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Makes
12 large cream puffs
Author Notes
A Light and crisp cream puff filled with cereal milk whipped cream and topped with a Capt'n Crunch Streusel. *Adapted from Pai Shu Cream Puffs from Little Japan Mama. —Erica Hom
Ingredients
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8 tablespoons
Unsalted butter
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1 cup
Water
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1 1/2 cups
All Purpose Flour
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5
Eggs
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1 pinch
Salt
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3 cups
Heavy Cream
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2 cups
Fruit Flavored Cereal
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1 tablespoon
Sugar
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2 tablespoons
Unsalted Butter
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1/3 cup
Powdered Sugar
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1/3 cup
All Purpose Flour
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1/3 cup
Crushed Capt'n Crunch cereal
Directions
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For the topping:
Melt Butter in a small saucepan. Stir in Sugar, crushed cereal and flour. Set Aside.
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For the cereal whipped cream:
Pour heavy cream into a large bowl. Mix in the fruit flavored cereal and Let steep for 1 hour.
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Strain the cereal out, making sure to press down on the strainer to get any cream that the cereal had absorbed. (thats the good stuff!)
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Pour strained cream into an electric mixer. Add sugar and whip till still peaks. Set aside in the refrigerator.
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For the Pastry:
Pre heat oven to 410F
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Melt butter with salt and water in a large saucepan over high heat.
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When butter is melted and it starts to boil, remove from heat and...Immediately add in flour all at once, and beat into a dough with wooden spoon.
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Put dough into an electric mixer. Beat in the eggs one at a time, making sure it's fully incorporated before adding the next egg. The dough will be VERY sticky. It's ok, its suppose to be sticky!
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Spoon dough into a Piping bag and pipe concentric circles onto paper-lined tray. using your fingers pat down any tips to prevent them from burning.
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Top with a small handful of the previously made cereal topping.
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Immediately bake 25 min until well puffed and browned then turn down the oven to 210F and continue to bake for 40 min to dry.
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Once puffs are cooled,cut each puff in half and pipe in whipped cream filling.
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