Lemon Mint Cream Puffs

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup plugra unsalted butter, plus extra for buttering pans
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
• 4 large eggs
• 12 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup plugra unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons corn syrup
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 1/4 teaspoon mint extract
• 2 tablespoons plugra unsalted butter
• mint sprig, garnish

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f
• 2 in a medium saucepan, combine ½ cup plugrá butter and water. bring to a boil over medium-high heat. add flour and extract at once; stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until mixture pulls from sides of pan and forms into a ball, approximately 2 minutes. remove from heat and let cool for 10 minutes.
• 3 add one egg at a time into dough; beating with each addition until the egg is completely incorporated. let dough sit for a few minutes.
• 4 grease baking sheet with plugrá butter.
• 5 drop ¼ cup dough onto a greased baking sheet, about 3 inches apart making 12 cream puffs per sheet.
• 6 bake for 25-30 minutes or until the puffs are golden and crisp.
• 7 remove from oven; and let cool for 5 minutes. split puffs in half horizontally and remove any soft dough from inside.
• 8 in a microwave safe container, melt chocolate chips in microwave for 30-45 seconds or until melted.
• 9 with an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, powered sugar, plugrá butter, melted chocolate, and lemon juice, until combined and smooth.
• 10 in a separate mixing bowl whisk the heavy cream. to form stiff peaks.
• 11 gently fold in the whipped cream and lemon zest into cream cheese mixture.
• 12 in a small saucepan combine cream and corn syrup over medium heat and simmer until the corn syrup and cream are well combined.
• 13 add chocolate and mint extract; stir over heat until chocolate is melted. remove from heat and whisk in the plugrá butter until the sauce is smooth.
• 14 fill bottom halves evenly with cream cheese mixture, top and drizzle with chocolate sauce. garnish with fresh mint.