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Lemon Cream Puffs

Lemon Cream Puffs are a lemon curd cream puff that is a homemade cream puff dessert. Whip these up for any and every occassion. Delicate, light, and the perfect amount of sweetness in this bakery inspired cream puff recipe.
Course Desserts
Cuisine American
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 30 cream puffs
Calories 204kcal
Author Kelsey

Ingredients

Ingredients for Cream Puffs

  • ½ cup Butter cut into pieces
  • 1 teaspoon Sugar
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 5 large Eggs 4 eggs for a recipe, 1 egg to glaze

Ingredients for Lemon Filling

  • 3 large Eggs
  • 1 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Lemon zest
  • cup Lemon juice
  • ½ stick Butter
  • 1 cup Fresh blueberries

Ingredients for Whipped Cream Filling

  • 8 oz Cream cheese softened
  • 1 cup Powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 2 cups Heavy whipping cream cold

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400°. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or use a Silpat.
  • Combine butter, sugar, and water in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, then quickly stir in the flour, stirring continuously with a wooden spoon. Continue to heat and stir until the mixture appears dry on the bottom of the pan. There should be a light film formed on the bottom of the pan.
  • Remove from the heat and transfer to a large bowl. Stir in 4 eggs, one at a time, Stir vigorously between egg additions (alternatively, you can use a stand mixer with the paddle attachment). The dough will be stiff and thick.
  • After thoroughly mixing, transfer the mixture to a piping bag with a large plain tip attached. Pipe dough in approx. 2-inch circles. There is a Silpat with circles marked that makes this process more accurate. Mix 1 tsp water into the remaining egg and brush egg wash on top of each puff.
  • Bake for 15 min. then lower the oven temperature to 350° and continue to bake for about 20 min. until nicely browned. Turn the oven off and leave the oven door slightly ajar with puffs still in the oven. You can insert a wooden spoon between the door and oven to help with this. Allow puffs to sit in the oven until the oven is just slightly warm. Remove to a cooling rack and cool completely.
  • Slice each puff in half and remove any excess dough from the center.

How to Make Lemon Filling

  • In a medium saucepan, over med-low heat, stir together eggs, sugar, lemon juice, and zest, using a wooden spoon until the mix is creamy and smooth.
  • Turn heat to low and continue stirring until mixture thickens and coats the back of the spoon.
  • Add butter and stir well.
  • Remove from heat and allow to cool.

How to Make Whipped Cream Filling

  • Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until smooth and thick. Use a hand mixer or a stand mixer with the whisk attachment.
  • Slowly add the heavy cream while mixing on a medium setting. Continue whipping until the filling forms stiff peaks. It will resemble whipped cream but be thicker.
  • Fill a piping bag (with a large plain tip attached) with the lemon filling. Pipe the bottom of the puff full. Fill another piping bag (using a large plain tip or a large open star tip) with the whipped filling and pipe on top of the lemon filling. Be sure to pipe nice and full. Place 4-5 blueberries on top of cream filling. Place top of puff on top of the filling.

Notes

You can freeze your cream puffs without having the filling in it. They will store for 2-3 months.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 204kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 87mg | Sodium: 87mg | Sugar: 12g