Easy Strawberry Cream Puffs Recipe: A Delightfully Fresh Dessert
- Prep
- 60 min
- Cook
- 45 min
- Total
- 135 min
- Serves
- 24
- Calories
- 179 kcal
- Carbs
- 9.00 g
Ingredients
- 1 cupwater
- 1/2 cupunsalted butter
- 1/4 teaspoonsalt
- 1 cupall-purpose flour
- 4large eggs
- 8 ozcream cheese ((or mascarpone; softened at room temp))
- 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
- 1/2 cuppowdered sugar
- 2 cupsheavy cream ((well chilled))
- 1 cupfinely diced strawberries
- 1 cupsliced strawberries ((for garnish; optional))
- 2 tablespoonspowdered sugar ((for dusting))
Instructions
- 1
Into a small saucepan, add the butter, salt, and water. Cook the mixture over medium-high heat until the butter is melted and comes to a boil.
- 2
Add the flour all at once and stir until a dough ball forms, about 1 minute.
- 3
Transfer the dough into a large mixing bowl and allow it to cool until warm to touch, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- 4
Once cooled, begin adding the eggs, one at a time. Use a hand-mixer or whisk to mix the egg into the dough after each addition. Transfer the dough into the prepared pastry bag.
- 5
Preheat the oven to 425F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 6
Pipe small to large dollops onto the parchment paper, spacing them at least an inch apart.
- 7
Bake at 425F for 10 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350F and bake for an additional 30 to 35 minutes, until golden brown.
- 8
Allow them to cool completely on the tray.
- 9
In a mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract. Beat until smooth and creamy.
- 10
Pour in the chilled heavy cream and whisk until thick and fluffy.
- 11
Fold in the diced strawberries with a spatula.
- 12
Slice each cream puff shell in half and pipe a generous amount of cream into each shell.
- 13
If desired, add sliced strawberries to garnish. Refrigerate until serving.