Strawberry Puff Ring

Total Time: 2 hrs 48 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 18 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 tablespoons butter or 6 tablespoons margarine
• 3/4 cup hot water
• 3/4 cup flour
• 3 eggs
• 1 pint fresh strawberries, sliced & chilled (reserve 3 or 4 nice whole berries for garnish)
• recipe cream filling
• 1 (3 1/4 ounce) package vanilla pudding mix
• 2 cups 2% low-fat milk
• glaze
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 -3 tablespoons warm water

Recipe

• 1 for cream filling.
• 2 in saucepan combine pudding & milk mix well.
• 3 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and boils.
• 4 cover & cool.
• 5 chill completely 1-2 hours.
• 6 for glaze.
• 7 in small mixing bowl combin confectioners sugar & water mix until smooth.
• 8 for puff ring.
• 9 pre heat oven to 425 degrees.
• 10 in a saucepan combine water & butter.
• 11 bring to a boil.
• 12 add flour all at once.
• 13 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture leaves sides of pan ina smooth compact ball.(about 2 minutes).
• 14 cool 1 minute.
• 15 add eggs 1 at a time ,beating vigorously after each egg addition until mixture is smooth & glossy.
• 16 spoon dough in ring shape about 8 inches diameter on a greased cookie sheet.
• 17 bake at 425 degrees for 30-35 minutes, until golden brown.
• 18 turn off oven.
• 19 prick puff with a sharp knife. leave puff in oven 20 minutes to dry out center.
• 20 cool.
• 21 slice off top of ring.
• 22 spoon cream filling into bottom half of ring.
• 23 top with fresh berries.
• 24 replace top & drizzle with glaze; garnish with whole berries.