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*****FILLING****** 1 Package chocolate pudding mix — Cook & Serve

2 Cups milk

*****PASTRY***** 1/2 Cup butter — 1 stick

1 Cup water

1/8 Tsp salt

1 cup all-purpose flour

4 medium eggs

*****FROSTING***** 2 tablespoons butter

2 ounces semisweet chocolate — 2 squares

1 cup confectioner’s sugar

2 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Filling**** cook pudding according to pkg. Cool 1 hr.

Pastry**** In sauce pan heat butter, water, and salt over med heat until mixture boils and butter melts. Reduce heat to low. Vigorously stir in flour all at once until mixture forms a ball. Transfer pastry to a bowl: Stir in eggs; one at a time, beating well after each. Preheat oven to 400*. Grease a baking sheet. Drop dough into 12 mounds, about 5 inches apart, Spread each mound into 4×1/2-inch rectangle, piling dough on top and slightly rounding sides. Bake until golden, 35 minutes. Remove from oven; make 1-inch slit on side of each eclair. Reduce oven to 375* and bake for 10 minutes more. Transfer to wire rack to cool.

Frosting***** heat butter and chocolate over low heat, stiring until melted. Remove from heat, stir in sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth.

Slice eclairs in half. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of filling onto each bottom half and replace tops. Spread tops with frosting.

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