After all these posts I’m kicking myself however there is always next weekend :-). Please. As it turns out, there are 1,000 people in that category so on the occasion of that nice round number, let me be out with it. yes I did get better at the cooking half of HomeEc…or at least the baking side of things! 1/2 cup granulated sugar Just in the nick of time! What can I use to substitute for buttermilk? I was confused greatly because I’ve never had a problem with the Danish Puff Pastry. Before baking, they were about 2 inches across. Great recipe. My kids swooned… might be their favorite thing I’ve made. Difference consisted of using 7 tbsp of butter although six would have been good too. I can’t wait to make these. Still delicious, just a tad bit underdone. And then, almost directly, went to the grocery store where, in the As Seen On TV section, they had this thing, two pans that fit one on top of the other. As amusing as this is, I teach the new fangled home-ec (family and consumer science) to middle schoolers, and we make something very similar to this recipe! Let the dough cool for five minutes, then briskly beat in the eggs, one at a time, until the dough is smooth and shiny. Well, we’ve had no hot water for 3 days and just to wash dishes I have to heat water on the stove (hello Laura Ingalls Wilder! Chouquettes are actually really simple: they are based on the “paste” or pâte à choux dough that is also used to form cream puffs, éclairs and gougères — a simple mix of water, melted butter, flour and eggs. I am in love. I also ate some leftovers for breakfast this morning and they were still great! So delicious! My 28th b-day is on Wednesday. This is another fabulous recipe for HELEN’S FRENCH ROLLS. OMG they are so good. We had a Home Ec classroom; no Home Ec classes. These are so seductive, I feel like I’d be cheating on my favorite cookies by enjoying them. Honeydew2 16. BOIL water, butter, sugar, and salt. Geez Deb, these look like a dream come true. 1600 reviews and still 5 stars cannot lie. I’m sure I didn’t follow the recipe correctly. Yum….just yum. happy holidays, SK family, all of the very best for 2012! This is an item that is on my baking to-do list, as well. Follow this tip: As a rule of thumb, a higher oven temperature (400°F is ideal) results in puff pastry with a higher rise. Thank you for them! But, generous person that she is, she gave you the full bio of the recipe and named BC several times. My wife has a butter addiction, so she insisted we roll them all the way around. This recipe has a few stains on the page. and I went for the fully dunking method – I must have been quite generous because I didn’t have quite enough of either one so I just made a bit more. What am I doing wrong? I still have time to make and indulge in these:). I had to pull out my Betty Crocker cookbook and find this recipe, p. 65. I bet these would be good with some blueberries and cornmeal added in as well. I made them in a regular muffin pan for brunch and they were divine but definitely too big. I found sugar pearls at my local Kroger’s here in Mississippi. I’d like to know a secret at how to get the toppings on without making a mess or getting way sticky fingers….. 5.) :). That should let it steam off enough moisture (while you mix it vigorously) to make the dough come together better. I will definitely make these – and maybe even in January despite new years resolutions :). I am wondering if there is a significant difference if you make them with buttermilk? :). Thanks for the reminder. Pearl sugar is very common in Swedish baking; we put it on our cinnamon buns and various cookies, so no wonder Ikea has it really. Now I love to cook and rarely burn anything. Do you think this would work in a bread loaf pan? I made some changes to the old-school recipe; shortening became butter, melted butter became browned butter (because, have we met? The point is, those look delicious and I want some right now! I also only used 3 eggs. Can’t wait to try and make a gluten-free version. And thank you for the recipe again! I think he may have noticed the holiday weight gain. And talking about home ec! Or if you dont want to break your head with lowering and raising oven temps you could always set your oven on convection bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit and cook for 15 minutes and remove. These look absolutely wonderful! Thank you, thank you, thank you for writing about where I can buy pearl sugar. I would have loved shop class too but for all the sexist connotations of that experience (far before yours I’m sure) I will say this much. LOVE all your recipes. And I was so pleased to tell everyone that I’d made a French pastry. Avocado8 4. I think I may have to give these a try with the easy-to-get chocolate first, before I go hunting around for sugar crystals. Is this really happening? 