With its fancy French name, pate a choux might sound intimidating to some, but it’s actually a very simple dough to make. Enriched with melted butter and eggs, pate a choux is prepared on the stovetop before being piped into various shapes and baked. As it cooks the dough puffs up, leaving a hollow space inside that’s just begging to be filled with sweet or savory fillings.

You’ll need butter, salt, flour and eggs. Be sure to crack the eggs into a bowl before beginning.

Melt the butter in a high-sided saucepan along with the salt and water. 

Once the butter is melted, add the flour all at once, stirring with a wooden spoon until smooth. (Don’t worry, you can’t overmix this dough!)