Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions Crust: 1/2 c Butter 1/3 c Sugar 1 c Flour Cheesecake filling: 2 pk Cream cheese; 8 oz at room 1/2 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1 ts Vanilla Cinnamon-apple topping: 3 Apples; golden delicious, l 1/3 c Sugar 1 ts Cinnamon; ground 1/2 c Orange marmalade; melted Preheat oven to 400 degress […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Shortbread crust; see recipe CHEESECAKE 4 c Dry curd cheese (2 lbs); or -Farmer’s cheese 1 1/2 c Granulated sugar 1/2 c Butter; melted 1/2 ts Salt 4 lg Eggs; lightly beaten 1 ts Vanilla extract CRUMB TOPPING 1 c Unbleached flour 1/2 ts Cinnamon; ground 1/4 c Butter; melted 1/2 […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 1/2 c Beets, mashed, cooked 6 Eggs 3/4 c Cocoa 1 ts Vanilla 2 1/2 c Oil 3 3/4 c Flour, sifted 3 3/4 c Sugar 1 ts Salt 1 tb Baking soda 1/4 lb Margarine, softened 4 oz Cream cheese, softened 1 Powdered sugar, sifted 1/2 c Cocoa 1 ts […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Potatoes 1 Carrots or other vegetables 1 Matzo meal or bread crumbs 1 Egg white or binder The technique of making potato cakes is a great one! I often steam potatoes along with carrots and turnips or rutabagas or winter squash, and then mash them all together with a little heated […]

Ingredients & Directions 7 tb Unsalted Butter -Sugar 4 oz Pitted Dried Cherries; 2 tb Crystallized Ginger; finely -coarsely chopped -chopped 3/4 c Orange Liqueur 1/4 ts Ground Nutmeg 4 oz Dried Apricots 1 pn Ground Cloves 2 oz Dried Pineapple; broken up 2 Eggs 1/2 c Cake Flour 2/3 c Pecans; coarsely chopped 1/4 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 cn (large) Crushed or Sliced -Hawaiian Pineapple, juice -drained 2 c Flour 2 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 c Butter or substitute 1 c Sugar 2 Eggs, separated 1/2 c Milk 1 ts Vanilla 2 tb Butter 1 c Brown sugar Maraschino cherries for -garnish Whipped cream, optional This […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Shortening 1 1/2 c Sugar 2 Eggs 2 c All-purpose flour 1 tb Cocoa 1/2 ts Salt 1 c Buttermilk 1 tb Vanilla 2 oz Red food coloring 1 ts Soda 1 ts Vinegar FROSTING AND FILLING 1 c Milk 1/4 c Flour 1 ds Salt 1/2 c Shortening 1 […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c All-purpose flour 2 tb Sesame oil 3/4 c Very hot water (or more) PUT THE FLOUR into a large bowl. Stir the hot water gradually into the flour, mixing all the while with chopsticks or a fork until the water is fully incorporated. Add more water if the mixture seems […]

Ingredients & Directions 9 oz White chocolate 3 ts Gelatin powder 1 qt Soft whipping cream 8 oz Sugar 2 lb Cream cheese 4 oz Caramel DeLites Cookies, -diced and crumbled 4 oz Shortbread Cookies, diced -and crumbled 4 oz Praline Royale Cookies, -diced and crumbled 6 oz Sun-dried cherries 1 oz Melted butter Melt […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 ts Baking powder 1/4 ts -Salt 1/2 c Butter 1 c Sugar 3 Egg yolks 1 ts Vanilla 3/4 c Milk Preheat oven to 375F. Have all ingredients at room temp. Sift flour & resift with baking powder & salt. Add butter & cream till soft. Add sugar gradually & cream […]