WILL THE REAL KATHLEEN PLEASE STEP UP.........or who has the pumpkin pudding?

Will all the Kathleen's in Blogland please step forward and make your presence known....

Yes.....no matter where you live please let me know that there is more then one of you out there......and clarify your state of residence.....

WHY?

Well......you all know me and this falls into that

"It could only happen to Sue"

Category................ This is really all Joyce's fault as she mentioned Jell-O Pumpkin Pudding in her blog which got me started and that's when I heard from Miss Kathleen that the pumpkin pudding was nowhere to be found in her neck of the woods......

What neck of the woods would that be???

You think I would have further investigated the whereabouts of Kathleen.....

You see there are two of my blogging friends and as of yesterday I only knew one of their last names........

The other one's last name has something to do with cooking.....

Which I thought was an odd choice for a last name.....

So yesterday I popped in the mail a few packages of pumpkin pudding and sent off an e-mail to Miss Kathleen saying the pumpkin was on the way.....

Who knew these two women had the same last name?

The first Miss Kathleen wondered why I was mailing her a pumpkin and Miss Kathleen #2 wondered how I had her address......you see multiple e-mails went back and forth....well....at this point I don't need to explain myself.......except to say.....

Miss Kathkeen #1.....enjoy the pudding it is really really good....

and Miss Kathleen #2 ........please send me your address and I will get that pudding in the mail to you on Monday......and thank God for Ina Garten that now I know #1 lives in Michigan and #2

well.....she lives in the Hampton's.....and her neighbor knows Ina

You see I wondered why Ina possibly could show up at a garage sale this morning at Kathleen #2's neighbors house.....Which got me to thinking....

Thank you ladies for clearly that up.....and now here is the recipe incase any other Kathleen's would like to try my Pumpkin Spice Cream Puffs....

But your going to have to buy your own pudding!

Pumpkin Spice Cream Puffs

4 eggs

1 stick of butter

1 cup of flour

1 cup of water

a pinch of salt

for the filling

1 package of Jell-O Pumpkin Spice Instant Pudding

Walmart carries this near all the holiday baking stuff

1 cup of cold milk

1/2 pint of heavy whipping cream (whipped)

powdered sugar

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees

bring to a boil the one cup of water and the stick of butter until the butter is melted.

Take off the heat and quickly add in the 1 cup of flour and salt....Beat with a wooden spoon until it forms a ball...at this point I add the dough into my Kitchen Aid then one at a time add the eggs.

You can do this by hand but you must use a wooden spoon...

spoon dough using either a tablespoon or teaspoon depending on the size you want onto a parchment lined cookie sheet...

Bake for about 20 minutes or until puffed up and golden brown.....then leave them in the oven another few minutes.....Alot of people at this point cut a slit in the side of the puff allowing air to escape...this prevents them from deflating when removed from the oven.....

I can tell just by the smell when they are ready and I very rarely have them sink....But if your new at baking cream puffs cutting the small slit is a safe idea.....

Open the oven door and let them adjust to the outside air slowly......

The Filling.....

Beat the pudding with the 1 cup of milk

Whip the cream into peaks then fold the two together.....

Cut the tops off the puffs and remove any uncooked dough from inside (this is common the inside does not fully cook)

Fill the puffs with the filling then dust with powdered sugar....

Enjoy!!

and one other thing.......

To Ellen in Michigan....if you get a package from Fedex this week and there's a pillow inside...don't even let me know....just forward it to Ellen in New Jersey...