Dessert for 8
Banana Cream Puffs
These crisp cream puffs hold banana pastry cream and whipped cream, with coffee chocolate sauce drizzled over the tops.
Typical price
$3.90for 4 servings
$0.98 per serving$3.90 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
Photo: thekitchenmagpie.com
- 70 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 8servings as written
- $typical cost tier
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What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Margarine and vegan butter$0.25/oz typical | 4 oz | $1.00Typical price |
| Eggs$0.30 each typical | 9 | $2.70Typical price |
| Milk$0.04/oz typical | 13 oz | $0.51Typical price |
| Butter$0.40/oz typical | 0.5 oz | $0.20Typical price |
| Bananas$0.62/lb typical | 0.4 lb | $0.26Typical price |
| Heavy cream$0.22/oz typical | 5.75 oz | $1.26Typical price |
| Chocolate chips and baking chocolate$0.45/oz typical | 3 oz | $1.35Typical price |
| Coffee and tea$0.80/oz typical | a little | $0.07Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $7.81 | |
Pantry staples you likely have
FlourSugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoa
Not included in the cost.
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 1 cup flour
- 4 eggs
- 5 egg yolks
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 dash salt
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 small ripe bananas
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 3 tbsp whipping cream
- 2 tbsp hot water
- 1/2 tsp instant coffee granules
Steps
- Heat the oven to 425 F and line a baking sheet with parchment.
- Boil the water and butter in a saucepan, stir in 1 cup flour, and cook until the dough pulls away from the pan.
- Beat in the four eggs one at a time, pipe eight mounds onto the sheet, and bake for 25 minutes.
- Whisk the egg yolks, sugar, salt, 1/3 cup flour, and milk in a saucepan, then cook over medium heat until thick.
- Stir in the vanilla and 1 tablespoon butter, chill the filling for 15 minutes, and fold in the sliced bananas.
- Whip the 1/2 cup cream, fill the cooled puffs with banana cream and whipped cream, and melt the chocolate with 3 tablespoons cream, hot water, and coffee.
- Drizzle the chocolate sauce over the puffs and chill them for 10 minutes.
Swaps
- Heavy cream for Evaporated or condensed milkabout $0.08/oz less at typical prices
- Milk for Almond, soy or oat milkabout $0.01/oz more at typical prices
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