CREAM PUFFS
- 1 cup boiling water
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 cup flour
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
Heat water and shortening in sauce pan until it boils up well; add all at once flour sifted with salt and stir vigorously. Remove from fire as soon as mixed, cool, and mix in unbeaten eggs, one at a time; add baking powder; mix and drop by spoonfuls 1½ inches apart on greased tin shaping into circular form with spoon but keeping mixture higher in center. Bake about 30 minutes in hot oven. Cut with sharp knife near base to admit filling.
CREAM FILLING
- 1 cup sugar
- ⅓ cup cornstarch
- ⅓ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 2 cups scalded milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Mix dry ingredients; add slightly beaten egg and stir into this gradually the scalded milk. Cook about 15 minutes in double boiler, stirring constantly until thickened. Cool slightly and flavor. Sweetened whipped cream may be used instead of this filling.