Eggnog Cream Puffs

Eggnog Cream Puffs

Homemade puffs will wow your guest. They are extremely easy to prepare, especially if you fill them with instant vanilla pudding. In Trinidad we fill them with a cheese paste filling, tuna filling and even a chicken salad filling. I've included some of these filling here for you to try. 

Ingredients

Puffs
1 cup1 Water
1/2 cup Butter or Margarine
1 cup All Purpose Flour
4 Eggs



Eggnog Fluff Filling
1 package (4 serving size) vanilla instant pudding mix
1 cup Milk
1 tsp Rum Extract
1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
1/4 tsp Ground Ginger
2 cups Whipping Cream
Powered Sugar

Cheese Paste Filling
2 cups Grated Montery Jack Cheese
1/2 cup Butter or Margarine
2 tbsp Mayonnaise
2 tsp Pepper sauce
2 tbsp Mustard
1/2 cup Finely Grated Carrots (optional



Tuna Fish Filling

2 5-ounce cans Tuna
2 Pimento Peppers chopped finely
1 1/2 tbsp Lemon juice
1/4 tsp Black Pepper
1/4 cup Mayonnaise
1/4 cup Salt
1/4 tsp Hot Sauce(optional)

Method

Heat oven to 400 degrees F

In a 2 1/2 quart saucepan, heat water and butter to a rolling boil.

Stir in flour, refuce heat to low.

Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat


Beats eggs one at a time, and add to mixture.

Fold eggs into mixture until smooth.

On an ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough either with a spoon or pipe onto sheet, about 3 inches apart

Bake 35-40 minutes or until puffed and golden.
Cool away from draft about 30 minutes.



Prepare Filling and cut off top third of each puff and pull out any strands of soft dough.

Fill puffs with filling of choice.

Filling


Eggnog Fluff Filling

In a large bowl, beat pudding mix, milk, rum extract, nutmeg and ginger with an electric mixer on low speed until well blended.
Add whipping cream
Beat on high speed for 1-2 minutes


Cheese Paste Filling

Add cheese, grated carrots, butter, mayonnaise, pepper, mustard in a bowl.
Mix thoroughly into a smooth paster


Tuna Fish Filling

Drain and squeeze excess water from tuna. Add lemon juice, pimento pepper, onions, salt, black pepper and pepper sauce. Mix thoroughly Add mayonnaise and adjust salt and pepper if desired.

Enjoy
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