Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions No Ingredients Found Crisp fried chicken is one of the things that I always find contradictory instructions for. “ALWAYS cover the frying chicken.” “NEVER cover the frying chicken.” This is from “The Chef’s Secret Cook Book” and directly addresses the question. It works too. I tried this out last night (used a […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Sugar 8 tb Butter; softened 5 Egg; beaten 1 pt Heavy cream 1 ds Cinnamon 1 tb Vanilla extract 1/4 c Raisins 12 sl French bread, fresh or -stale; 1″ thick -CLEAR RUM SAUCE- 1 c Sugar 2 1/4 c ;Water 1 Cinnamon stick; OR 1 ts Cinnamon, ground 1 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Butter 1/2 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla extract 2 c Flour 2 pn Salt Preheat oven to 350. Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Mix flour and salt, then beat into butter mixture until thoroughly blended, to make a soft dough. To make bars: on work surface […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 sm Onion, quartered Pepper (to taste) 3/4 c Shallot, chopped 2 c Cream, whipping, OR 1/4 ts Thyme, fresh 1/2 c Bordelaise Sauce ** OR 2 ea Bay leaves 1/2 c Stock, veal ** Salt (to taste) ** See recipes for Bordelaise Sauce, and Veal Stock. For Sauce: ========== Place the […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 c 1/2-inch diced stale Cornbread 1/2 c Diced red bell pepper 1/2 c Diced yellow bell pepper 1/4 c Finely diced red onion 1/4 c Finely sliced green onion 2 Cloves garlic, finely Chopped 1/4 c Rice wine vinegar 1/3 c Olive oil 1 ts Pureed canned chipotle Pepper 1 tb […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Warm water 1/4 c Honey; (I like clover here) 2 tb Vegetable oil 3 c White bread flour 1/2 c Oatmeal; raw 1 ts Salt 2 ts Active dry yeast Combine ingredients in breadmaker per your manufacturer’s instructions. You can replace 2 cups white bread flour with 2 cups whole […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 tb Rice yeast, SAF instant one 1 tb Dough enhancer 2 c Warm water, 105 F to 115 F 2 c Semolina flour 2 lg Red bell peppers, Roasted & peeled 4 c Unbleached all-purpose Or bread flour 1/4 c Olive oil 1 tb Salt 1. Combine yeast, dough enhancer, water, […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Quick oats 1 c Bran flakes 2 c Boiling water 2 pk Dry yeast 2 c Warm water 1 tb Salt 1 c Molasses 1/2 c Shortening, melted Flour Mix oats and bran flaes with boiling water, mix and let cool. Dissolve yeast in 1 cup warm water. Beat remaining […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Quick Mix (msg# 120121) 1/4 c Cornmeal or all-purp flour 1/4 ts Salt 1/4 c Milk or water Sesame or poppy seeds, if Desired Preheat oven to 400F (205C). Lightly grease baking sheet. In a medium bowl, combine Quick Mix, cornmeal or flour, and salt. Add milk or water to […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 1/2 c Sugar 1 t Cinnamon 2/3 c Butter 1 t Cloves 4 ea Eggs, beaten 1 t Allspice 2 c Apple cider 1 t Lemon peel 1/3 c Milk plus 1 tsp vinegar 1/4 t Nutmeg 3 1/2 c Flour 1/2 c Walnuts 1/2 t Baking powder 1 c Mincemeat […]