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Miniature Chocolate Eclairs Recipe


Miniature Chocolate Eclairs Recipe
Homemade pastries with chocolate filling are rich and tempting and are hands down better than store bought!

Mrsc543

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Ingredients
  • Filling:
  • 1 pkg (3 1/2 oz) chocolate pudding and pie filling
  • 2 cups milk
  • Pastry:
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1 cup flour
  • 4 medium eggs
  • Frosting:
  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 2 oz semi-sweet chocolate
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 Tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions
  1. Filling:
  2. Cook pudding according to package directions and chill for one hour.
  3. Pastry:
  4. In a heavy saucepan, heat butter, water and salt over medium-high heat until mixture boils and butter melts.
  5. Reduce heat to low.
  6. Vigorously stir in flour all at once until mixture forms a ball.
  7. Transfer to a bowl and cool for five minutes.
  8. Stir in eggs on at a time, beating will after each addition.
  9. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  10. Grease baking sheet and drop dough into 12 mounds about five inches apart.
  11. Spread each mound into a 4-inch by 1/2-inch rectangle, piling the dough on top and slightly rounding sides.
  12. Bake until golden about 35 minutes.
  13. Remove from oven; make a 1-inch-long slit on side of each eclair.
  14. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees and bake for 10 more minutes.
  15. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
  16. Frosting:
  17. Heat butter and chocolate over low heat, stirring until melted.
  18. Remove from heat.
  19. Stir in sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth.
  20. Slice eclairs in half. Spoon about 1 Tbsp of filling onto each bottom half and replace tops.
  21. Spread tops with frosting.

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Thank you! these sound divine! one of these days I'll try to make. Do you do profiteroles? (spelling?!) 55555


Luv Eclaires great post print try and save{Share with my daughters high5


A favorite in our house!


This sounds great, its a must try at my house!


Oh man these sound so good.


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