✨ Mom’s Famous Cream Puffs ✨
✨ Mom’s Famous Cream Puffs ✨
Light, airy, golden-brown pastry shells filled with a rich, creamy, and wonderfully stable vanilla filling — the kind of dessert that feels like a warm hug from mom 💛 Perfect for special occasions or whenever you’re craving homemade magic and classic comfort flavors!
📝 Ingredients
🧈 For the Airy Shells
- Butter: 1 stick (8 tbsp)
- Water: 1 cup
- Vanilla Extract: 1 tsp
- All-Purpose Flour: 1 cup
- Eggs: 4 large
🍦 For Mom’s Amazing Filling
- Heavy Cream: 1 pint
- Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix: 1 package (3.4 oz, dry)
- Milk: 1/3 cup
- Powdered Sugar: for dusting (final touch)
👩🍳 How to Make Mom’s Famous Cream Puffs
🔥 Step 1: Make the Boiling Base
In a medium saucepan, combine butter, water, and vanilla.
Bring to a full rolling boil over medium-high heat.
🥣 Step 2: Form the Dough
Add all the flour at once.
Stir quickly and continuously with a wooden spoon or spatula until:
- Dough pulls away from the sides
- Forms a smooth, cohesive ball
🥚 Step 3: Cool & Add the Eggs
Remove from heat and let cool for a few minutes (important so eggs don’t cook).
Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition until:
- Dough becomes smooth, glossy, and thick
🔥 Step 4: Shape & Bake
- Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C)
- Drop tablespoon-sized mounds onto parchment-lined baking trays
- Leave space between each puff
Bake for 25–30 minutes until:
- Deep golden brown
- Firm and puffed
Cool completely on a wire rack.
🍨 Step 5: Prepare Mom’s Famous Filling
In a chilled bowl combine:
- Heavy cream
- Dry pudding mix
- Milk
Beat with an electric mixer until:
- Thick
- Stable
- Like firm whipped cream
🍰 Step 6: Assemble
- Slice cooled cream puffs horizontally
- Fill generously with vanilla cream
- Replace tops gently
- Dust with powdered sugar for a classic finish
