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Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Eclairs


  • Yield: about 1 1/2 dozen eclairs 1x

Ingredients

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Peanut Butter Banana Eclair Filling

  • 1 cup 2% reduced fat milk
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • Dash of salt
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 large banana
  • 2 tablespoons peanut butter

Basic Choux (for pastry base)

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 stick unsalted butter
  • 1 cup flour
  • 3 large eggs

Peanut Butter Chocolate Glaze:

  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter

Instructions

To make eclair filling:

  1. Heat milk in microwave for 2 minutes until hot but not boiling.
  2. In a medium saucepan, whisk together milk, sugar, cornstarch and salt over medium low heat. Whisk continuously until smooth and thick (this will take about 5 minutes.)
  3. Add egg yolk and whisk for 1 more minute. Remove from heat and cool slightly, stirring every so often.
  4. In a small bowl, mash banana and peanut butter together with potato masher until well incorporated. Whisk into cooled filling. Put in refrigerator until ready to use.

To make choux:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. In a medium saucepan, add water and butter, bring to a boil.
  3. Reduce heat to medium low, add flour and mix briskly until incorporated. Keep mixing until the mixture becomes a dough ball in center of pan. Remove from heat and cool for 5 minutes.
  4. One at a time, mix eggs into dough, mixing very briskly.
  5. To assemble eclairs, use ungreased cookie sheets and pastry bag. Pipe into rectangles 4-inches long, 1-inch wide and 3/4-inch high.
  6. Bake for 25 -30 minutes until golden. Cool on a rack and then split length wise.

To assemble eclairs (before making glaze):

  1. Fill bottom half of eclair with about 3 tablespoons of filling. Place top of eclair on top of filling like a sandwich.

To make glaze:

  1. In a small saucepan, melt chocolate and peanut butter over medium low heat, stirring often. Remove from heat and cool for a few minutes.
  2. Spoon about 2 tablespoons of glaze over top of eclair.

Notes

* Adapted from The Fanny Farmer Cookbook Cream Puffs recipe