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Eclairs

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 stick butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 recipe of your favorite pastry cream or whipped cream

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 400. Put water and butter in a medium sauce pan and bring to a boil. All the butter should be melted by the time the water boils.
  2. Dump in the cup of flour and mix vigorously with a wooden sppon until the dough forms a ball and sticks a little to the bottom of the pan
  3. Dump the dough ball into a stand mixer and mix on medium for a minute or two. Then add eggs one at a time.
  4. Pipe into 1-2 inch lines on a piece of parchment paper and bake at 400 until they turn golden brown but aren't burnt on the bottoms.
  5. Remove from oven and poke a hole in each one to allow steam to escape
  6. Put your cream in a pastry bag with a large tip and insert into one end of each eclair once cooled. Fill with cream.