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Everyone loved it at a recent dinner. To make it easier to cut the tops off, I will make with more generous scoops of dough the next time. Mine turned out like mini cream puffs and were rather hard to handle. Will shoot for regular puff size the next time.<\/p>","CommentId":2,"DateRated":"01\/31\/2013 17:24","GUID":"5610ABE5481D734DCF2B68425689651F","MemberId":36195,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"Laura","SubmittedDate":"01\/31\/2013 17:24"},{"Comment":"","CommentId":3,"DateRated":"01\/13\/2013 13:27","GUID":"f883737b81dc43fe96161bcd114b0959","MemberId":6365188,"Rating":0,"ScreenName":"dtowns","SubmittedDate":"01\/13\/2013 13:27"},{"Comment":"
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