Uploaded November 2014 | Updated September 2026, 6 minutes ago

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Hey guys! Welcome back to that baking unicorn! Today i showed you how to make cream puffs! This is a basic recipe for Pâte à Choux - Choux Pastry Dough! This dough is perfect for eclairs and cream puffs!

Eugenie's Website With The Written Recipe: eugeniekitchen.com/pate-a-choux

Her Youtube Tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=XlDSsNjZOYA

Pâte à Choux – Choux Pastry Dough Recipe

For about 24 petits choux

Ingredients

¼ cup unsalted butter (1 half stick; 57 g)
½ cup water (120 ml)
½ teaspoon salt (2.5 g)
1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour (75 g)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of sugar (in eugenie's cream puff video, she added the sugar but her written recipe did not have sugar but i added it anyway)


Directions

In a thick bottom sauce pan, add in unsalted butter, salt, and water. Over medium heat, melt the butter completely stirring occasionally. As you noticed, pate a choux requires a lot of butter and salt. Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, sift flour and set aside. When the butter-water mixture starts to boil, remove the pan out of heat. Add flour all at once and with a wooden spoon, stir until mixed. When mixing, the flour starts to be cooked. So it’s important to add the flour immediately out of heat. Back to the heat, cook until it starts to form a ball. Pate a choux works both with all-purpose flour and cake flour. Today I used all-purpose flour because the choux will be filled with heavy crème patissiere. By now there should a thin layer on the bottom. Out of heat, let cool for about 5 minutes.

Then crack the eggs into a bowl and with a whisk break the eggs. Now add half of the egg mixture into the sauce pan and stir until combined. The dough and the pan should be sufficiently cooled because the egg should not be cooked in the pan. Then add in the remaining egg and stir until thick and shiny. When shaken the batter should drop off the spoon and the lining should be smooth. This is Pate a choux, choux pastry dough.

For little choux buns, bake at 390 degrees F. (200 C.) for 15 to 20 minutes, or until they are puffed and golden brown on top.

For larger ones, bake at 390 degrees F. (200 C.) for 15 to 20 minutes, or until they are sufficiently puffed. Then reduce the temperature to 340 F. (170 C.) and bake until golden brown on top.


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