Caramel Apple Cream Puffs – Delicious and easy!

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Cream puffs. You know you love them. I typically buy the tub of them from the freezer section of the grocery store as an impulse, you know like when you’ve been shopping for over an hour and your kids are asking for everything and you haven’t had dinner and OH MY GOD I MUST HAVE THESE RIGHT NOW.

Those shopping trips. Lol.

However, if I actually plan ahead, I can just make them at home in under an hour for a lot less money.  Cream puffs are actually one of the easiest desserts to make, yet they come out looking fancy schmancy like they took all day.  They always make me think of the rice krispies treats commercial from years ago, you know the one I’m talking about!  (No?  What’s wrong with you?!  Just kidding, you can check it out below!)

 

Today I’m sharing how to make cream puffs at home, with a delicious caramel apple twist on the traditional cream and chocolate.  I got a jar of Musselman’s Apple Butter at a conference I attended this summer (they were a sponsor for Reviewer’s Retreat) and I knew it’s spiced apple flavor would be perfect for making my fall inspired cream puffs!  Check out the recipe below, and see just how easy they are to make for yourself!

Caramel Apple Cream Puffs

Caramel Apple Cream Puffs

Ingredients:

Dough for Puffs
1 cup water
1/3 cup butter
1/3 tsp salt
1 cup all purpose flour
4 eggs (beaten)

Apple Cream Filling
8 oz container whipped cream (frozen)
½ cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup Musselman’s Apple Butter

Caramel Drizzle
1 cup of unwrapped hard caramels

Caramel Apple Cream Puffs

Directions:

Puffs
1.  Preheat oven to 375.
2.  Bring water, salt and butter to a boil in a small saucepan.
3.  Quickly stir in flour until the dough forms a ball in the middle of the saucepan.
4.  Remove from heat and add eggs.  Whisk until smooth. (Quickly, before the eggs cook from the heat)
5.  Grease two mini muffin pans (Cake Release is AWESOME for this!)
6.  Scoop dough by the tablespoon into the mini muffin pans. (I know it doesn’t look like a lot, trust me!)
7.  Bake for 20 minutes.
8.  Remove from heat and cool.  (With a fan, if you are impatient like me!)

Caramel Apple Cream Puffs

Caramel Apple Cream Puffs

I wasn’t joking about the fan!

Cream Filling
1.  Mix all cream ingredients together until smooth.
2.  Fill a squirt bottle or piping bag with the filling.
3.  Poke a hole in the side of the cooled puffs and fill with cream mixture.

Caramel Apple Cream Puffs

Caramel
1.  Melt the caramel in a microwave safe bowl for 10 seconds at a time.
2.  Remove and quickly drizzle with a fork over tops of cream puffs.
3.  Reheat as needed, as it will cool VERY quickly!

Caramel Apple Cream Puffs

Now put your beautiful Caramel Apple Cream Puffs out on a fancy plate and tell everyone to get over there and ohh and ahh over them grab one and experience the deliciousness!

Caramel Apple Cream Puffs

Thank you to Double Duty Divas, iRetreat Conference, and Musselman’s Apple Butter for the inspiration behind this recipe!  I hope you enjoy these tasty puffs of amazingness as much as we do!

Keep on saving!  :o)
--Barbara

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Comments

  1. Wow – these sound amazing!

    • Thanks Shannon! They are so yummy, and the kids were able to practically make them on their own! They are a great treat to make for parties and get togethers!

  2. yum!!! They do look like they took all day!

  3. These look so delicious!!

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