Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 1 tb Active dry yeast 2 1/2 c Warm water 2 1/2 c White flour, preferably -unbleached Let yeast dissolve in 1/2 cup warm water in a pottery or glass bowl, then stir in flour and 2 cups warm water; mix well. Pour into plastic, glass, or crockery container, cover, and let […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 2 1/4 c Unbleached all purpose -flour 1 ts Salt 10 tb (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted -butter, room temp. 6 tb Water 10 tb (1 1/4 sticks) chilled -unsalted butter FILLING 1/4 c (1/2 stick) unsalted butter 3/4 c Sugar 12 md Red Delicious apples, -peeled, quartered, cored Vanilla ice cream […]

Ingredients & Directions Sugared Flowers, Petals, or -Leaves (separate recipe) Pastry (recipe follows) 1 1/2 c Slivered blanched almonds, -toasted 1/2 c Sugar 1/2 c (1 stick) butter, softened 2 lg Eggs 1/4 c Unsifted all-purpose flour 1 ts Almond extract NOTE: This elegant tart with sugared-flower topping can be made with an almond filling […]

Ingredients & Directions Pastry: 1 1/3 c All-purpose flour 1/3 c Rice flour 10 tb Unsalted butter, cut in -small pieces 1/4 c Superfine sugar 1 Egg, beaten Apple topping: 1/2 c Unsalted butter, cut up 1/2 c And 1tb granulated sugar 2 lb Cooking apples Grated zest of 1 lemon Pastry: In large bowl, […]

Ingredients & Directions 18 Eggs 1/2 c Flour 2 tb Sugar 1 lb Cheddar cheese, shredded 1 lb Cottage cheese — large Curd 1/2 c Butter 1 Onion — minced 12 oz Evaporated milk 10 oz Frozen spinach — thawed 1 lb Ham cubes 1/2 ts Celery seed 1/2 ts Dry mustard 1/2 ts Bon […]

Ingredients & Directions 300 g Puff pastry (2/3 lb 200 g Sugar (7 oz) 100 g Butter (3 1/2 oz) 2 kg Apples (4 3/8 lb), peeled, — cored, cuted in halves For a 26 cm (10.2 in) diameter pie form Roll out the pastry ( 2 mm, 1/10 in, thick) to a 30 cm […]

Ingredients & Directions 450 g Sweet short pastry ( 1 lb) 1 pn Flour 30 g Butter, for greasing (1 oz) 1 Egg yolk, mixed with 1 ts — milk FILLING 6 Eggs 300 g Sugar (11 oz) 1 l Milk ( 1 3/4 pint) 1 Vanilla pod,split lengthways 1 Cinnamon stick EQUIPMENT 1 22 […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 c Flour 2 tb Sugar 4 tb Cold butter; cut up 1 pn Salt Ice water FILLING 6 tb Butter 7 Cooking apples; peled, cored -and cut into large chunks 1/2 c Sugar Date: 24 Mar 96 22:44:06 EST From: “Lisabeth Crawford (Pooh)” 104105.1416@compuserve.com To make a crust, stir together […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 lb Sole Fillets; Cut To Serve 1/2 ts Slat 1 ds Pepper 2 tb Butter Or Margarine; Melted 1 tb Lemon Juice 1 ts Onion; Finely Chopped *TARTAR SAUCE* 1 c Mayonnaise Or Salad Dressing 2 tb Dill Pickle; Finely Chopped 1 tb Fresh Parsley; Snipped 2 ts Pimento; Chopped 1 […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 tb Butter 2 c Sugar 4 md Red apples; peeled, -cut into wedges; & -sprinkled with lemon juice 1 Sheet pastry dough; 10″ in -diameter (see recipe) Cinnamon -FLAVORED WHIPPED CREAM- 1/2 pt Whipping cream 2 tb Powdered sugar 1 ds Vanilla extract 1 ds Creme de Cacao Preheat oven to […]