Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions FOR THE PASTRY 8 oz Plain flour pn Sea salt 1 tb Caster sugar 5 oz Unsalted butter 1 Egg yolk, size 1 3 tb Very cold water -FOR THE FILLING- 4 lg Ripe pears 200 g Lebkuchen biscuits 2 oz Ground hazlenuts 5 oz Unsalted butter 4 1/2 oz Caster sugar […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Sourdough Batter; “Proofed” 1 1/2 tb Dry yeast 1/2 c Tepid water 2 ts Sugar 1/2 ts Salt 3 c All-purpose flour Make the batter the night before. This is done by taking 3/4 cups of the starter and adding 3/4 cup flour and 1/2 cup warm water and letting […]

Ingredients & Directions —— I refrigerate my starter in a wide-mouth mason jar (with one tiny hole punched in the lid), and keep it at about 0.75 to 1 cup in size. Stir, then warm starter into activity. (my “warmer” is the oven with the light on) feed 0.5 cup flour and enough water to […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Raisins 1 Orange 1/2 tb Cornstarch 1 tb Cold Water 1/2 Lemon 1 tb Butter 1 c Crushed Pineapple 1 Egg 3/4 c Sugar Cornstarch pastry, see recipe Cut raisins into small pieces. Grate rind and extract juice of Orange and lemon. Mix with pineapple and sugar then boil gently […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Skim milk 3 tb Plain yogurt 1 c Flour 1 (6 cup) ceramic or glass -container with tight -fitting lid 1. Heat skim milk to 90-100? f. Remove from heat and stir into yogurt. 2. Allow to stand at room temperature 18-24 hours or until curds form. Stir with wooden […]

Ingredients & Directions -TART SHELLS- 3 c Pastry flour 1 c Unsalted butter; very cold, – cut into 1/2-inch pieces 3 tb Sugar 1 ds Salt 2 Egg yolks 1 tb Whipping cream (or dbl amt.) – very cold CARAMEL SAUCE 1/2 c Sugar, pref. vanilla sugar 2/3 c Whipping cream, – room temperature 2 […]

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Sugar 3 tb Instant mashed potatoes 1 c Warm water Mix together and add to starter – Cover. At the end of the day, take 1 cup of starter and return remainder to the refrig. Make bread with this one cup or throw it away. Yields 1 Servings

Ingredients & Directions : Crust: 2 1/2 c all-purpose flour 1/2 c unsalted butter, — chilled 1/8 ts salt 7 TB ice water : Filling: 5 TB salted butter 1 c dark brown sugar 1/2 c dark corn syrup 2 ts pure vanilla extract 1 ts almond extract 3 lg beaten eggs 2 c toasted […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c Sour cream, scalded 1 1/2 tb Corn-starch 1/4 ts Nutmeg 1 c Chopped nuts 1 c Sugar Few grains salt 1/4 ts Cloves 3 Egg whites, stiffly beaten 9 tb Powdered sugar Combine sugar, corn-starch, salt, nutmeg, and cloves. Add to cream. Mix thoroughly. Cook over hot water, stirring […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 1/2 c Flour 1/8 ts Salt 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon 1/4 ts Ground allspice or cloves 1/3 c Oil 1/4 c Cold water FILLING 8 oz Pitted dates 3 tb Maple syrup 3 tb Water or more syrup 1/4 ts Ground cinnamon or allspice 6 oz Pecans (halves or pieces) […]