Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk Dry yeast 3 c Water, tepid (80-degree) 3 1/2 c Flour, rye medium 1 Onion, small, peeled and Halved. The 4-cup batch of starter made by this recipe is enough to bake any of the rye breads requiring a rye starter, with enough left over to serve as the nucleus […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 lb Part-skim ricotta cheese 1/2 c Plus 3 tb Sugar 1/2 ts Vanilla 1/4 ts Salt, plus salt for boiling -the noodles 1 cn (1-pound) tart cherries, -drained, juice reserved 2 ts Cornstarch 1/2 ts Cinnamon 3/4 lb Lasagne noodles (up to 1) Butter for greasing pan Copyright Washington Post Like […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Thick Potato water 2 tb Sugar 2 c Flour (more or less) 1/2 ts Yeast (use yeast only to -speed action) Dump above into Sourdough Pot. Boil potatoes with jackets on until they fall to pieces. Lift skins out, mash potatoes making a puree. Cool. Add more water to make […]

Ingredients & Directions 4 Tart granny smith apples Juice of 1/2 lemon Ground cinnamon 2 ts Tupelo honey 2 tb Golden raisins 1/4 c Orange juice Spray glass baking pan with light cooking spray. Cut cone out of top of each apple and spoon some lemon juice into each. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Add some honey […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Sugar 1/3 c Toasted pecans 1/4 c Flour 1 1/4 lb Plums, quartered (about 14) 1/2 lb Nectarines, cut in wedges -(about 3) 1 tb Butter 1 tb Milk or cream 3 tb Red currant jelly or seived -apricot jam PASTRY 2 c Flour 1 tb Sugar 1/2 ts Salt […]

Ingredients & Directions 4 lb Sliced apples with peels & -core 8 c Water Attention: the less fully ripe the apples, the higher the pectin content. Simmer(little stirring is needed) foir 3 minutes. press apples through a sieve to remove cores,etc. Return liquid to a heavy kettle to cook briskly, stirring, unitl volume is reduced […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Refrigerated pie crust -(1/2 of a 15-oz package) 5 oz Semisweet baking chocolate — chopped 3 tb Powdered sugar, sifted 2 tb Orange-flavored liqueur -OR- thawed orange juice -concentrate 1 1/2 tb Unsalted butter, melted 1 tb Water 2 ts Grated orange zest 3/4 c Roasted mixed nuts* *(Oregon hazelnuts, almonds, […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Bread crumbs 1/4 c Margarine — melted 4 c Apple slices — tart 1/2 c Packed brown sugar 1/4 ts Ground nutmeg 1 Lemon — juice and peel 1/2 c Apple juice * Use whole grain bread to make the crumbs. Substitute 1-2 tablespoons wheat germ for equal amount of […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 lb Ground chuck 1 Onion; chopped 2 c Ketchup 3 c Packed brown sugar 3 c Apple cider vinegar 3 tb Worcestershire sauce 3 tb Dijon mustard 2 ts Honey 6 Hamburger buns Combine the ground beef and onions in a large skillet and cook over medium heat, breaking up the […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 c seedless green grapes 1 c sugar 2 egg yolks 1 egg 1/2 c butter 1 c flour 2 ts rum flavoring — or 2 TB rum 1/4 ts almond extract 1 c milk Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Sprinkle the grapes with half the sugar, and let stand 30 minutes. […]