Easiest Cream Puffs

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup low-fat margarine or 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup boiling bottled water
• 1 cup sifted flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 if butter is not at room temperature, chop it up first.
• 2 add butter to boiling water.
• 3 when butter is dissolved remove from heat.
• 4 add flour and salt.
• 5 beat with a spoon until it looks like putty (about 15 minutes).
• 6 cool, add eggs unbeaten one at a time.
• 7 beat until creamy.
• 8 drop ¾ to 1 tablespoon of cream puff mixture, for each cream puff, onto a greased cookie sheet.
• 9 bake for 10 minutes at 375°.
• 10 reduce oven to 350° and bake for an additional 30 minutes.
• 11 allow to cool.
• 12 to serve: cut off the top and fill with whipped cream or vanilla pudding, then replace the top.
• 13 sift small amount of powdered sugar over each cream puff.