Banana Cream Puffs
By: Anonymous
Published: Friday, December 25, 2009 - 12:04am

Ingredients




1 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 eggs
5 egg yolks
 cup sugar
Dash of salt
 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon butter
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
3 tablespoons strong brewed coffee

Preparation

1 For cream puffs, in saucepan, heat water and butter to boiling. Add flour all at once; beat 2 minutes until very stiff. Remove from heat. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until dough is smooth. Beat until satin-like. Shape 8 mounds of dough on greased baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 35-40 minutes. 2 Slit puffs. Return to oven; turn oven off. Let dry 5 minutes. 3 For filling, beat egg yolks with sugar and salt until pale yellow. Beat in flour and 1/2 cup milk. Heat 1 cup milk to boiling. Whisk a little milk into egg mixture, return to pan. Cook, stirring until thick. Remove from heat; add vanilla and butter, stirring until butter is melted; chill. 4 Add mashed bananas. Whip the cream. Fold into the banana cream. 5 For sauce, mix chocolate chips, cream and coffee; stir and heat smooth. Spoon banana cream into cream puffs. Drizzle Mocha-Chocolate Sauce over each cream puff. Serve. 8 servings.