Valentine’s Day Cream Puff

Valentine’s Day Cream Puff

1 cup water
½ cup butter or margarine
1 cup flour
4 eggs
1 cup milk
¾ cup dairy sour cream
1 small package vanilla pudding
¼ tsp almond extract
1 can cherry pie filing

Heat oven to 400. Bring water and butter to a boil in a 1 quart sauce pan. Stir flour in vigorously (1 minute) till it forms a ball. Remove from heat. Add in eggs and beat till smooth (2 minutes in small bowl). Drop dough, by tablespoon onto greased cookie sheet in 8 inch ring. Smooth with spatula. Bake till puffed and golden (50-60 minutes), let cool. Cut off top with sharp knife. Pull out any soft dough.

Beat milk, sour cream, pudding and extract on low for 1 minute till blended. Fill puff with pudding mixtures. Spoon 1 ½ cups cherry filling on pudding. Replace top of ring. Spoon rest of cherries on top. Chill till serving. 10-12 servings.