Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions -SWEET PASTRY DOUGH- 1 c Flour 1/4 c Sugar 1 pn Salt 1/4 ts Baking powder 4 tb Unsalted butter 1 lg Egg POACHED PEACHES 3 lb Ripe peaches 1/2 c Sugar -SOUR CREAM FILLING- 1/2 c Sour cream 1/3 c Sugar 3 lg Eggs 1 pn Nutmeg 1/2 c Blanched, sliced […]

Ingredients & Directions 12 Very large, fresh shrimp, Peeled, deveined and Butterflied 1 c Cooked and mashed yuca (or Potato) 1 Scotch bonnet chile, stem And seeds discarded, minced 3 Cloves of peeled garlic, Minced Salt and pepper, to taste To coat the shrimp: 1 c Seasoned all purpose flour 1 Egg and 3 tablespoons […]

Ingredients & Directions –TART– 2 1/2 c Flour 1/2 c Sugar 1 c Nuts, finely chopped Grated Rind of 1 Lemon 8 tb Sweet Butter in pieces 4 Egg Yolks 1 tb Rum 4 tb Ice Water FILLING 5 md Ripe Peaches 1 tb Fresh Lemon Juice 1/4 c Powdered Sugar 3/4 c Ricotta 1 […]

Ingredients & Directions 4 oz Unblanched almonds 1/4 c Sugar 2 tb Flour 1 tb Unsalted butter 2 ts Grated lemon zest 1/2 ts Pure vanilla extract 2 Egg yolks 1 10- or 12-inch puff pastry Round, chilled and pricked All over with a Fork 5 Barely-ripe pears (such as Anjou or Bartlett), peeled And […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter 1 c Sugar 3 c Flour 2 Eggs 1/2 ts Baking Powder 1 c Pecans; finely chopped 1/2 ts Salt 1 tb Brandy Or Rum Flavoring 1 Jar Smucker’s(TM) Strawberry -Preserves; (18 0z. jar) Oven 350 F. In large bowl of mixmaster put sugar, butter, eggs and flavoring. Beat […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c All-purpose flour 1/4 c Sugar 1/4 ts Salt 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 Stick unsalted butter 2 lg Eggs Strawberry Rhubarb Filling: 1 pt Strawberries 1 1/2 lb Fresh rhubarb 3/4 c Sugar 1/2 c Water 1/2 c Orange juice 2 tb Finely grated orange zest 2 tb Orange liqueur […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk (10-oz) pie crust mix 1 Egg; beaten 1 -(up to) 2 tb Cold water 1 1/2 c Cold Half-and-Half or milk 1 pk (4-serving size) Jell-O -instant pudding and pie -filling; French vanilla or -vanilla flavor Assorted berries or fruit Mint leaves (optional) PREHEAT oven to 425 degrees. Combine pie […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 c Sugar 1 c All purpose flour 1 Stick cold unsalted butter For lime cream: 1 c Sour cream 1/4 c Sugar 2 ts Fresh lime juice 3 To 4 firm ripe kiwifruits Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Make crusts: In a food processor pulse together sugar and flour. Cut butter […]

Ingredients & Directions FILLING 1/2 c Unsalted butter; melted 3/4 c Sugar 2 lg Eggs; lightly beaten 1/2 c Passion fruit juice; (see -Note) -CRUST- 2 1/4 c All-purpose flour 3/4 ts Salt 1/2 c Lard; cut into eight pieces 1/4 c Unsalted butter; cut into 4 -pieces 3 tb Ice water 1/2 c Coarsely […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Stick unsalted butter 1/4 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla extract 1 Egg yolk 1 1/4 c Cake flour Strawberry Filling: 1 pt Strawberries, rinsed, hulled And sliced Almond Filling: 1/4 lb Almond paste 1/4 c Sugar 1 Egg yolk 1 ts Grated lemon zest 1/2 Stick soft butter 1 Egg 3 […]