Dream Cream Puffs

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• nonstick cooking spray
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix (4 serving size)
• 2 cups nonfat milk
• 1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract
• sifted powdered sugar
• fresh strawberries (optional)

Recipe

• 1 lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray; set aside.
• 2 in a small saucepan, combine water and butter, bring to boiling.
• 3 add flour all at once, stirring vigorously until mixture forms a ball.
• 4 remove from heat.
• 5 cool for 10 minutes.
• 6 add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well with a wooden spoon after each addition.
• 7 drop mixture in 8 mounds, 3 inches apart, on the prepared baking sheet.
• 8 bake in a 400 degree f oven about 30 minutes or until golden.
• 9 transfer cream puffs to a wire rack; cool.
• 10 cut tops from cream puffs; remove soft dough from inside.
• 11 cool completely on a wire rack.
• 12 meanwhile, for filling, prepare pudding mix according to package directions using the nonfat milk.
• 13 stir in peppermint extract.
• 14 cover with plastic wrap. chill.
• 15 to serve, spoon about 1/4 cup of the filling into the bottom half of each cream puff.
• 16 replace tops.
• 17 sprinkle with sifted powdered sugar.
• 18 if desired, garnish with fresh strawberries.