25 or so minutes later my kids were happily devouring a snack of puffy cinnamon bliss. I hope not! I guess I’d better go make these for my children so they know I love them! I”m just thankful I don’t have an electric mixer or I WOULD BE MAKING THESE EVERY DAY. I was totally sold by the photo where you can see the moist yet fluffy looking inside. We bought them at every single bakery we walked into, and honestly they were more memorable than the croissants. They do look amazing and looks like I will be trying them out soon. ), and these likely are also fabulous. cos mine were a lot browner than the ones pictured above, and the choc chips would burn lest i put them on AFTER the puffs were done and out of the oven. No tipping over here! (Yes, this is a rather long range in baking time but I know that in choux recipes especially, baking times can greatly vary depending on the heat of an oven and how fast it browns the top of items. Clotilde has a great little cookbook with nice recipes. Not blaming you – I am blaming my uncontrollable eating self!!!!!!!!!! The photos on Smitten Kitchen look so much better than mine â but I feel like Iâm giving you a more realistic version of this recipe, because we canât all make things look quite so perfect. How have I been so remiss all these years? I’m sure of it! Puff pastry can usually be found in the frozen foods department â try the dessert aisle with the pie shells and whipped cream. Again, I know I’m not the blogger here, but it would be nice if you’d let all those disappointed cooks know it’s not their fault. It just doesn’t! Hello, Thursday morning breakfast! There’s something about the psychology of “just a little slice” rather than committing to a full cupcake. Yummy!! They didn’t rise up at all. (And yes, the sugar is the best part, but since I’m someone who sort of thinks cream puffs are ruined by filling them with cream, the puff is pretty awesome too.). Too soon. They look awesome, but I must admit a partiality to the chocolate chip-topped ones. If you are going to do it you might as well go all out. And I found them to be much sweeter than her version. Which btw…I aced sewing having been doing that since i was a kid, but cooking, well lets just say I am glad I had the sewing part in the bag cuz’ that helped carry my grade…and that oven explosion was not my fault!! (Sometimes I wish he would shoot somewhere besides the corner of 57th and 5th, though.). 1/2 teaspoon baking soda it’s prob in your grandmother’s old cookbook…. More importantly I wanted to mention that the recipe seems very forgiving. :-) Happy New Year. Didn’t have dairy milk or buttermilk but subbed sweetened almond milk and about a tablespoon of water to temper the sweetness and followed baking instruction to eliminate baking powder. I never thought I would be 206th , commenting the donut muffins! I just tried making these, and had a frustrating go — but I really want to understand what I did wrong! see, simmer, aka boil. Thank you for YET another great recipe–I have never had one fail on me that you have sharedâ¤ï¸! Rather than do the rolling-in-butter thing, would it be possible to pipe cream into these as soon as they come out of the oven? Just wish I’d read the comments before. Does the water/butter have to be a certain temperature? Having melted butter on all sides definitely keeps them from drying out. I ended up with sugar-topped pancakes!! Too good Deb, that’s just too good. mmmm. I just made these and they turned out fantastic. I will say that for the mini-muffins, my baking time was closer to only 10 minutes, so depending on your oven watch the baking time. Love them for salsas, dips, etc. Can’t wait to try them out! They didn’t puff at all, so I just had little disks. Just sayin’, if you know, the laziness ever takes over :). Grapefruit4 14. If making these the a day ahead I would absolutely recommend dunking totally in butter; they also seemed less rich the next day. I have been looking for different popover recipes to try… my husband refuses to call them popovers and only refers to them as delicious crack covered in cinnamon sugar. Maybe some of the people having problems could try that? :). I have absolutely loved perusing through your recipes, especially the old classics. Don’t you love when you finally get around to making a recipe you’ve saved a long while? For the first time? Mix only until combined. Sigh, I love these. Thanks Deb for all your solid recipes I can count on! Our teacher never showed this one, though. Lemon27 17. Now, my son is fascinated by donuts (we don’t have them here in France). 3.) I keep remembering it and wishing I could recreate it, and now I can! Might have to squeeze this recipe in before the clock strikes midnight myself. Place the skillet in the oven, and bake for about 30-35 minutes, until the pastry has puffed up, and is dry and golden brown. Next time I’m planning on filling them with a pastry cream or chocolate ganache. For Danielle, if you have a Old Time Pottery —I have gotten all sorts of odd shaped, 2, 3, 4, section in in one unit! Cakes go over better than cupcakes at the office. Used 3 eggs. Finally, something that’s hard to find in the US but is everywhere in Sweden – usually it’s the other way around! Yea of little faith. yum! In a small bowl, combine 2/3 cup sugar and cinnamon. Using two spoons, a piping bag fitted with a wide tip, a zip-lock bag with a one-inch corner cut off or a spring-loaded large cookie scoop, pipe or scoop the dough into walnut-sized mounds spaced evenly on the baking sheet. I ransacked the cupboards, used shortening instead, and secretly gloated when everyone else had one giant cookie that spread across their baking sheet. Peach14 22. Beat it in with an electric mixer. Deb, any chance you could take another look at it? Oh dear….I see I’ve been beat to the punch already. Have you ever been to Sweetleaf Espresso bar (in Williamsburg or LIC)? This is the base for profiterole..all this needs is a nice chocolate ganache on top and a sweet pudding filling inside!! Thanks for posting the recipe! what a fine blog!! Thanks! I’d be in the kitchen right this moment! This one is a keeper for sure!! These look so cute and delightful! I remember the delicious cinamon toast from home economics in grammar school. It goes in with the egg. Everyone loved them. