Cinnamon Bun Eclairs

Planning a morning visit to your neighborhood bakery might fill your mind with puffy cinnamon rolls dripping with tangy cream cheese frosting. But then you arrive and spot those cream-filled eclairs behind the glass—you can’t decide which would be a better choice for your morning sugar rush. Sure, you could buy both and go splitsies with your roommate, but you could also try making a frankenfood. Cinnamon roll eclairs are sweet and creamy interspersed with warm cinnamon and a cream cheese glaze.These pastries start as choux, which you may also know as the stuff that becomes the outside of cream puffs or profiterole. It’s a delicate batter that’s made partially on the stove and in the mixer (or with a wooden spoon and some arm muscles), piped into logs on a baking sheet, then baked until golden brown. The choux are filled with vanilla pudding—though we’d also recommend chocolate or butterscotch—then dipped in a cream cheese glaze, like a classic cinnamon bun. Cinnamon Bun EclairsCream Cheese Glaze