Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1                     water
     1/2           cup  butter
  1                cup  flour
  4                     eggs~
  1                cup  milk
     3/4           cup  sour cream
  1            package  vanilla instant pudding
     1/4      teaspoon  almond extract
  1                can  cherry pie filling

Preparation:

Heat oven to 400 deg. Heat water and butter to boiling in 1 quart sauce pan. Stir in flour. Stir vigorously until mixture forms a ball (about 1 minute) . Remove from heat. Add eggs, beat until smooth (or place dough in small mixture bowl, add eggs and beat on low speed 2 minutes). Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheet to form an 8-inch ring. Smooth with spatula. Bake until puffed and golden 5-6- minutes. Cool ring. Cut off top with sharp knife, pull out any soft dough. Beat milk, sour cream pudding mix (dry) and extract in small bowl on low sped until blended about 1 minute. Fill cream puff ring with filling and add 1/2 cup of the cherries. Put lid on top. Spoon remaining cherry filling on top. Refrigerate until ready to serve Makes 10-12 serving

Nutritional Information:

2368 Calories (kcal); 138g Total Fat; (51% calories from fat); 30g Protein; 262g Carbohydrate; 358mg Cholesterol; 1203mg Sodium