Cream Puffs

This is one of my all-time favorite baking recipes.

1 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
4 eggs
Whipped cream or vanilla pudding (use real whipped cream)
Powdered sugar

Makes 1 dozen

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Heat water and butter to rolling boil. Stir in flour. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat (you may want to shut down the heat as soon as you dump the flour - as long as your butter/water mix was boiling good you shouldn't have any trouble getting everything mixed). Beat in eggs, all at once; continue beating until smooth. Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet.

Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until puffed and golden. Cool away from draft. Cut in half and fill with pudding or whipped cream. Replace tops and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Refrigerate until serving time.