Easy Cream Puffs

Directions

1. 1
   Grease a baking sheet or line baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. 2
   Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
3. 3
   In a small bowl, mix cream cheese, salmon, and chives or cream cheese and jam until thoroughly combined.
4. 4
   Set aside.
5. 5
   In a sauce pan bring water to a boil.
6. 6
   Once water is boiling, add the butter.
7. 7
   Once the butter is melted into the water, add flour and salt all at once.
8. 8
   Stir vigorously.
9. 9
   Cook and stir until mixture forms a ball that doesn't separate.
10. 10
    Remove from heat; let cool for 10 minutes.
11. 11
    Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition until smooth.
12. 12
    Either drop batter by tablespoons onto baking sheet, or fill a pastry bag with batter and pipe it onto the sheet in amounts equal in size to a golf ball.
13. 13
    Bake at 400 for 30 minutes.
14. 14
    Remove from oven.
15. 15
    Poke holes in puffs with a toothpick and replace in oven with the heat off for 10 minutes.
16. 16
    Remove puffs from the oven, and using a small serrated knife, cut the tops from the puffs like you would a jack-o-lantern.
17. 17
    Fill another pastry bag with the cream cheese mixture.
18. 18
    Pipe the filling into the puffs until the puffs are a little over full.
19. 19
    Replace the top of the puff at an angle on the filling.
20. 20
    Place filled puffs on a platter (covered with lettuce leaves if you're making the savory version) and garnish each with a small dill sprig or fresh berries and sifted powdered sugar.