Quick Kitchen Tip: Filling Cream Puffs

 I made some cream puffs last week and wanted to be able to fill them without cutting them open. I used a plastic bag, a straw, a pair of scissors, and scotch tape to make a device to fill the cream puffs.[figure 1]

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 I cut off a small section of the straw. [figure 2]

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I made my cut at an angle so that there would be a point on the tip. The end with a tip would be used to poke into the cream puffs. [figure3]

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I then cut a small hole in one of the corners of the plastic bag. [figure 4]

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Then I inserted the straw into the hole in the bag, making sure the pointed end was sticking out of the bag. [figure 5]

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 I used tape to secure the straw to the bag. [figure 6]

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I filled the bag with the cream filling I made to put in the cream puffs. [figure 7]

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I poked the straw into the cream puffs and gently squeezed the bag until the puff was filled with cream. [figure 8]

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 My make shift pastry bag worked great. So, if you want to fill cream puffs without an obvious incision give this a try.