Cream Puff Ghosts Recipe

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Don't get spooked by these spirited Halloween characters. The cream puff ghosts aren't difficult to make. I form basic cream puff batter into cute little phantoms. —Dixie Terry, Goreville, Illinois

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Cream Puff Ghosts Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 30 min. + chilling

Yield: 9 Servings

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Ingredients

3/4 cup water
6 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 eggs
PUMPKIN FILLING:
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup cold orange juice
1 cup milk
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin
1-1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped
Confectioners' sugar
Miniature black jelly beans or chocolate chips

Directions

In a saucepan, bring the water, butter, sugar and salt to a boil. Add flour all at once and stir until a smooth ball forms. Remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Continue beating until mixture is smooth and shiny. Drop by 1/3 cupfuls 3 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets; spread into 4-in. x 3-in. ovals. Using a knife coated with cooking spray, make a wavy edge at the bottom of the ghost as shown in photo below left. Bake at 400° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Meanwhile, in a saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over orange juice; let stand for 1 minute. Stir in the milk and brown sugar; cook and stir over low heat until gelatin and sugar are completely dissolved. Stir in pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice. Cover and refrigerate for 45-60 minutes or until thickened. Fold in whipped cream.
Split cream puffs in half; remove dough from inside. Set aside 1 to 2 tablespoons of filling for eyes. Spoon remaining filling into cream puffs; replace tops. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Place two small dots of reserved filling on each ghost; top with jelly beans. Serve immediately. Yield: 9 cream puffs.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 378 calories, 21 g fat (12 g saturated fat), 155 mg cholesterol, 209 mg sodium, 41 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 8 g protein.

Originally published as Cream Puff Ghosts in Country Woman September/October 2003, p24