Cream Puffs are a classic French dessert filled with sweet cream and dusted with powdered sugar. You haven’t enjoyed a cream puff until you’ve tried one freshly baked. The Choux pastry dough is easier than you think; just watch the video tutorial.
If you have made our Classic Eclairs, then you already know how to make these. The dough is the same and this cream puff recipe has an even easier filling.
Cream Puffs Recipe
Homemade Cream Puffs filled with sweet cream and raspberries. Learn how to make a bakery quality, buttery Choux pastry dough.
Prep: 30min
Total: 60min
Yield: 28
Serving Size: 1 serving
Nutrition Facts: calories 125 kcal, Carbohydrate 6 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 10 g, Saturated Fat 6 g, Cholesterol 55 mg, Sodium 38 mg, Sugar 2 g, servingSize 1 serving
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 8 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (measured correctly)
- 4 eggs ((large), room temperature)
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream (chilled)
- 4 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 28 raspberries (optional)
- 1 Tbsp powdered sugar (to garnish)
Instruction:
- Bake at 425˚F for 10 minutes in the center of the oven. Without opening oven, reduce temp to 325˚F and, bake 20-22 min longer or until golden brown on top. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
- Once cream puffs are completely cooled, fill them with cream. There are 2 ways to fill them: (#1) pipe the cream into the puffs by pushing the pastry tip into the side and piping until cream pushes back, or (#2) Cut off tops of puffs and pipe cream inside using a pastry bag, push a raspberry down into the center if desired, then cover with the tops. Dust with powdered sugar and serve.
Cream Puff Recipe
Perfect Cream Puff Recipe: These bake up light as air every time! Filled with sweet whipped cream & dusted with powdered sugar. The ultimate!
Prep: 20min
Total: 60min
Yield: 12
Serving Size: 1 cream puff
Nutrition Facts: servingSize 1 cream puff, calories 239 kcal, Carbohydrate 20 g, Protein 4 g, Fat 16 g, Saturated Fat 9 g, Trans Fat 1 g, Cholesterol 97 mg, Sodium 133 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 12 g, unSaturated Fat 5 g
Ingredients:
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter ((1 stick))
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 eggs, (large)
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar, (for garnish)
- 8 ounces cream cheese*
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 3/4 cups heavy cream, (cold)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste ((extract can be substituted))
Instruction:
- Allow the pastries to cool completely, then slice open horizontally, sandwich with cream puff filling, and dust with powdered sugar.
- Fold in the vanilla.