Chocolate Peanut Butter Cream Puffs Recipe by Amy Kay's Kitchen
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We were inspired to share this great recipe from Amy Kay's Kitchen! If you haven not checked out their website, we suggest that you do!
Ingredients
For the Pastry Shells1 cup water
1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter
1 Tbsp of sugar
3/8 tsp salt
1 cup Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
4 Tbsp of Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
4 large eggs
For the Pastry Cream
2 cups half and half
1/2 cup of sugar, divided
5 large egg yolks
3 Tbsp of cornstarch
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 Tbsp unsalted butter, cold
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup of heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks
For the Ganache
about 4 oz of semisweet or bittersweet chocolate (about a cup of chocolate chips)
4-6 Tbsp of heavy cream
1 Tbsp of creamy peanut butter