Cheddar and Bacon Puffs
The recipe Cheddar and Bacon Puffs can be made in roughly 38 minutes. For 10 cents per serving, this recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 36 servings with 50 calories, 2g of protein, and 3g of fat each. This recipe from Add A Pinch has 566 fans. It works well as a hor d'oeuvre. If you have salt, unsalted butter, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 7%. This score is improvable. Try Bacon Cheddar Puffs, Cheddar Puffs, and Cheddar Dill Puffs for similar recipes.
Servings: 36
Preparation duration: 3 minutes
Cooking duration: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
1 cup (packed) coarsely grated Cheddar cheese
4 slices cooked bacon, coarsely chopped
4 large eggs, room temperature
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
pinch ground red pepper
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup unbleached all purpose flour
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 4 slices
1 cup water
Equipment:
baking paper
baking sheet
sauce pan
oven
stand mixer
hand mixer
bowl
Cooking instruction summary:
Preheat oven to 425 F. Line baking sheet pans with parchment paper or silicon baking mats.Bring water, butter, and salt to a rolling boil in a medium, heavy bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat. Stirring vigorously, add in all of the flour and cook until the dough begins to pull away from the edges of the saucepan. Remove dough from heat and transfer to bowl of a stand mixer and allow to cool for approximately two to three minutes. Alternately, you can leave in the saucepan and use a hand mixer, if desired. Add in eggs, one at a time, beating in completely after each addition. Stir in cheese, bacon pieces, black pepper, and red pepper, making sure all ingredients are well-combined.Scoop tablespoon pieces onto baking sheet. Using a damp finger or back of a spoon, press down any pieces of dough that are sticking up to prevent them from overbrowning. Bake 25-30 minutes, until puffs have turned a golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly.Serve immediately or allow to cool completely, place in airtight container or zip top freezer bags and freeze up to three months.
Step by step:
1. Preheat oven to 425 F. Line baking sheet pans with parchment paper or silicon baking mats.Bring water, butter, and salt to a rolling boil in a medium, heavy bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat. Stirring vigorously, add in all of the flour and cook until the dough begins to pull away from the edges of the saucepan.
2. Remove dough from heat and transfer to bowl of a stand mixer and allow to cool for approximately two to three minutes. Alternately, you can leave in the saucepan and use a hand mixer, if desired.
3. Add in eggs, one at a time, beating in completely after each addition. Stir in cheese, bacon pieces, black pepper, and red pepper, making sure all ingredients are well-combined.Scoop tablespoon pieces onto baking sheet. Using a damp finger or back of a spoon, press down any pieces of dough that are sticking up to prevent them from overbrowning.
4. Bake 25-30 minutes, until puffs have turned a golden brown.
5. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly.
6. Serve immediately or allow to cool completely, place in airtight container or zip top freezer bags and freeze up to three months.
Nutrition Information:
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