Recipe - Cream-Puff Paste

1 cup Water
One half cup Butter
1 cup Sifted flour
4 Eggs

This will make one dozen of this most delectable of all French pastries.
The French call this uncooked mixture pate a chou.

1. Bring the water and butter to a full boil. Stir in the flour all at
once. Beat over low heat until the mixture forms a ball and leaves the side
of the pan.

2. Remove from the heat and beat in the eggs, one at a time, being sure
that each one is entirely incorporated before adding the next.

CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS

1. Make creampuff paste(above). Shape the eclairs with a large pastry tube
or with 2 spoons, placing them about 3 inches apart on an ungreased
cookie(spelt cooky in the book) sheet. They should be about 4 inches by 1
inch. 2. Bake in a 400 degree F oven for 45 minutes. Be sure they are dry,
as an undone eclair will fall when taken out of the oven. 3. Remove to cake
rack to cool slowly. Fill with Mocha Pastry Cream and frost with Shiny
Frosting for Eclairs.

Makes 12 elcairs.

Posted to BakeryShoppe Digest by Lea lhoover@ptialaska.net on Feb 20,
1998