Cream Puffs

Ingredients:
Dough:

• 1 cup flour
• 0.45 lb butter or margarine
• 4-5 eggs
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Cream:

• 0.5 liter (~0.5 quart) milk (cold)
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoon flour
• 2-3 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:
Dough:

1. Pour out one cup of water into a large saucepan, add butter, salt, and cook on the stove top until boiling.
2. Just after the water starts boiling, add the flour all at once, mix, and simmer 2-3 minutes, stirring.
3. Remove the saucepan from heat and add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each one.
4. When the dough becomes "stretchy," stop adding the eggs.
5. Cover a large baking pan with foil and grease it.
6. Take dough with a tablespoon and drop it onto the baking sheet, leaving about 1.5 inches between them (this will make about 14-15 pastries), and bake at 375 F about 20 minutes until golden brown. DO NOT open the oven door while baking - otherwise, the pastries will sink and will not be able to rise. The pastries will rise and become hollow in the center.
7. When the pastries are cool enough, make a small incision in each (with a knife) and spoon the cream until filled.

Cream:

1. In a saucepan, beat the eggs and sugar.
2. Add flour and the cold milk; mix well and start heating on low.
3. Stir constantly until the mixture boils (this step takes a while).
4. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract.
5. Cool well.