Double Chocolate Eclairs

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups milk
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
• 2 -3 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan melt the butter or margarine in boiling water.
• 2 add flour and salt all at once, stir vigorously, cook and stir till mixture forms a ball that doesn't separate.
• 3 remove from heat, cool slightly.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 pipe dough through a pastry tube fitted with number 10 or larger tip a greased baking sheet, making 4x3/4 inch strips.
• 6 bake in 400°f oven about 30 minutes or till golden brown and puffy.
• 7 remove from oven, cut off tops of eclairs, remove the soft centers, cool completely on rack.
• 8 just before serving fill each with chocolate custard filling and drizzle tops with the chocolate glaze.
• 9 chocolate custard filling:.
• 10 combine sugar, flour, cornstarch, salt.
• 11 gradually stir in milk and cut up chocolate.
• 12 cook and stir till bubbly for 2-3 minutes longer, stir about 1 cup hot mixture to 2 beaten egg yolks, return to hot mixture.
• 13 cook and stir till mixture boils.
• 14 add vanilla and let cool.
• 15 chocolate glaze:.
• 16 melt chocolate and butter over low heat.
• 17 stir in the sifted powdered sugar and the milk.
• 18 blending till smooth and of drizzling consistency.