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Post by Linda on Feb 10, 2021 0:27:30 GMT
love them (and eclairs) - much prefer a custard filling though
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Post by dixielee50 on Feb 10, 2021 1:15:58 GMT
Dang, now I'm craving cream puffs. When I think about them, I smile because of my Dad. He loved them & would stop at the bakery on his way to work every morning & buy 2. One he ate right away & the other he saved for his break at work. He was quite a joker & so were his friends so it didn't surprise him when his cream puff started disappearing from his lunch box. One day he took the filling out of the cream puff & replaced it with edible grease. His job was to test pumps so had access. Sure enough the cream puff disappeared again but that was the last time. Edible grease is like eating shortening.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 10, 2021 5:03:52 GMT
In the recipes I have used, churros and cream puffs are very similar.
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Post by AllieC on Feb 10, 2021 5:07:33 GMT
AussieMeg , I had a mini one for my 40th. Custard filled. One of my Mum’s sisters used to make the best cream puffs. One family event I saw a couple of her brothers sneaking off with a container and they said they always missed out so were getting in first. I thought it was so cute, they were all in their 60’s and 70’s then LOL.
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Post by ~KellyAnn~ on Feb 10, 2021 5:18:34 GMT
Must always get a cream puff when I go to the Wisconsin State Fair. They are so good, and it's fun to watch them being made as you wait in line. This year for Valentines day, they are having a special pop up drive-thru. You can purchase cocoa and strawberry cream filled cream puffs.
I used to volunteer in our local Farm Bureau food stand at the county fair. My favorite assignment was making the whipped cream and assembling cream puffs.
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Post by PLurker on Feb 10, 2021 6:43:15 GMT
People in Wisconsin are crazy about them. Every year big deal at State Fair. They have drive up ordering. Didn't have State Fair last year but I believe you could still get the cream puffs. Order and drive up pick up, I think it was. I like them for a every once in a great while treat but don't get the crazy that they are here. Literally makes the news every year to the when and where you can get them. Like I said, CRAZY. wistatefair.com/fair/original-cream-puffs/ETA and I broke the rules and didn't read through the thread first before posting. My info is a rerun. Oops.
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Post by AussieMeg on Feb 10, 2021 10:08:13 GMT
AussieMeg , I had a mini one for my 40th. Custard filled. That's awesome!! Did someone you know make it, or did you buy it?
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Post by myboysnme on Feb 10, 2021 15:18:02 GMT
No one in her office had heard of them I am seriously WTF over this question. I buy them every week at the bakery. They sell them in a big tub at Walmart or any grocery store next to the frozen eclairs. Really I would describe them as round eclairs if someone didn't know. Do they all live under rocks? I swear anyone who has ever been to an actual bakery, and not just the one in the grocery store has to have seen cream puffs. I mean what's not to like? Puff pastry and cream. Look, just tell sis to send them all to me.
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Post by Restless Spirit on Feb 10, 2021 15:39:11 GMT
I marked that I know what that are, but I haven's had one in years. I think someone brought the frozen kind from Costco to a Christmas gathering years ago. I did think that it was a funny coincidence that I just received a new copy of Cooks Illustrated magazine and one of the recipes is "Cream Puffs with a Twist". Since I don't eat or make cream puffs, I have no idea what a the "twist" is vs a regular cream puff.
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Post by shanniebananie on Feb 10, 2021 15:53:52 GMT
We always get them when we go to the Wisconsin State Fair. They sell about 400,000 each year. The tradition of selling creme puffs started in 1924. They are delicious! These are the best!!! One of my favorite parts of living in WI.
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Post by PLurker on Feb 10, 2021 17:16:40 GMT
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Post by swtpeasmom on Feb 10, 2021 21:29:19 GMT
My Memere used to make them.... They aren't my favorite dessert though
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Post by refugeepea on Feb 10, 2021 21:39:14 GMT
I've had the ones from Sams Club. Now I want to buy some.
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Post by AllieC on Feb 10, 2021 23:58:56 GMT
AussieMeg , I had a mini one for my 40th. Custard filled. That's awesome!! Did someone you know make it, or did you buy it? It was from the Cheesecake Shop. Really reasonable and they make to however many you want.
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Post by AussieMeg on Feb 11, 2021 2:37:35 GMT
That's awesome!! Did someone you know make it, or did you buy it? It was from the Cheesecake Shop. Really reasonable and they make to however many you want. Awesome, I will keep that in mind! There is a Cheesecake Shop right near me.
