Banana Cream Puffs Recipe

Preparation time: 1 hr.

Baking time: 35 to 40 min.

Oven temperature: 375 degrees F.

This dessert tastes much the same as Banana Cream Pie.

When you have extra ripe bananas, peel, wrap in plastic and freeze; use in this dessert.

For 8 servings you will need: Cream Puffs: 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 the eggs, one at a time, until dough is smooth.

Beat until satinlike.

Shape 8 mounds of dough on greased baking sheet.

Bake at 375 degrees F for 35 to 40 minutes.

Split puffs.

Return to oven; turn oven off.

Let dry 5 minutes.

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.

Add mashed bananas.

Whip the cream.

Fold into the banana cream.

For sauce, mix chocolate chips, cream and coffee; stir and heat until smooth.

Spoon banana cream into cream puffs.

Drizzle mocha-chocolate sauce over cream puffs.

Serve.