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Recipe name:
Minature Chocolate Eclairs Recipe category:
Baked Goods
What are your thoughts about this classic dish? Recipe detials:
*****FILLING****** 1 Package chocolate pudding mix -- Cook & Serve 2 Cups milk *****PASTRY***** 1/2 Cup butter -- 1 stick 1 Cup water 1/8 Tsp salt 1 cup all-purpose flour 4 medium eggs *****FROSTING***** 2 tablespoons butter 2 ounces semisweet chocolate -- 2 squares 1 cup confectioner's sugar 2 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Filling**** cook pudding according to pkg. Cool 1 hr. Pastry**** In sauce pan heat butter, water, and salt over med heat until mixture boils and butter melts. Reduce heat to low. Vigorously stir in flour all at once until mixture forms a ball. Transfer pastry to a bowl: Stir in eggs; one at a time, beating well after each. Preheat oven to 400*. Grease a baking sheet. Drop dough into 12 mounds, about 5 inches apart, Spread each mound into 4x1/2-inch rectangle, piling dough on top and slightly rounding sides. Bake until golden, 35 minutes. Remove from oven; make 1-inch slit on side of each eclair. Reduce oven to 375* and bake for 10 minutes more. Transfer to wire rack to cool. Frosting***** heat butter and chocolate over low heat, stiring until melted. Remove from heat, stir in sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Slice eclairs in half. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of filling onto each bottom half and replace tops. Spread tops with frosting. |