Puff Pastry

This puff pastry is the recipe I used to make homemade cream puffs with the kids. The recipe came from a children's cookbook from the library. The cream puff recipe is really easy and really good. --Mark

Ingredients:

7 T butter
3/4 tsp. salt
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 cup water
1 cup white flour
4 eggs

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Grease a cookie sheet.

Sift flour into a mixing bowl. Put water, salt, and butter into a saucepan and melt. Heat until bubbly. Remove saucepan and add flour. Beat batter and let cool for 1 to 2 minutes.

Beat 4 eggs in a small bowl. Add to the batter a little at a time. Spoon batter into pastry bag. Form into small pastries. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove and prick each end with a toothpick.