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Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups canned pumpkin
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
1/8 tsp salt
4 eggs
3 cups whipping cream
1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
1/4 tsp salt
9 egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
1 recipe, chocolate sauce (recipe below)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
2. In a medium saucepan combine water, butter and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil. Add flour all at once, stirring vigorously. Cook and stir until mixture forms a ball that doesn't separate.
Remove from heat.
Cool for 10 minutes. Add 4 eggs one at a time beating well with a wooden spoon after each addition.
3. Drop 12 mounds of dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Using a moistened finger smooth out any rough peaks in the tops of the cream puffs.
4. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown and firm. Cool.
Cut tops from cream puffs and remove soft dough from insides.
5. FILLING:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
1. In a heavy large saucepan, combine whipping cream, pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Bring to a simmer, whisking constantly. Remove from heat.
2. In a medium bowl combine 9 egg yolks and sugar. Whisk together until well combined. Slowly whisk 1/2 cup of hot cream mixture into egg yolk mixture, then whisk all of egg mixture into cream mixture. Pour custard through a fine mesh sieve into a 2 quart square baking dish.
3. Place the dish in a 13x9x2 inch baking pan. Add hot water to the baking pan to come half way up the sides of the baking dish. Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until nearly set in center when gently shaken. Cool. If desired cover and chill until serving time.
4. Before serving, spoon filling into cream puffs. Replace tops. Spoon Chocolate Sauce over top of cream puffs.
Makes 12 cream puffs
CHOCOLATE SAUCE RECIPE
In a medium microwave safe bowl combine 4 oz chopped semisweet chocolate, 1/4 cup water, 3 tablespoons butter and 1/2 teaspoon sugar.
Microwave on 100 percent power (high) for 1 minute or until chocolate is melted stirring twice.
Stir in 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla.
