Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions No ingredient found 1. Garlands: Prepare and cut Gingerbread Dough into 1 1/2-inch cookies. Wit small metal skewer, make 2 holes, 1/2 inch apart, in center of each cookie. Bake and cool cookies. Using 1-yard lengths of thin fabric-covered florist wire, string cookies. For longer strands, after stringing the cookies, twist ends […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/3 c Butter or margarine – softened 2/3 c Brown sugar, packed 1/4 ts Salt 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 c Rolled oats 1/2 c Chopped pecans 1 tb Milk 1/4 ts Lemon extract Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in salt, baking powder, oats, pecans, milk and lemon […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Benne (sesame) seeds 1 1/2 c Brown sugar, packed 1 c All-purpose flour 1/4 ts Baking powder 1/4 ts Salt 3/4 c Butter or margarine, melted 1 Egg 1 ts Vanilla Known as sesame seeds in most of the country, “benne” is the name southerners learned to call these seeds, […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 1/2 c All-purpose flour 1/2 c Petimezi -plus extra for kneading -(Greek wine must syrup) 2 ts Baking soda -OR- Italian vino cotto 1 tb Freshly ground cinnamon -OR- Honey 1 tb Freshly ground cloves 1/2 Orange; (grated zest) 1/4 c Mild olive oil 1 c Orange juice 2 tb Honey […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Margarine or butter — softened 1 c Brown sugar, firmly packed 1/2 c Granulated sugar 2 Eggs 1 ts Vanilla 1 1/2 c All-purpose flour 1 ts Baking soda 1 ts Ground cinnamon 1/2 ts Salt (optional) 3 c Quaker Oats, uncooked — (quick or old-fashioned) 1 c Sun-Maid(R) Raisins […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c (2 sticks) butter or 1 c Finely chopped walnuts -margarine, softened 1/4 c Sugar 3/4 c Light sour cream 2 ts Ground cinnamon 1 3/4 To 2 C unsifted all-purpose 1 Large egg -flour 1 tb Water 1. In large bowl, with electric mixer at medium speed, beat butter and […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 Egg yolks 2 tb Milk 2 1/4 c All-purpose flour 3/4 c Sugar 3/4 c Butter or margarine,softened 1 ts Vanilla extract 1/4 ts Salt BUTTER CREAM FROSTING 4 tb Sweet butter 1/2 c Solid shortening 1 pn Salt 1/2 lb Confectioners sugar* 1 1/2 tb Milk 1/2 ts Vanilla 1/2 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter, room temperature (1 1/4 c Granulated sugar 1/3 c Brown sugar 1 Large egg 1/2 ts Vanilla extract 1 c (+ 2 t.) all purpose flour 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 ts Baking soda 1 c Semisweet chocolate chips 1/2 c Coarsely chopped walnuts Fat grams per serving: Approx. Cook […]

Ingredients & Directions Karen Mintzias 2 1/4 c Flour 1/2 lb Butter 1/2 c Confectioners’ sugar 1/2 c Sugar or honey 1 c Chopped nuts or sesame seeds 1 Egg; separated 1/2 c Tart preserves (optional) Note: Walnuts, almonds or pistachios may be used in this recipe. Apricot, quince, raspberry or rose preserves are suggested. […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Butter 1 c Brown sugar 1/2 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1 ts Vanilla 1 1/2 c Flour 1 ts Baking soda 1 ts Cinnamon 1/2 ts Salt 3 c Oats 1 c Raisins – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – […]