Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Butter or margarine 1 1/2 c Powdered sugar 1 Egg 1 ts Vanilla 1/2 ts Almond extract 2 1/2 c Flour 1 ts Soda 1 ts Cream of tartar Cream butter and sugar. Add egg, vanilla, almond extract. Mix well. Add flour, soda, and cream of tartar until smooth. Chill […]

Ingredients & Directions FOR THE COOKIE DOUGH 2 c Unbleached all-purpose flour 1/2 ts Ground ginger 1 ts Cinnamon 1/2 ts Salt 1/4 ts Nutmeg 1/4 ts Clove 1/4 ts Baking soda 1 Stick unsalted butter 1/3 c Brown sugar; light or dark 1 lg Egg 1/3 c Molasses; unsulphured or -robust FOR PUMPKIN FILLING […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/3 c Confectioners’sugar 1/2 c Heavy cream (not ultra 1 c Sifted all-purpose flour -pasteurized) 1 1/4 ts Ground ginger 3 Egg whites 1. Preheat oven to 400’F. Generously butter and flour heavy cookie sheets or stack 2 thin sheets together. 2. Sift confectioners’ sugar, flour, and ginger into large bowl. […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Granulated sugar 1/2 c Packed brown sugar 1/2 c Peannut butter; (smooth or -crunchy) 1/4 c Shortening 1/4 Butter; softened 1 Egg 1 1/4 c All purpose flour 3/4 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Baking powder 1/4 ts Salt 1 Whole or crush peanuts; -(optional) 1.In a large bowl, mix […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 1/2 c Flour 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 lb Butter; (2 sticks) 1 c Firmly packed brown sugar 1 c Granulated sugar large eggs 2 ts Vanilla 1 c Roasted salted peanuts; -ground in food processor to -resemble bread crumbs, -about 14 pulses from […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Butter 1 1/2 c Sugar 3 ea Egg 1 ts Soda 1 x *dissolved in: 1 1/2 tb Water, hot 3 1/4 c Flour 1/2 ts Salt 1 ts Cinnamon 1/2 c Raisins, chopped 1 c Walnuts 1/2 c Currants Cream the butter and add the sugar gradually. Add the […]

Ingredients & Directions 2/3 c Shortening 1/2 c Sugar 1 Egg 3 tb Milk 1/4 ts Vanilla 2 c Flour Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg,milk and vanilla. Add flour and mix well. Chill until firm, roll out on floured board, cut with cutter. Put tsp of raisin filling on center of half the rounds […]

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Butter flavour shortening 1 c All purpose flour 1 1/4 c Brown sugar 1/2 ts Baking soda 1 Egg 1/2 ts Salt 1/3 c Milk 1/4 ts Cinnamon 1 1/2 ts Vanilla 1 c Raisins 3 c Quick Oats 1 c Coarsely chopped walnuts Heat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Butter 3/4 c Sugar 3 Egg yolks 2 1/2 c Flour 1 ts Vanilla OR lemon extract 1/4 ts Almond extract DECORATE WITH Colored sugar Nuts Candied cherries Cream butter and sugar thoroughly. Add well-beaten egg yolks, add extracts. Mix in half the flour, then turn on a floured board […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Buttermilk 1 1/2 ts Grated nutmeg 1 ts Baking soda 2 ts Vanilla extract 1 c Vegetable oil 3 ts Baking powder 1 1/2 c Sugar 3 c Unbleached flour 2 Eggs Sugar 1 1/2 ts Salt Seedless raisins In a measuring cup, mix the buttermilk and baking soda; set […]