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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Huffs and Puffs

Betty Crocker? Martha Stewart? Jamie Oliver?
I'm sure you've heard or come across these names before. It's a wonder how many recipes there are in the world and how do you pick out the BEST of the lot?!
Recently, I've been on my Baking-Craze Moods and instead of sticking to my late-grandmother's recipe I decided to be tech savvy and search for them on the Net. Surprisingly, I've collected a few (mind u only ones that seem irresistible are selected!) and so far I've tried 3:
1. Agar-agar Marble
2. Cornflakes Biscuit
3. Chocolate Chip (the so-called Famous Amos recipe)
So far, the BEST is still the Cornflakes one! Perhaps I love any cornflakes cookies so I'm quite biased. The other 2 needs a bit of adjustments here and there in order for it to be PERFECT!
Of late, I've been on a hunt for a Custard Cream Puff Recipe. But which one is the BEST and YUMMIEST of them all?!!! So far, I've got 2 recipes. It differs in ingredients and the filling. One has ingredients that I already have or can easily find but the other has ingredients that is difficult to find and its methods are complicated. Then the filling....some say Vanilla Custard, some say Custard Cream....so which one is the one I'm looking for? But some methods/ingredients are easy whereas some are difficult/complicated. Obviously I'm trying to opt for the easiest although I don't think making cream puffs is EASY!!!
It takes hours from start to finish....so no wonder you rarely find cream puffs sold everywhere!
Got a few delicious photos here.....and I didn't realise that cream puffs come in various Looks, Shapes, Sizes, Fillings and of course TASTES!!!!

Perhaps if any of you have a PERFECT recipe for me to try....do let me know!

(ps: esp a Custard Cream Puff recipe)












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