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! This is not about sprinkling, it's about an even covering of sugar. Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat the oven to 375°F. The sippy of milk story in the play fridge. I did find like some other commenters that in my mini muffin tin it came out to 24 and that I needed less than half the topping. We assumed it went in with the egg? 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract I added more flour but it didnt really help in the puffing. These pastries are, amusingly, called French Breakfast Puffs, I presume they are “French” in the way that French Toast and French Fries are, or that I convince myself I am every time I order Lillet, which is to say, dubiously. These look so good! (I may have added a bit of Double Devon Cream… shhhh.). I should have expected that since there are so many eggs in the recipe. I would make these any day. I think they were mainly concerned with keeping us off the pipe, because we had about 50 million “hugs not drugs” classes. I’m supposed to bring something savory to a New Year’s brunch… I think I will be bringing two things now (unless, I somehow, could count these as savory?). Just delightful. Thanks, I’ll add that to the list. I have been wanting to make the sugar puffs known as chouquettes forever, or at least as long as it has been since I read about them for the first time on Chocolate and Zucchini. Hers were called “French Puffs”, and yes, they are just like doughnut holes. And once I’m ready to eat some calories again they will be at the top of my list! 1/2 teaspoon salt Additionally, they won’t puff up all perky. Cranberries11 11. I made sure to buy extra, so I’ll have to try this recipe! They turned out fabulously. Loved by all. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. This small ones look really attractive. we’re usually (always) extraordinarily lazy about it and just buy the dinner rolls that come in a tube, but the idea is the same: bready pastry rolled in butter with cinnamon and sugar (although we’re gluttons and roll the entire thing in buttery sugary goodness). Your puffs would be so yummy filled with sweet cream. I didn’t have pearl sugar so I covered the tops with turbinado… it added enough sweetness but of course didn’t have the same effect of creating little explosions of sugar in your mouth as the pearl sugar. I fully dunked the mini ones because I had leftover brown butter and there was no way I was wasting it. Happy New Year! Delicious! After 3 failed attempts and a lot of frustration (which stems mostly from my failure to read this comment thread before attempting the recipe a second and third time), I produced a successful (and delicious) batch of poof balls on the 4th attempt because I let the water come to a rolling boil, and used 3 eggs instead of four. Looks delicious as usual. I could definitely gobble up more than a few of these! Do you think I could I pipe this batter onto a parchment-lined sheet pan? Thanks, Deb. I should have read the comments section but now I’m out of butter! These were delicious, but… I had a bit of extra brown butter I didn’t want to waste so I rolled the entire last two muffins in it, as per your advice, and they were too rich/decadent completely rolled in. Pecans maybe? There are only 4 left and I suspect from the look of pleasure on my children and husband’s faces, there might not be any by the time I finish the dishes! These are so easy and so delicious! I used Bob’s Red Mill GF Flour Mix. Elania, I hate to say it, but you may have made an error for them to come out flaky or crumbly. Adapted from Betty Crocker and others. #drool. I am glad I tested out the recipe once before the day I actually need to serve them. I actually made a fantastic bookshelf in woodshop but set fire to a pot (grease fire) in home ec. and remember being terrified at all times that I was going to cut my finger off with the jigsaw. Using a mini-muffin pan I ended up with only 16 total. Your blog is an essential part of our home life! To date i have never dared to make them as i thought it would be way to complicated, but after looking at yours i’m inspired! MUST try these! What a gorgeous dessert. The sugar puffs are adorable – I have to give this recipe a go sometime soon! these look like profiteroles. Hi Perfect timing as I sit here contemplating which recipe I will use to break in the KitchenAid mixer that I just got for Christmas. 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