{"id":7567,"date":"2026-09-08T20:01:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7567"},"modified":"2026-09-08T20:01:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:01:42","slug":"moms-famous-cream-puffs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/moms-famous-cream-puffs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom\u2019s Famous Cream Puffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mom\u2019s Famous Cream Puffs<\/h1>\n<p>Light, airy cream puffs filled with a rich and fluffy vanilla cream filling. These homemade pastries are perfect for parties, holidays, or a delicious sweet treat!<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<h3>For the Cream Puffs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bd cup butter (1 stick \/ 8 tablespoons)<\/li>\n<li>1 cup water<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>4 large eggs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Mom\u2019s Famous Cream Filling<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 pint heavy whipping cream (2 cups)<\/li>\n<li>1 package (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix<\/li>\n<li>\u2153 cup milk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>For Topping<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Powdered sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat your oven to <strong>400\u00b0F (200\u00b0C)<\/strong>. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, water, and vanilla extract. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat.<\/li>\n<li>Add the flour all at once and stir continuously with a wooden spoon until the mixture forms a smooth ball and pulls away from the sides of the pan.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the saucepan from the heat and allow the dough to cool for several minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition until the dough becomes smooth and glossy.<\/li>\n<li>Drop tablespoon-sized portions of dough onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving space between each one.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>25\u201330 minutes<\/strong>, or until the cream puffs are golden brown and puffed.<\/li>\n<li>Remove from the oven and allow them to cool completely.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Make the Filling<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Add the heavy whipping cream, instant vanilla pudding mix, and milk to a large mixing bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Beat with an electric mixer until the mixture becomes thick, fluffy, and resembles whipped cream.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Assemble<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Once the cream puffs have completely cooled, carefully slice them in half.<\/li>\n<li>Pipe or spoon the vanilla cream filling into the bottom half of each puff.<\/li>\n<li>Place the top half back on each cream puff.<\/li>\n<li>Dust generously with powdered sugar before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Serving<\/h2>\n<p>Serve immediately or keep refrigerated until ready to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Makes approximately 16 cream puffs.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mom\u2019s Famous Cream Puffs Light, airy cream puffs filled with a rich and fluffy vanilla cream filling. These homemade pastries&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7569,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7567\/revisions\/7569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}