Grandmas Homemade Cream Puffs
Ingredients
1 Cup Water
1 Stick Butter
½ Tsp. Salt
1 Cup All-Purpose Flour
4 Eggs (room temperature)
1 Box Instant Vanilla Pudding
3 Cups Whole Milk
1 Tub Cool Whip (divided)
½ Cup Powdered Confectioners Sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a saucepan on medium-high heat, add water, butter and salt and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in flour until well combined and it forms into a ball. Transfer to a mixing bowl and let cool. Then add eggs one at a time and mix well after each egg. The pastry dough should be smooth and shiny. Let sit and cool for about 10 minutes, or until the dough has a consistency like creamy peanut butter. Drop by heaping teaspoons onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 400 degrees for 5 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely before filling.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the instant vanilla pudding and milk for about 2 minutes, or until it thickens up. Place in the refrigerator while the cream puffs are baking and cooling. Once the cream puffs are cooled, remove pudding from refrigerator and gently fold in 1 cup of cool whip.
Cut a slit in each cream puff and fill with the pudding mixture or cool whip. Lightly dust with some powdered sugar. Serve and enjoy!