Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Vegetable oil 1/4 c Dark molasses 1 1/4 c Sugar 2 lg Eggs 2 3/4 c All-purpose flour 1 1/2 ts Baking soda 1 1/2 tb Cinnamon 1 1/2 tb Ground ginger 2 tb Ground cloves 1 ts Ground mace In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat together […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Butter, softened 1 1/2 c Sugar 4 Egg yolks 2 ts Vanilla 4 1/2 c Unbleached flour 1/2 ts Salt Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With an electric mixer (even the hand-held kind), cream together butter and sugar. Add egg yolks and vanilla and mix well. Sift flour and salt […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Margarine;(2 sticks) 3 c All-purpose flour; 1 1/3 c Sugar; 1/2 c Cocoa; 1 ts Peppermint; flavoring 2 ts Baking powder; 1/2 c Egg; whites at room 1/4 ts Salt; -temperature Cream margarine and sugar together at medium speed untill light and fluffy. Add flavorings and egg whites, and mix […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 qt Molasses; baking 1 pt Brown sugar 1 pt Lard 1 pt Milk; sour 8 ts Baking soda; level – dissol -ved in milk 2 tb Ginger; level Flour; to make stiff dough Let stand over night. Roll thin, glaze top of each cookie with 1 whole egg beaten light. Bake […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 qt Honey 2 c Sugar 1 lb Pecans 1/2 lb Citron 2 tb Cinnamon 2 ts Ground cloves 2 ts Ground allspice 1 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 c Brandy 1 Lemon; juice & peel of, -coarsley grated 7 c All purpose flour In large pot, boil honey & sugar, until […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk Refrigerated chocolate chip -cookie dough; (18 oz) 2/3 c Pecan halves 1/3 c Candy coated chocolate -pieces 48 Thin pretzel sticks; halved Freeze cookie dough for 1 hour. Cut cookie dough into 24 slices. Place slices 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. For ears, press pecan halves onto top […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Unsifted flour 1 c Sugar 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/4 ts Salt 1/2 c Corn oil margarine, softened -(1 stick) 1/2 c Skippy creamy or super chunk -peanut butter (or Trader Joe’s Almond Butter) 2 Eggs 1 tb Water 1 ts Vanilla 6 oz Semisweet chocolate chips, -optional (1 cup) […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Sugar; 1 ts Lemon or alomond flavoring 1/3 c Powdered Sugar; 2 tb Water 1/4 c Margerine; (1/2 stick) 2 1/4 c All-purpose flour 1/3 c Vegetable oil 1/2 ts Baking soda 1 Egg; (large) 1/2 ts Cream of tartar; 1 ts Vanilla 1/2 ts Salt Place sugars, margarine and […]

Ingredients & Directions 8 Stewed California dried figs — (unsweetened) 1/2 c Shortening 1 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1 ts Salt 2 c Sifted all-purpose flour 1 ts Baking powder 1 ts Baking soda 1 1/2 ts Mace 1 1/2 c Crunchy rice cereal 1 c Coarsely broken walnut meats 1/2 c Currants With scissors, […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 Eggs 3/4 c Sugar 1/2 c Honey 3 c Sifted flour 1/4 ts Baking soda 1 ts Cinnamon OVEN: 300 Beat the eggs in a bowl. Add the sugar, beating until thick and light in color. Add the honey, mixing well. Sift the flour, baking soda and cinnamon together. Gradually add […]