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Cream Puffs

1 cup boiling water 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup flour 1/8 teaspoon salt 3 eggs 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder Heat water and shortening in saucepan until it boils up well; add all at once flour sifted with salt and stir vigorously. Remove from fire as soon as mixed, cool, and mix in unbeaten eggs, one at a time; add baking powder; mix and drop by spoonfuls 1 1/2 inches apart on greased tin; shape into circular form with wet spoon. Bake about 25 minutes in hot oven. Cut with sharp knife to admit filling.