stick unsalted butter, and 1 teaspoon sugar to a boil over high heat.  

 

4. Immediately remove from heat and stir with a wooden spoon. 

 

5. Stir in 1 cup all purpose flour . 

 

6. Continue to stir until mixture pulls away from the sides of the pan, about 2 minutes. 

 

7. Let cool 2 minutes. 

 

8.  Add four large eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition until the batter comes together. 

 

9. Transfer batter to a large zip top bag so that the batter is in one corner. 

 

* your can also use a pastry bag with a 1/2 inch round plain tip. * 

 

10. With scissors, snip 1/2 inch opening in the corner .

 

11. Pipe batter into desired size mounds, 1 inch apart on the sheets. 

 

12. With a wet finger, smooth any pointy tops.  

 

13. Bake 10 minutes. 

 

14. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake until puffs are golden brown and feel light and hollow inside, roughly 20 to 30 minutes. 

 

15. Let cool on sheets on a wire rack. 

 

Enjoy!