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How to Make Vanilla Pastry Cream

Vanilla pastry cream, also known as crème pâtissière, is a rich, thick, creamy custard and it’s used to fill everything from éclairs to Boston cream pie. Making your own homemade pastry cream is incredibly easy – you need just 6 ingredients and about 15 minutes to make it. Here, I share my fail-proo...
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152
1,273
15 min
TOTAL TIME
743
CALORIES
$1.47
PER SERVING
How to Make Vanilla Pastry Cream
Health Info
Macros
108g
CARBS
31g
FAT
8g
PROTEIN
Allowed on these diets
VEGETARIAN
Contains these allergens
MILK
EGGS
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