Mini French Puffs Food

FRENCH CHEESE PUFFS (GOUGERES)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 220°C / 425°F (200°C fan). Lightly grease 2 trays then line with parchment / baking paper.
• Place water, butter and salt in a saucepan over medium high heat. Bring to a boil until butter is full melted.
• Remove from stove, add flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Mix until incorporated.
• Return to stove on LOW heat and mix for 1 minute (this dries the mixture out, see video for before/after).
• Remove from stove, leave for 2 minutes.
• Add 1 egg, mix vigorously until incorporated - batter splits at first, but it always comes together!
• Add 3 more eggs, one at a time, mixing until incorporated before adding the next. Good arm workout! (Or use electric beater)
• Stir in 2 cups cheese.
• Drop 1 tablespoon mounds onto trays (small cookie scoop is ideal, otherwise use a measuring tablespoon and a teaspoon to scrape out. Can make larger - good for dunking!)
• Brush with yolk, then top with a pinch of reserved Cheese for topping.
• Bake 25 minutes.
• Allow to cool for 15 minutes so they become crusty and inside dries out a bit.
• Serve warm as pre dinner nibbles, finger food at gatherings, or dunk into soups and stews!

FRENCH BREAKFAST PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 12 muffin cups.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Set aside.
• In a separate large bowl, cream together the sugar and shortening. Add the eggs and mix again. Alternate adding one-third of the flour mixture and one-third of the milk to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Fill the muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake until golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove the muffins from the pan and set aside.
• To make the coating, melt the butter in a bowl or glass pan. In a separate container, combine the sugar and cinnamon.
• Dip the warm muffins in the butter, coating thoroughly.
• Then roll in the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Don't be afraid to really coat 'em up. Let the kids help!

MINIATURE FRENCH BREAKFAST MUFFIN PUFFS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease bottoms of 36-48 small muffin cups.
• Mix shortening, 1/2 c sugar, and egg thoroughly.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.
• Stir flour mixture and milk alternately into sugar/shortening mixture.
• Fill greased muffin cups 2/3 full.
• Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Dip immediately in melted butter, then in mixture of cinnamon/sugar.
• Serve hot.

MINIATURE SWEET PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Bring the water, butter, salt, and sugar to a boil in a saucepan, over medium-high heat. Pull pan from the heat, add the flour at once and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until all the flour is incorporated, about 1 minute. Return the pan to the heat and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes to evaporate some of the water and "cook" out the flour. The dough will get a bit shiny and stick to the pan a little.
• Transfer the mixture into an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix together on medium speed, and, while the mixer is running, add 1 egg. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Repeat, adding the other egg. Mix until the dough is smooth and glossy and eggs are uniformly incorporated.
• Using a pastry bag fitted with a plain tip, pipe the dough onto the baking sheet, into 1/4 to 1/2-inch balls. (Use a damp finger, to dab down the points of the dough to make perfect balls.) Sprinkle with the turbinado sugar, if desired. Bake 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 375 degrees F (without opening the oven door), and bake until puffed up, and a rich golden brown, about 15 minutes more. Remove and poke with a toothpick. Bake an additional 10 minutes to dry the insides of the puffs. Cool on a rack.
• Cut puffs in half and fill with Raspberry Cream, ice cream or your favorite filling. Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve.
• Mash the berries and sugar in a small saucepan with a wooden spoon. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring frequently until the berries break down and get juicy, about 5 minutes. Strain mixture through a fine-meshed sieve into a bowl; discard the seeds. Cool. Adjust the sweetness or tartness of the sauce with more sugar and lemon juice, as needed.
• Beat the cream until it holds a light peak. Sift the confectioners' sugar into the cream. Continue beating until the cream holds a holds a soft, but firm peak. Gently fold raspberry sauce into the whipped cream until blended. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator until needed.

FRENCH TOAST PUFFS

Steps:

• For the ginger butter: Place the butter, agave and ginger in a food processor and process until smooth. (If no processor is available, you may use softened butter and whisk all ingredients instead.) The butter should have a smooth consistency, ready to be dipped into.
• For the french toast puffs: Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F, using convection if available. Spray a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Put the bananas, oat milk, coconut, sugar, cinnamon, turmeric, nutmeg, vanilla and salt in a blender and blend until smooth. If there are a few small chunks of banana, don't worry, it will add to the texture of the puffs.
• Put 1 loaf's worth of bread chunks in a large mixing bowl, followed by the batter. With a spatula or fingertips, gently fold everything together. Take care not to overmix. Homogenous is boring, so we are looking for the bread to be mostly intact, moistened by the batter. Let sit for 5 minutes. The texture should now be soft and wet, not soupy (if it's soupy, add more bread).
• When the correct texture is achieved, it will be easily scoopable with a golf-ball-sized cookie scoop. Scoop out all of the bread-batter mix onto the prepared baking sheet. Keep it funky and scoop larger amounts than the scoop can hold, like a scoop of hard ice cream. Bake until golden brown and crispy on the outside, 10 to 15 minutes. (Browned and slightly crunchy on the outside, and soft on the inside, is our goal.) Eat with hands, dipping into Vermont maple syrup and ginger butter.

