I did not find this recipe in my grandmother's box, but I am certain that she made them and even more certain that she loved them though we did always just call them cream puffs. I looked up all the fancy french recipes for making these and followed one to the T. I weighed the ingredients to get just right amounts and did everything else that seems to indicate that these are a fussy dessert to make. I even made my own french pastry cream which called back memories of a vanilla custard that my grandmother used to make. Could pastry cream and Mom's vanilla custard be one and the same? They were very good. However, the old recipe that I used make with my mother without the weighing and fussiness was really quite close. The choux à la crème are pictured but I show below the much simpler "cream puff" recipe. 1 stick butter 1 cup water 1 cup flour pinch of salt 4 eggs Melt one stick of butter in one cup of water and pinch of salt on the stove...
I have my grandmother's recipe box. Inside it, you will find some family favorites, some duplicate recipe cards written out at different times, some recipes with no names and many recipes without directions. I am going to randomly choose a recipe every week or so from her recipe box and you will see it here.