Banana Cream Puffs
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Course : Pastries
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 8
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1                cup  water
     1/2           cup  butter or margarine
  1                cup  all-purpose flour
  4                     egg
                        ***FILLING***
  5                     egg yolk
     1/3           cup  granulated sugar
  1               dash  salt
     1/3           cup  all-purpose flour
  1 1/2           cups  milk
  2          teaspoons  vanilla extract
  1         tablespoon  butter or margarine
  2                     banana
     1/2           cup  whipping cream
                        ***MOCHA CHOCOLATE SAUCE***
     1/2           cup  semisweet chocolate chips
  3        tablespoons  whipping cream
  2                     coffee
 

Preparation:

Preparation time: 1 hr. Baking time: 35 to 40 min. Oven temperature: 375~ degrees F. This dessert tastes much the same as Banana Cream Pie. When you have extra ripe bananas, peel, wrap in plastic and freeze; use in this dessert. For 8 servings you will need: Cream Puffs: coffee Preparation: 1. For cream puffs, in saucepan, heat water and butter to boiling. Add flour all at once; beat 2 minutes until very stiff. Remove from heat. 2. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until dough is smooth. Beat until satinlike. 3. Shape 8 mounds of dough on greased baking sheet. 4. Bake at 375 degrees F for 35 to 40 minutes. 5. Split puffs. Return to oven; turn oven off. Let dry 5 minutes. 6. For filling, beat egg yolks with sugar and salt until pale yellow. Beat in flour and 1/2 cup milk. 7. Heat 1 cup milk to boiling. Whisk a little milk into egg mixture; return to pan. Cook, stirring, until thick. 8. Remove from heat; add vanilla and butter, stirring until butter is melted. Chill. 9. Add mashed bananas. Whip the cream. Fold into the banana cream. 10.For sauce, mix chocolate chips, cream and coffee; stir and heat until smooth. 11.Spoon banana cream into cream puffs. Drizzle mocha-chocolate sauce over cream puffs. Serve.

 

Nutritional Information:

473 Calories (kcal); 31g Total Fat; (57% calories from fat); 9g Protein; 41g Carbohydrate; 296mg Cholesterol; 231mg Sodium