Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 4 1/2 c Flour 2 ts Baking powder 1 ts Salt 3 Sticks butter 1 1/2 c Sugar 3 Eggs 1 ts Vanilla extract 1/4 ts Almond extract 3/4 c Chopped dried cherries 8 oz White chocolate chips or -chunks Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Cream butter and sugar. […]

Ingredients & Directions Karen Mintzias 1/2 lb Butter 1/2 c Sugar or honey 1 Egg; separated 2 1/4 c Flour 1/2 c Confectioners’ sugar 1 c Chopped nuts or sesame seeds 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 Sugar 1/2 c Unsalted butter 1/2 c Lard 1 Egg yolk 1 ts Vanilla 2 1/4 c All-purpose flour 3/4 ts Cinnamon 1/4 ts Anise seed, finely crushed 1 pn Salt 1/2 c Pecans; finely chopped The 3rd place winner in the Chicago Tribune’s 1996 Annual Holiday Cookie Contest; by […]

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Butter Flavor Crisco 1 1/4 c Firmly packed light brown -sugar 2 tb Milk 1 tb Vanilla 1 Egg 1 3/4 c All-purpose flour 1 ts Salt 3/4 ts Baking soda 1 c Semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 c Pecan pieces (opt) HEAT oven to 375’F. COMBINE Butter Flavor Crisco, brown […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter 1 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1/2 ts Vanilla 1 tb Finely chopped lavender — flowers 1 1/2 c Flour 2 ts Baking powder Preheat oven to 375 F. Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla; stir in the dry ingredients until well blended. Drop by half-teaspoons on […]

Ingredients & Directions 24 oz Cream cheese 1 c Sugar 5 Eggs 1 ts Vanilla extract Vanilla wafer cookies; (or -you may use graham cracker -crumbs) -GLAZE- 8 oz Sour cream 1/4 c Sugar 1/2 ts Vanilla extract Put vanilla wafers or graham cracker crumbs in the bottom of muffin tins. Combine remaining ingredients and […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Shortening 1 Egg 1/2 c Sour cream 2 1/2 c Flour (sifted) 1 c Sugar 1/2 ts Soda 1/2 ts Salt 1 ts Vanilla Cream together shortening and Sugar. Add Egg and beat well then add Sour Cream. Add flour (sifted) , soda and Salt. Blend all and drop on […]

Ingredients & Directions 4 c All-purpose flour 1 c Light brown sugar, packed 1 lb Unsalted butter; softened The 2nd place winner in the Chicago Tribune’s 1996 Annual Holiday Cookie Contest, a simple brown-sugar shortbread from Sandra Petrille of Naperville, Illinois. 1. Heat oven to 325’F. Beat all ingredients in large bowl of electric mixer […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/3 c Golden Crisco 1 c Granulated sugar 2/3 c Firmly packed brown sugar 1 tb Vanilla 2 Eggs, slightly beaten 2 1/4 c All-purpose flour 2/3 c Cocoa 1 ts Baking soda 1 ts Salt 1/4 c Milk 1 1/2 c Large, broken pecan or Walnut pieces 1 c Semi-sweet […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 1/2 c Sour cream 1/4 c Unsalted butter, softened 1 c Flour 1/4 ts Salt FILLING 2/3 c Apricot jam 2/3 c Walnuts, chopped 2 tb Raisins 2 tb Golden raisins Make the pastry: 1. With an electric mixer on medium speed, blend the sour crem and butter until smooth, about […]