Step-by-step instructions, tips, troubleshooting, & ideas for using this versatile dough for savory and sweet dishes.

Miniature choux buns filled with vanilla bean pastry cream, dunked in caramel glaze, and finished with a sprinkling of crushed pistachios.

This cream puff cake or eclair cake is 100% made from scratch with pate a choux, vanilla custard, stabilized whipped cream, and ganache.

Chocolate choux pastry topped with a crunchy chocolate craquelin and filled with a decadent salted caramel filling.

The best Cream Puffs start out with a crisp exterior and inside is stuffed with a light, fluffy, and flavorful vanilla cream filling.

Are you looking for a fun way to dress up your cream puffs? How about using a craquelin topping? It is simple and so tasty!

This is what happens when you use a Mexican aged cheese (cotija añejo) to make French cheese puffs.

Light cream puffs filled with whipped cream.

Cream Puffs may seem like a hard-to make recipe, but this one is simple, freezer-friendly, and a hit for those who prefer lighter sweets.

The light and fluffy coffee cream is an amazing filling that adds an exciting twist to this classic dessert!

This easy cream puffs recipe has a yummy shell filled with delicious vanilla pastry cream. Perfect for your sweet tooth cravings.

French cream puff topped with chocolate craquelin and filled with Nutella pastry cream and homemade chocolate whipped cream.

Classic cream puffs topped with a delicious craquelin and filled with traditional French pastry cream and vanilla bean whipped cream.

Paris-Brest is a traditional French pastry made of pâte à choux and filled with rich, nutty pastry cream.

A step-by-step guide to making pâte à choux, a classical French dough used to make a variety of pastries.

Gougeres are cheese puffs and WAY easier than their fancy French name! These are topped with everything spice - perfect for any occasion!

Churros made from gluten free, dairy free pâte à choux which is fried until crisp and dusted in cinnamon sugar.

Homemade pate a choux is piped into strips, baked, and then stuffed with homemade strawberry pastry cream.

Delicate golden cream puffs filled with a vanilla nutmeg custard or your preferred filling. Gluten free and dairy free.

These caramel éclairs are filled with a caramel pastry cream and topped with a caramel glaze. They are an ode to my recent trip to Paris!

Churros means "Heaven" in Spanish! Not really. These fried pastries are coated in cinnamon-sugar and served with three dessert sauces.

Craquelin is a patisserie secret of adding a cookie topping to pate a choux resulting in delicious, crunchy, cracked topped cream puffs.

This airy cream-filled pastry is ideal for those who appreciate less sugary desserts.

Cream Puffs from Scratch