Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 1 ts Dry yeast 1 tb Maple syrup 1/2 c Warm water, 105 to 115 -degrees 1 1/2 c Bread flour 1 ts Salt 1 tb Walnut oil or vegetable oil, -divided Vegetable cooking spray 1 lb Peeled Granny Smith apples, -cored and thinly sliced 1/4 c Chopped walnuts 1/2 c Maple […]

Ingredients & Directions 8 oz Cream cheese; softened 1 tb Orange rind; grated 2 tb Orange juice 1/2 c Sugar, confectioners 1 Crust, crumb 8″ 6 Crumb tart shells 2 c Fresh fruit; such as -Fresh whole berries -Seedless green grapes -Pitted sweet cherries -Sliced peaches -Nectarines -Plums; etc. Beat cheese, rind, juice, and sugar […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 c Butter or margarine 1/2 c Granulated sugar 1 c Corn syrup 2 Eggs 1/3 c Lemon juice 1 tb Grated lemon rind This isn’t a “traditional” butter tart recipe, but I thought I’d send it anyway since it sounds to yummy. I’m sure our lemon-toed list member will like it […]

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Brown sugar 1 Egg 1/4 c Corn syrup 2 tb Melted butter 1 ts Vanilla 1/4 ts Salt 1/2 c Raisins Stir all ingredients to-gether but raisins in a bowl and mix well. add raisins Fill tart shells and bake in the bottom third of your oven for 12 minutes […]

Ingredients & Directions BASE 1/2 c Butter 2 tb Icing sugar 1 1/2 c Flour FILLING 1 1/2 c Brown sugar 1/4 c Butter, melted 2 Eggs, beaten 1 tb Vinegar 1 ts Vanilla 1 c Raisins Preheat oven to 350F. Cream butter and sugar. Blend in flour. Turn dough into ungreased 9″ square pan […]

Ingredients & Directions Pastry * 1 tb Olive oil 3 md Leeks ** Salt and pepper 4 Garlic cloves; finely -chopped 8 Nicoise or Calamata olives; -(8 to 10) pitted and -chopped 2 ts Chopped fresh thyme 1 tb Coarsely chopped Italian -parsley 3 Eggs 1 1/2 c Half-and-half 1/2 ts Minced lemon zest 2 […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 Eggs 3/4 c Brown sugar; packed 3/4 c Corn syrup 3 tb Butter; melted 4 ts Flour; all purpose 1 1/2 ts Vanilla 1/4 ts -salt 2 1/4 c Currants or raisins 1 Pie shell, 9″, unbaked In bowl, beat eggs lightly. Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, flour, vanilla […]

Ingredients & Directions 5 Apples, Golden Delicious -recommended (up to 6) 1 Lemon, grated rind and juice -of 1 1/2 c Sugar 3 oz (6 Tablespoons) unsalted -butter, cut into 1/2 inch -pieces 8 oz Butter pastry dough (about -half of the following -recipe) -OPTIONAL ACCOMPANIMENT- Whipped cream -or- Sour cream -or- Vanilla ice cream […]

Ingredients & Directions 17 1/2 Frozen puff pastry sheets 1 c Cold milk 1 c Sour cream 1 pk Jello instant pudding, any -flavor; 4 serv.size Thaw pastry as directed on package. Prehaeat oven to 375. Unfold pastry. Cut each sheet into 4 squares. Fold each square in half diagonally. Cut along 2 unfolded edges, […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 1/4 c Graham cracker crumbs 6 tb Melted butter 4 tb Sugar FILLING 1 pk (8 oz) cream cheese 1 Egg 1/4 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla extract Crust: Combine above ingredients and pat approximately 1 TBS. around sides and bottoms of fluted paper lined miniature cup cake pans. You […]