75 cream puff recipes

Whole wheat choux puffs filled with a sweet-savory blend of cream cheese, dried figs, crumbled bacon, and chutney. A party appetizer that balances crispy, creamy, and fruity in every bite.

Use phyllo pastry as the crust, place sauteed mushrooms with thyme at the bottom, then spread the mixture of cheddar and sour cream on top. Let these cute little tarts puff up and become golden-brown in the oven, absolutely delicious.

Homemade choux puff appetizers with three filling options: corned beef with sour cream, deviled ham with cream cheese, and spinach with water chestnuts. Classic party bites from scratch.

Æbleskiver: Danish pancake balls with cardamom-spiced sour cream batter and folded egg whites for cloudlike puffs. Cook in the traditional pan, dust with powdered sugar, dip in tart jam.

Classic French creme patissiere made with egg yolks, sugar, milk, and vanilla. The essential pastry cream for tarts, eclairs, cream puffs, and fruit desserts.

Miniature choco-lite puffs are bite-size cream puffs with a lightened twist: crisp choux shells filled with fluffy sugar-free chocolate pudding and whipped topping. An elegant, lower-fat party dessert that looks far fussier than it is.

Three mini cream puff fillings: smoked salmon mousse, curried caramelized onions, and a crab-cream cheese spread with red peppers. Ready to pipe into pate a choux for elegant hors d'oeuvres.

Classic choux pastry profiteroles made with just 4 ingredients: water, butter, flour, and eggs. Light, hollow puffs ready to fill with cream, ice cream, or custard.

Polish ptysie (choux puffs) filled with sauteed mushrooms, onions, and sour cream. Golden savory pastry appetizers baked twice for a crisp, hollow shell.

Creamed turkey with pastry pillows: leftover roast turkey and Italian sausage in a mushroom-sherry cream sauce, served over buttery puff pastry squares. Holiday-leftover dinner for a crowd.

Pate a choux, the classic French pastry dough made from just butter, water, flour, and eggs. Master this one batter and you can pipe cream puffs, eclairs, and profiteroles.

Classic French choux pastry with just water, butter, flour, and eggs. The foundation for cream puffs, eclairs, profiteroles, gougeres, and savory gnocchi. Master this one dough, make dozens of desserts.

Elegant French pastry with puff pastry, vanilla pastry cream, and glazed apricot halves resembling sunny-side eggs. A playful Michel Richard classic.

Creamed chicken in a from-scratch white sauce with peas and slivered almonds, seasoned with savory. Serve over biscuits, waffles, or in puff pastry shells.

Flaky puff pastry shells filled with orange-scented cream cheese whipped cream and topped with cherry pie filling. A dinner party dessert that looks dressed up but takes 30 minutes.

Baked fig and walnut meringue puffs made with whipped egg whites, stewed figs, and broken walnuts. An old-school fruit dessert that bakes up airy and jammy, finished with sweetened whipped cream.