Philly Cream Cheese Cream Puff Ring

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup flour
• 1/3 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup whipping cream, whipped
• 2 bananas, sliced
• 1 (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate square, melted
• 1 tablespoon milk

Recipe

• 1 bring water and margarine to boil.
• 2 add flour and salt; stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms ball.
• 3 remove from heat.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 drop ten 1/2 cupfuls of dough on lightly greased cookie sheet to form 9-inch ring.
• 6 bake at 400 degrees, 50 to 55 minutes or until golden brown.
• 7 remove from cookie sheet immediately; cool.
• 8 for filling and topping:.
• 9 combine cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and vanilla, mixing until well blended.
• 10 reserve 1/2 cup cream cheese mixture; fold whipped cream and bananas into remaining mixture. chill.
• 11 carefully cut top from ring; fill with whipped cream and banana mixture. replace top.
• 12 add remaining sugar, chocolate and milk to reserved cream cheese mixture; mix well. spread over ring.