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Posted at July 30, 2015, 8:01 pm:

i tried making eclairs for the first time and in the recipe, i was suppose to mix water, milk, butter, sugar and salt in a pot and bring to boil. once melted, i was suppose to take it off the flame, slowly pour in flour, stirring constantly. then put it back on flame and stirr and knead til dough dries out and stops stickin to the sides of the pan. But, the problem was i stirred and stirred and stirred and the dough never seemed to dry out...nor stop sticking to the pan. so i just put the egg in (becuse i was curious what would happen )...but of course the mixture just got waterier..so i put it back on flame to see if it might thicken (which was a very bad idea... cus of course,...the egg cooked ... )..and the product was not an eclair...but rather an awful mess of yellow globby thingy that i cant even name becasue it is just too awful..so ...what was my problem?...i want to know why the dough didnt dry as it was suppose to..or was it because i didnt stirr and knead it enough? ..i had a similar problem with cream puffs, except the only problem was that it was too watery so i had to add more flour to it..that came out okay..i always seem to have problems dealing with batter over flame..please help

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My experience with this has never had water or sugar in the intial mix...

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Has anyone tried scooping them out with small ice cream scoop instead ...

CJ good idea but I think there will be a sticking problem.

You're probably right about the sticking problem.

Hi, an old baker collegue of mine taught me to wait for the eclairs to...

I want to emphasize the equipment.

I always use an ice cream scoop.

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Seeing your little faces.

I've done it this way with a 1/2 oz scoop and the recipe posted above ...

Looks like I'm going to have to try this one.

Wow! I tried it and it worked out great.

Did you just try the scoop.

I tried both.

...hmm...i must have not stirred the batter enough..,and also i think ...

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