Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 c Shortening 1/4 c Brown sugar 1/3 c Molasses 1/4 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Salt 1/4 ts Cinnamon 1/4 ts Cloves 1/4 ts Ginger 1 pn Nutmeg 1 pn Allspice 1 1/4 c Flour Beat shortening for 30 seconds. Add sugar & beat till well blended. Add molasses & beat […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c (1/2 lb.) butter/margarine, -at room temperature 2 1/2 c Sugar 1 ts *each* grated lemon and lime -peel 2 tb *each* lemon and lime juice 2 1/2 c Flour 1 c Regular rolled oats 2 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts *each* ground cinnamon and -ground nutmeg FROM: Sunset magazine, Jan […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Butter, (No Margarine) 1 ts Almond Or Lemon Extract 2/3 c Confectioners’ Sugar 2 1/4 c Flour, Unbleached, Unsifted 1 lg Egg 1/4 ts Salt 1 lg Egg Yolk 1/2 ts Baking Powder Beat butter and sugar until light. Beat in egg, egg yolk and extract. Sift flour, salt, and […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Sugar 2 ts Baking soda 2 c Vegetable shortening 1 ts Salt 2 c Cooked pumpkin 1 ts Grated nutmeg 2 Eggs, beaten 1/2 ts Ground allspice 2 ts Vanilla extract 2 c Raisins 4 c All purpose flour 1 c Chopped walnuts Most of the pueblos in New Mexico […]

Ingredients & Directions 8 oz Unsalted butter, softened 1 1/2 c Sugar 2 tb Minced lemon zest 2 tb Minced lime zest 1/4 ts Salt 4 Egg yolks 3 tb Fresh lemon juice 3 tb Fresh lime juice 3 c Unbleached all-purpose flour – (approximately) These are nicely crisp and are very good with a […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter, slightly softened (1 Lemon -stick) 1 3/4 c All-purpose or unbleached 2/3 c Granulated sugar, plus more -white flour -for garnishing 1 lg Egg yolk beaten with 1 1 lg Egg -tablespoon water Finely grated peel (yellow For glazing cookies. -part only) of 1 large Grease several baking sheets […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Honey 1/2 ts Cinnamon; ground 1/2 c Sugar 1/2 ts Nutmeg; ground 2 lg Eggs 1/2 ts Ginger; ground 3 c All-purpose flour 1 Egg white 1 ts Baking soda Almond halves; blanched Recipe by: The Eastern European Cookbook-ISBN 0-486-23562-9 Combine honey and sugar in a bowl; mix well. Add […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 1/4 c Unsifted flour 3/4 ts Ground cinnamon 1/2 ts Ground cardamom 1/4 ts Ground nutmeg 1/4 ts Ground clovees 1/4 ts Ground mace 1 pn Salt 3/4 c (1-1/2 sticks) sweet butter 1 c Confectioners’ sugar 1 Egg 1 ts Grated lemon rind Spicy holiday cookies made with a rolling […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Unsalted butter; room temp 1/3 c Powdered sugar 1 c All-purpose flour 2/3 c Cornstarch 2 1/2 c Powdered sugar; sifted 1/2 c Butter; melted 2 tb Fresh lemon juice Recipe by: Cooking With Bon Appetit – Cookies Preheat oven to 350F. Using electric mixer, beat butter and 1/3 cup […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/4 c Blanched almond slices 1/8 ts (scant) almond extract -(about 4 ounces) FOR THE RASPBERRY 1 c Powdered sugar -BUTTERCREAM: 1/2 c Egg whites (4 to 5), 6 1/2 tb Unsalted butter, slightly -completely free of yolk -softened 1/2 c Granulated sugar 1 1/4 c Powdered sugar 1/2 ts Cream […]