Easy Crab Puffs

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

This easy crab puff recipe features flaky, buttery, homemade puff pastries filled with crab and cream cheese for an impressive appetizer any time.

Ingredients

1 cup water
1/2 cup salted butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 large eggs, beaten
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup finely chopped celery
2 tablespoons minced onion
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 dash soy sauce
1 (12 ounce) package imitation crabmeat

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2 Bring water and butter to a boil in a saucepan; reduce heat to low. Stir in flour until forms a ball. Off heat, add eggs all at once; stir until smooth.
3 Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto a cookie sheet.
4 Bake in the preheated oven until puffs are golden brown and hollow sounding, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool, then split.
5 Meanwhile, combine cream cheese, sour cream, celery, onion, garlic powder, and soy sauce until smooth; fold in crabmeat.
6 Fill cooled puff pastries with crab mixture.