Raspberry Rose Cream Puffs

Cream puffs were one of those elusive baking projects I had just resigned myself to never understanding. There was magic there that belonged only to… I dunno… Italian or French grandmothers that just wasn’t for my self-taught baker brain.  I got over that little hurdle I set for for myself and unlocked the magic of pâte à choux (that’s the French name for this specific pastry) and the great news is: it’s actually pretty simple and totally home-kitchen worthy. 

I will also say that I had cream puffs in the same class as cannolis as something unattainable to me in my home kitchen and that still holds true.  Maybe that just holds true because I’ve had the best cannolis of my life in Philly and there’s just no coming back from that… ya know?

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