Minature Chocolate Eclairs

* Exported from MasterCook II *

Minature Chocolate Eclairs

Recipe By : Dianne Waller
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Desserts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
*****FILLING******
1 Package chocolate pudding mix -- Cook & Serve
2 Cups milk

*****PASTRY*****
1/2 Cup butter -- 1 stick
1 Cup water
1/8 Tsp salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 medium eggs

*****FROSTING*****
2 tablespoons butter
2 ounces semisweet chocolate -- 2 squares
1 cup confectioner's sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Filling**** cook pudding according to pkg. Cool 1 hr.

Pastry**** In sauce pan heat butter, water, and salt over med heat until
mixture boils and butter melts. Reduce heat to low. Vigorously stir in
flour all at once until mixture forms a ball. Transfer pastry to a
bowl: Stir in eggs; one at a time, beating well after each.
Preheat oven to 400*. Grease a baking sheet. Drop dough into 12 mounds,
about 5 inches apart, Spread each mound into 4x1/2-inch rectangle,
piling dough on top and slightly rounding sides. Bake until golden, 35
minutes. Remove from oven; make 1-inch slit on side of each eclair.
Reduce oven to 375* and bake for 10 minutes more. Transfer to wire rack
to cool.

Frosting***** heat butter and chocolate over low heat, stiring until
melted. Remove from heat, stir in sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth.

Slice eclairs in half. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of filling onto each
bottom half and replace tops. Spread tops with frosting.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -