Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions Filling pn Salt 1 Egg — well beaten Pastry 1/4 c Light Brown Sugar 1/2 c Butter 3/4 c Pecan Meats — chopped 3 oz Cream Cheese — softened 1 ts Vanilla Extract 1 c Flour — sifted Preheat oven to 325 F. For the pastry: Cream butter and cream cheese together. […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 lb Assorted wild and exotic -mushrooms; such as -shiltakes, ; chanterelles, ; oysters, and or ; hedgehogs, wiped ; clean and sliced, 5 sl Red onions; (1/2-inch-thick) 5 sl Eggplant; (1/2-inch-thick) 10 sl Zucchini; (1/2-inch-thick) 10 sl Yellow squash; -(1/2-inch-thick) 1/4 c Olive oil Salt and freshly ground -black pepper to […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 1 1/2 c Unbleached flour 1/4 lb Butter 2 tb Sugar 1 Egg yolk 1 pn Salt 5 tb Ice water 1 pn Ground cloves Butter; softened 1/2 ts Grated lemon peel -GLAZE- 1/2 c Apricot preserves 2 tb Dark rum FILLING 1/2 c Finely ground almonds — (preferably Anjou) 1/2 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 Vanilla bean; cut into -1/2-inch ; pieces 1/2 c Sugar 8 oz Cream cheese; room -temperature 1 tb Whipping cream 1 tb Sour cream 2 tb Plus 4 teaspoons sweet -Marsala wine 1 All Ready Pie Crust; (1/2 -15-ounce ; package), room ; temperature 1/2 c Apricot preserves 2 lb Apricots; […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Mayonnaise 2 tb Gherkins 2 tb Capers 1 tb Parsley 2 tb Olives 1/4 ts Onion Juice — * * You can use finely chopped shallots or white onions in place of the juice. Finely chop the capers, olives, gherkins and parsley before measuring. Fold all of the ingredients into […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 Sticks Unsalted butter 1 c Brown sugar 1 tb Cinnamon 1 ts Nutmeg 6 Apples (such as Cortland; Rome or -Granny Smith) Lemon juice 1 Homemade or prepared puff -pastry sheet Flour; for rolling Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Peel, quarter, and core the apples. Rub them with lemon juice to […]

Ingredients & Directions -TART SHELLS- 2 1/2 c Flour 3 tb Water 1 c Butter; cold 2 Egg yolks — cut into 1 inch pieces 1 ts Vanilla 1/4 c Sugar 1 ts Grated lemon peel FILLING 1/2 c Butter 1 ts Cinnamon 2 c Brown sugar 1/2 ts Nutmeg 4 Egg yolks 1 c […]

Ingredients & Directions 125 g Plain flour 50 g Fine oatmeal 75 g Caster sugar 1/4 ts Salt 125 g Butter Finely grated zest of 1 -orange 1 tb Freshly squeezed orange -juice; (1 to 2) 750 g Dessert apples 4 tb Lemon juice 2 tb Fine-cut orange marmalade 2 tb Clear honey Seeds of […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 1/2 c Flour; plus extra For dusting pan 3 Eggs 3 1/2 c Sugar; divided 1/2 c Extra-virgin olive oil 1 c Milk 1 tb Active dry yeast Zest and juice of 6 large -oranges Segments of 4 oranges Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Oil and dust with flour an 8-inch […]

Ingredients & Directions FOR THE APPLESAUCE 6 lg Granny Smith apples 1 tb Fresh lemon juice 2 tb Unsalted butter 2 tb Honey FOR THE PASTRY 3/4 c Solid vegetable shortening 1 tb Sugar 1/4 c Boiling (not just hot) water 2 c All-purpose flour, sifted 1 tb Milk Peel and core the apples; cut […]