Our Famous Eclairs

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 2 cups powdered sugar (sifted)
• 4 ounces baker's chocolate
• 1 pint whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 1/2 ounces french vanilla instant pudding (2 small packages)
• 2 cups milk
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 eggs

Recipe

• 1 frosting:.
• 2 mix butter, vanilla, and milk — gradually add sugar until spreading consistency.
• 3 filling.
• 4 whip cream until stiff, gradually adding vanilla and powdered sugar.
• 5 mix pudding and milk, let set until thick.
• 6 fold pudding and whipping cream together.
• 7 puffs:.
• 8 preheat oven to 400of.
• 9 heat water salt and butter to boiling. continue boiling until butter is melted.
• 10 add flour all at once and whip in pan with wooden spoon. mixture will form ball in middle of pan.
• 11 cool for about 5 minutes stirring to cool faster.
• 12 add eggs one at a time whipping with wooden spoon well after each. [or put mixture in kitchen aid and eggs individually, beating after each].
• 13 put mixture into pastry bag and pipe out eclair shapes about 2 inches long and 2 inches apart on greased baking sheet.
• 14 bake at 400 for about 25 minutes or until lightly brown. fill with filling and frost with frosting. refrigerate.