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Post by psiluvu on Feb 11, 2021 2:53:46 GMT
They sound like profiteroles but sliced and cream put on rather than injected with a piping bag. Are they profiteroles? Do you have profiteroles? Yes, they are called profiteroles in the UK, chou à la crème in France, and cream puffs in the US. If you add a cheese to the chou dough, you get a gougère, which is a savory appetizer. (Those aren’t traditionally filled.) Profiteroles in my part of Canada too
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Post by magenta on Feb 11, 2021 3:28:54 GMT
OMG! They're AMAZING! I get the ones from Costco and devour them! I seriously have to walk away or I will eat the entire container (and be horribly ill) Make a dark chocolate sauce (I can give you my family’s super easy recipe if you want it) and drizzle that over the Costco cream puffs. O ... M ... G ... I searched the thread for your recipe and didn't see it. So I thought I'd ask nicely. May I have the recipe, please? I looked up the recipe and watched a few YouTube videos and cream puffs don't look too complicated to make, surprisingly. I don't want to have a whole tub of them from Costco. Now that I'm not afraid of my kitchen I look forward to experimenting.
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Post by bc2ca on Feb 11, 2021 3:43:05 GMT
My mother made cream puffs from time to time. My mom used to make them about once a year and ours were always filled with sweet whipped cream. A few years ago, DH and I took a cooking class where we made cream puffs for dessert.
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Post by lucyg on Feb 11, 2021 5:12:57 GMT
Make a dark chocolate sauce (I can give you my family’s super easy recipe if you want it) and drizzle that over the Costco cream puffs. O ... M ... G ... I searched the thread for your recipe and didn't see it. So I thought I'd ask nicely. May I have the recipe, please? I looked up the recipe and watched a few YouTube videos and cream puffs don't look too complicated to make, surprisingly. I don't want to have a whole tub of them from Costco. Now that I'm not afraid of my kitchen I look forward to experimenting. Sure! And I saved iowgirl ’s cream puff recipe (thank you!). It looks easy enough even for lazy me. This is my great-grandmother’s chocolate sauce recipe. Very simple and everyone likes it. But I also saved crazy4scraps’s fudge sauce recipe, just in case. CHOCOLATE SAUCE 4 oz unsweetened chocolate 3/4 cup water 1+ cup sugar (I use superfine/baker’s sugar, as it melts better) tiny pinch of salt Place chocolate and water in a small saucepan and melt the chocolate over low heat, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in sugar (1 cup for a bittersweet chocolate sauce, plus another 1/4 cup if you want it a little sweeter) and salt until sugar is completely melted and blended in. Bring just barely to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. Then turn down the heat to low and simmer for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let stand ... it will thicken as it cools. (If it gets too thick at any time, stir in a little more water.) Do not refrigerate leftovers! Refrigeration makes the sugar grainy. Store in a covered glass jar in the pantry. It will keep fine for a month or so. Reheat in microwave (remove lid first) or on the stove top.
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Post by magenta on Feb 11, 2021 6:31:39 GMT
lucyg Thanks! I just bought some unsweetened baker's chocolate, but I might have to get some baker's sugar.
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Post by lucyg on Feb 11, 2021 6:55:28 GMT
lucyg Thanks! I just bought some unsweetened baker's chocolate, but I might have to get some baker's sugar. It really isn’t imperative. I don’t think anyone else in my family bothers.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2021 9:23:02 GMT
They're called profiteroles in the UK. They're filled with fresh whipping cream in the UK rather than the custard type cream, which we call Patisserie cream here and they're drizzled with chocolate sauce. I haven't made them for a long time. I usually buy them in a stack like this image from the grocery store.
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Post by librarylady on Feb 11, 2021 14:01:23 GMT
I just remembered an incident in college--Cream Puffs were served for dessert. My friend's puff was filled with cole slaw! Somewhere a kitchen worker was getting a huge laugh.
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Post by disneypal on Feb 11, 2021 14:21:21 GMT
They are very popular here - we even have a store called Beard Papa's and that is all they sell
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Post by MizIndependent on Feb 11, 2021 18:01:24 GMT
This is my Achilles heel. And my local bakery makes amazing ones, so I have to be careful. They've got both whipped cream and vanilla custard and are chocolate covered - plus, they're HUGE. They could easily feed two people so when I do buy one, it lasts two days exactly. And they are turned into "Scream Puffs" for the month of October.
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