Grandma's chocolate eclairs - Real Recipes from Mums

These chocolate eclairs are delicious!

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Ingredients (makes 16 )

20g butter
1 teaspoon caster sugar
100g dark chocolate, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
300ml thickened cream
60g chopped butter
2/3 cup plain flour
3 lightly beaten eggs

Method

Preheat your oven to around 220°C/200°C fan-forced and line 2 large baking trays with baking paper.
Making the easy choux pastry you have to: Combine butter and 2/3 cup cold water in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook for 2 to 4 minutes or until butter has melted and mixture starts to boil.
Turn the heat to low. Add the flour while stirring, for about 2 to 3 minutes or until mixture comes away from side of the pan and forms like a ball. Set aside for around 5 minutes to cool a little.
Put aside 2 teaspoons of egg. Using a wooden spoon slowly beat in remaining egg until well combined and mixture goes into a dough.
Spoon dough into a piping bag. Use a 1cm nozzle. Pipe about 12cm long logs and put them 6cm apart, onto prepared trays and brush with reserved egg.
Bake 1 tray of eclairs for 5 minutes and reduce heat to 180°C/160°C for fan-forced. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden and puffed. Using a small knife, carefully cut eclairs in half horizontally. Return to oven, cut-side up. Bake for 5 minutes to dry out centres. Cool on tray. Increase temperature to 220°C/200°C fan-forced and repeat with the remaining tray.
Using an electric mixer beat cream, vanilla and sugar until you see firm peaks. Place chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on medium-high (75%) for 1 to 2 minutes or until smooth, stirring every 30 seconds.
Spoon the cream into a piping bag fitted with a 1cm nozzle. Pipe cream evenly over eclair bases. Spread tops with chocolate mixture and place over cream. Refrigerate for 20 minutes or until chocolate has set and serve these most delicious eclairs.

Notes

This is Grandma's famous eclairs recipe!

31 Comments

- - mom468034 said
  - 02 Mar 2023
    2:18 pm
Oh dear, I think I must be the only human on earth who doesnt like eclairs! Anything heavy with cream or custard -ikkkk! But this is probably the only sugary thing on the planet that I dont like!(sadly, as my mum tum will testify to.)

- - Frankiielot said
  - 03 Feb 2022
    7:33 pm
Wow the ingredients are a lot more simple than I thought they would be.
I love eclairs but I prefer a custard filling over cream.
Thank you for sharing this.

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 02 Feb 2022
    10:46 pm
Raspberries or strawberries would be delicious mixed in with the cream too

- - nadine_hill said
  - 07 Jul 2020
    5:34 pm
I’ve always liked the idea of making my own – thanks for the recipe!

- - linaianna said
  - 07 Jan 2020
    9:04 pm
these look good thanks for sharing

- - happymum2018 said
  - 31 Aug 2019
    7:14 pm
Oooh these sound yum never made these before looks nice

- - mom112023 said
  - 30 Jun 2018
    11:16 pm
I have made choux pastry many times for cream puffs but never made eclairs. a new challenge. Thanks.

- - maddisonmelkie@gmail.com said
  - 28 Nov 2017
    7:28 am
Yum who doesnt love chocolate and cream thnks

- - youngoldlady said
  - 02 Oct 2016
    3:57 pm
Takes me back to high school cooking class. So much fun making these, so much better then store brought.

- - mom160421 said
  - 03 Sep 2016
    2:11 pm
Dangerous …. very dangerous for my waist line.

- - mom134803 said
  - 13 Aug 2016
    12:01 pm
These look lovely ! With some tweaking you can make them healthy too

- - nealsq said
  - 31 Jul 2016
    8:16 pm
oooooh I want these right now!! My hubby refused to give up his recipe, now i have my own to make!!

- - Melissa89 said
  - 30 Jul 2016
    6:28 pm
These are mouth watering!

- - mom160421 said
  - 25 Jun 2016
    2:40 pm
I have never made eclairs because it seems so fiddly, but I think it’s time I gave it a go.

- - Madeline De Leon said
  - 30 Apr 2016
    2:47 pm
super love eclairs. and i love the fact that it’s grandma’s recipe!

- - youngoldlady said
  - 25 Apr 2016
    2:57 pm
Can not believe it was high school the last time I made eclairs and yes high school was in the late 70’s. Will have another go at this without having to worry about being marked for them. Glad I have a wide oven as can do both trays at same time.

- - Kymichelle said
  - 20 Apr 2016
    12:36 pm
Oh I’d love one of these right now! I’ve never made them because I thought the pastry was difficult? Might have to give them a go while we are still on holidays!

- - mom19782016 said
  - 19 Jan 2016
    2:26 pm
Is this dough what you call shioux pastry?

- - curlytops said
  - 18 Jan 2016
    6:16 pm
I can never resist an eclair if I see one in a bakery!

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 25 Dec 2015
    3:00 pm
My darling mum used to make these and so did my hubby’s lovely mum! I have got the special tins to make them in and I WILL—soon.