The Wonderful World of Puffs — Cook Along with Kids Baking Championship

Cook along with the challenges of Kids Baking Championship and try making these recipes for sweet and savory puffs.
Sweet Puffs

Mixed reactions would best describe the kids when they heard they would have to bake treats featuring pate a choux in Episode 3 of Kids Baking Championship. Some revealed they hated the dough, whereas others were excited to be taking on something they loved. It's safe to say most of us viewers were wondering how these kids even knew about the French pastry dough used to make cream puffs (profiteroles), cheese puffs (gougères) and éclairs, among other treats (including the towering croquembouche).

The kids went about the challenge and created some of the most-impressive baked goods. The judges' criteria came down to mostly flavor profiles — although there was the occasional issue of too large versus too small a puff.

If you're up for a challenge, and if you consider yourself as advanced as these kids, here are some recipes to get you started baking with pate a choux, including sweet and savory renditions, just as was asked of the kid bakers. See how well you can survive the challenge at home. And if you happen to produce some "ungainly" results, as Duff Goldman commented, eat the evidence!

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Miniature Sweet Puffs (pictured above)
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