Welcome!

Welcome to our new family recipe blog! Many of you may remember my attempts to collect recipes from the family (several years ago now) in order to compile a family recipe book. The project was put on the back burner while I finished my degree. Now that I'm done, I feel the need to share all these great recipes you all sent!

The more I thought about the project, the more I felt that a recipe book might be beyond the financial reach of many of the family. Because so many of these recipes have been handed down from family no longer with us, such as Great-Grandma Howard, Aunt Fern, and others, I feel we should all have access to the recipes. Thus the beginning of this blog!

I am slowly adding the recipes that were previously sent to me. If any of you would like to add recipes, please send me an email and I'll add you to the list of contributors so you have access. Also, most of the recipes do not yet have photos. If you would like to try a recipe and take a photo of the steps or even just the finished product, please feel free to add them. I always enjoy recipes more when they include photos.

If you have any other suggestions for the blog, please let me know. I'm starting it, but I would like it to be for the whole family! Please also feel free to share it with friends, though I think for now we'll keep the contributors limited to the McBride clan. Enjoy, and please let me know what you think!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Cream Puffs


Recipe by Luella McBride

1 cup water
1 cube butter
1 cup flour
½ tsp salt

Bring water and butter to a boil. Remove from heat and add flour and salt. Stir together until mixture pulls from the side of pan into a ball. Remove from stove and cool 5 minutes. Add 4 extra large or 5 large eggs, one at a time. Stir each time until dough comes back to a good ball. Put on greased cookie sheet by heaping teaspoonfuls. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes and then at 350° for 20 minutes.
After puffs are cooked, slice off top and add cooled filling, then ice with powdered sugar icing. 

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