Cherry Cream Puff Ring
Ingredients
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·1 cup water
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·½ cup butter
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·1 cup all-purpose flour
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·4 eggs
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·1 cup milk
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·¾ cup daily sour cream
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·1 package (3 ¾ ounces) vanilla instant pudding (i like french vanilla, if i can find it)
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·¼ tsp almond extract
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·1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling
How to Make Cherry Cream Puff Ring
- Heat oven to 400 º.
- Heat water & butter to boiling in 1 quart saucepan; stir in flour
Stir vigorously until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minute
Remove from heat. - Add eggs; 1 at a time beat until smooth
- Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheet to form an 8 inch ring (for Valentine’s Day I make a heart shape)
Smooth with a spatula - Bake until puffed & golden; around 50-60 minutes.
- Cool
- Cut off top with a sharp knife; pull out any soft dough.
- Beat milk, sour cream, pudding mix (dry) and extract in a small bowl until blended, about 1 minute.
- Fill cream puff ring with the pudding mixture
- Spoon ½ cup cherry pie filling onto pudding mixture
- Replace top of cream puff and spoon the rest of the cherry pie filling on top
- Refrigerate until serving time.