Ingredients
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- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 tsp. sugar
- 1 – 2 tsp. espresso powder (depending on your taste for coffee)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Combine butter and boiling water in a pan and bring back to a boil.
- Mix flour and salt together and add to the boiling water and stir rapidly until mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
- Remove from heat.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, until dough is smooth.
- It will come together all at once when the final egg is mixed in.
- Drop by spoonfuls on a greased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes then drop the temperature to 375 degrees and bake for another 25 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool.
- In the meantime prepare whipped cream. Combine cocoa powder, sugar and espresso powder in a small bowl.
- Slowly add the powder mixture to heavy cream while mixing.Whip until soft peaks form.
- Cut the puffs in half, horizontally, and fill with mocha cream.
- Serve.