FRENCH DONUTS--CREAM PUFFS

Steps:

• In saucepan, boil the first 2 ingredients.
• Combine 1 cup flour, and 1/4 t salt. Add this mix all at once to boiling water. Turn heat to low, cook and stir until ball forms.
• Remove from heat, add 4 eggs, one at a time, beating well and fast until smooth.
• Drop dough balls onto a greased pan, making a hole in the center with a spoon handle to resemble donuts.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
• For the frosting, mix with a mixer all the ingredients, adding the milk 1T. at a time for desired consistency.
• Have the frosting ready because donuts are easier to frost when warm.

FRENCH BREAKFAST PUFFS

Steps:

• With a mixer beat butter, 1/2 cup sugar, and egg until well blended.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with milk.
• Spoon into mini muffin tins filling two-thirds full.
• Bake 350 for 14-16 minutes.
• Remove immediately from tins.
• Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon.
• Dip tops of muffins in melted butter and then in the sugar mixture.

FRENCH BREAKFAST PUFFS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat shortening, 1/2 cup sugar and egg until smooth. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg; add to the sugar mixture alternately with milk. , Fill greased muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan., Meanwhile, combine cinnamon and remaining sugar in a shallow bowl. Roll the warm puffs in butter, then in cinnamon-sugar. Serve immediately.

FRENCH VANILLA CREAM PUFFS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring water and butter to a boil. Add flour and salt all at once; stir until a smooth ball forms. Remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat until mixture is smooth and shiny., Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove puffs to wire racks. Immediately cut a slit in each for steam to escape. Cool. Split puffs and remove soft dough., For filling, in a bowl, beat milk and pudding mix on low speed for 2 minutes. Refrigerate for 5 minutes. Fold in whipped topping and chips. Fill cream puffs just before serving; replace tops. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

GOUGERES (FRENCH CHEESE PUFFS)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Heat water, butter, salt, and chili powder in a saucepan over medium-low heat until the butter is melted.
• Dump in flour all at once and stir vigorously until the mixture pulls away from the sides into a smooth ball. Remove from heat and let rest for 2 minutes, to cool it down a bit. At this point, you can scrape the dough into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. If you don't have a mixer, let it cool in the pan, stirring it a few times to let the heat escape.
• Add eggs, one at a time, stirring quickly to make sure the eggs don't cook. The batter will first appear lumpy, but after 1 minute or so, it will smooth out. After the eggs have been added, let cool until tepid.
• When the dough has cooled, stir in a generous 1/2 cup Gruyere cheese until well mixed. (If dough is not cool, the cheese will melt.)
• Scrape the dough into a pastry bag fitted with a wide, plain tip. Pipe into mounds, evenly spaced apart, making each about the size of a small cherry tomato. Top each puff with a bit of the remaining cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 5 minutes, then turn the oven down to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Continue to bake until completely golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

FRENCH BREAKFAST PUFFS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• Grease 15 muffin cups, 2 1/2 x 1 1/4".
• Mix shortening, 1/2 cup sugar, and the egg.
• Stir in flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg alternately with milk.
• Fill muffin cups about 2/3 full.
• Bake until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Mix 1/2 cup sugar and the cinnamon.
• Immediately after baking, roll puffs in melted butter, then in cinnamon-sugar mixture.

FRENCH BREAKFAST PUFFS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 15 medium muffin cups, 2 1/2x1 1/4 inches.
• Mix shortening, 1/2 cup sugar and the egg throughly in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg alternately with milk. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• Mix 1/2 cup sugar and the cinnamon. Roll hot muffins immediately in melted butter, then in sugar-cinnamon mixture. Serve hot.

FRENCH BREAKFAST PUFFS/MUFFINS

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease muffin tins with cooking spray.
• In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.
• In a food processor, with steel blade, pulse the cold butter with the 1/2 cup sugar with on/off method, until creamed; add in the egg and vanilla, mix until combined.
• Feed alternately through the tube, the dry ingredients and the cream (be sure that the cream is the last ingredient to be added).
• Fill greased muffin tins 2/3 full.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Remove from the muffin tins, and roll in melted butter, then in mixture of 1/2 cup sugar, and 1 tsp cinnamon.
• NOTE: Do not roll the puffs if you do not plan to use them immediately.
• These can be frozen or refrigerated, and when reheated, roll in the butter and the sugar mixture, the puffs will get hard and crusty if rolled in the butter then reheated Serve hot-- DELICIOUS!

MINI FRENCH PUFFS

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Beat in egg. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk (batter will be stiff). Fill greased miniature muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Remove puffs from pans; immediately roll in butter, then in cinnamon-sugar. Serve warm.