Easy French Eclairs Recipe for Beginners | Choux Pastry & Custard

Want to bake perfect French eclairs at home – even if you’re a beginner? 🥐

This step-by-step recipe will guide you through every stage: from preparing choux pastry to making a silky custard cream filling.
I’ll also share tips to avoid the most common mistakes so your eclairs turn out light, airy, and delicious every time.

✨ Why this recipe works:
✔️ Beginner-friendly instructions
✔️ Explains common baking mistakes and how to fix them
✔️ Reliable results for homemade eclairs
✔️ Perfect balance of choux pastry and smooth custard cream

🍰 Ingredients for Choux Pastry:

Water – 180 g
Sugar – 25 g
Salt – 2 g
Butter – 75 g
All-purpose flour – 115 g
Eggs – 3

🍮 Ingredients for Custard Cream:

Whole milk – 320 g
Egg yolks – 4
Sugar – 65 g
Cornstarch – 12 g
All-purpose flour – 12 g
Butter – 25 g (room temperature)
Vanilla – to taste
Salt – 1 pinch
Orange zest – from 1 orange

0:00 Choux pastry ingredients
1:00 Mixing choux pastry
4:48 Custard cream ingredients
5:35 Cooking custard cream
7:30 Baking choux pastry
8:42 Filling and results

👉 If you’re new to baking, this tutorial will help you avoid soggy, flat, or cracked eclairs – and achieve bakery-quality results at home!

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