June 17, 2008

TWD- Peppermint Cream Puff Ring

Wow, can I tell you how excited I was to make this treat? Yesterday was my cousins 30th birthday so I volunteered to make it for the party. We had to postpone the party, though I had already made this, so we ended up eating this extraordinary dessert on a normal, Monday night.

I've made cream puffs before (see post below) so I was excited to try a new shape and new technique (my other recipe doesn't use a mixer). I loved making the ring and even had extra to make some cream puffs so it was the best of both worlds.

Last week I saw Alton Brown's Good Eats episode featuring Pate a Choux and followed his advise and just used a gallon baggie to pipe out the dough. I didn't even use a tip, since I didn't have a plain one big enough. It worked out great and required zero clean up!

I thought the flavor of the mint was perfect- subtle, refreshing, and light. I decorated the top of my cream puff ring with mini York Peppermint Patties. They were a nice little addition flavor wise and super cute. One of my favorite things about this dessert was how over-the-top it looked, while still tasting kind of homey and simple.

I also made a banana whipped cream filling for the cream puffs and decided to drop them off for Spencer for a little birthday treat (he loves Banana cream pie).

I whipped 1/2 cup of cream, added a little powdered sugar, some vanilla, and one ripe, mushed banana to make the banana whipped cream. Then, I piped in the cream with a small star tip fitted to a pastry bag and dipped the cream puffs in the rest of the chocolate glaze. A little dusting of powdered sugar and they were beautiful! I hope he liked them!

Thanks to Caroline for choosing such a fun and tasty recipe. The recipe can be found on her blog or at Epicurious. Next week's recipe is Mixed Berry Cobbler- I can't wait!

37 comments:

  1. Look at you! Ring and puffs! *cough overachiever cough* Great job! :)
    Clara @ I♥food4thought

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  2. this might be *the* recipe that gets me to join Tuesdays with Dorie ... OK, who am I kidding, I have no time, but oh.my.god. does that look good.

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  3. I love the peppermint patties on top! And the banana cream sounds fab!

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  4. You said it about the mint. I liked it too.

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  5. looks awesome! mini peppermint patties--get outta here!!

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  6. I'm glad you liked the mint, and mini peppermint patties sound inspired as toppers! Banana cream sounds like an awesome variation too.

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  7. The mini mints were perfect on your ring! Great job! I definitely will try using the ziploc bag next time!

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  8. Everything looks so fabulous!!! You did a great job!

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  9. Great looking ring and puffs. I agree, the mint flavour was right. I was surprised!

    Ulrike from Küchenlatein

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  10. I love it with the PPatties on top! I thought it tasted just like PPs! Also, I love what you are doing with the Polaroid type photos - too cool!

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  11. Banana whipped cream?! Wow. I need to try that.

    Your ring is gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!

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  12. Anne-what a tremendously good job you've done. I love the mini peppermint patties on top. I love chocolate and peppermint. Your puffs below are pretty too-and I saw that salad on PW, too. I want some!

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  13. ohhhh. Banana cream! Love it! Great job!

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  14. ohhh!! great job there! looks absolutely fantastic!

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  15. The mini peppermint patties are a FABULOUS addition...YUM!!!!

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  16. Love the idea of the peppermint patties, I love those! Your ring looks perfect!

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  17. Beautiful! Love all the pictures!

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  18. Awesome job on the ring--it looks fabulous! I was going to make the ring until my house guests left early, so I ended up with only individual puffs.

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  19. Your ring looks wonderful! I love how you added the peppermint patties on top- what a delicious addition. The banana cream sounds amazing too!

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  20. beautiful ring! i love the peppermint patties on top! too cute!

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  21. Lovely! And banana whipped cream in a cream puff–awesome idea.

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  22. There is nothing like a cream puff to elevate a normal Monday night into something fabulous!

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  23. WOWZA! Your ring looks fantastic and so gorgeously edible! I Love the mini peppermint patties! Well done you!

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  24. Wow! I feel lazy now that I've read about your beautiful ring and the other puffs you made. :) Love the peppermint patties on top. And the banana cream sounds absolutely delicious.

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  25. This looks so delicious! I love the idea of the banana cream as well - I'm definately going to have to give that a go.

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  26. Banana whipped cream filling sounds absolutely delicious! I love how billowy your cream looks!
    Shari@Whisk: a food blog

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  27. Your ring looks amazing, so perfect!

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  28. Yours is so pretty!!! I love the ideas for the variations!

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  29. Gorgeous!! And thanks for the banana cream idea.

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  30. I liked the idea of adding the mini york peppermint patties. Looks tasty :)

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  31. Yours looks perfect, I love the idea of the York peppermint patties. Very creative!

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  32. Yummy Anne, you did a fabulous job! The banana cream puffs sound divine, too!

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  33. The mini peppermint patties are super cute, and I LOVE the idea of banana cream-stuffed puffs. :)

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  34. I am definately going to try to make this. I saw it on Anna's blog...I didn't know you were such the cook! Angela

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