Baking Chefs

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

Ingredients & Directions 2 ea Times pastry recipe for -Fresh. (reserving 48 for -double crust pie, Or tart -garnish) -shells. 2 T Dried chives 1 c Milk 1/4 c Finely chopped red pepper 1 pk Cream cheese, cubed Salt and pepper to taste 4 ea Eggs, slightly beaten Fresh dill weed to garnish 1 cn […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 cn Granedilla Pulp 1 pk Marie Biscuits 1 cn Sweetened Condensed Milk 1 pk Lemon Jelly Melted Butter (or Margarine) Crush biscuits and mix with melted butter to form pie crust. Line a the base and sides of a pie dish with the crust mixture and press down well. Put in […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 c Fresh gooseberries 3 tb Tapioca — cleaned and stemmed 2 tb Butter 1/2 To 1 cup fresh elder flowers Pastry for 9″ double crust 1 1/4 c Sugar Milk and sugar; for pastry 1/4 ts Salt Heat oven to 450 F. Combine gooseberries, elder flowers, sugar, salt and tapioca. Line […]

Ingredients & Directions A TASTE OF OC 1 pk Reese’s mini peanut butter -cups 1 Roll refirg peanut butter -cookie dough 1 sm Pk M&Ms Chill candy; then remove wrappers. Follow dirs on cookie pkg and slice dough, then quarter each slice. Mold each piece into a section of a mini muffin tin. Bake 350F, […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Unsalted butter 1 tb Cinnamon 4 oz Unsweetened chocolate 1 tb Dry instant coffee 2 c Sugar 4 Eggs; beaten 1 c Flour 1 tb Vanilla 2 ts Baking powder 1 c Walnuts or pecans -GANACHE FROSTING- 8 oz Semisweet chocolate 8 tb Unsalted butter 1/2 c Cream In a […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 oz pancetta or bacon, — finely : chopped 2 c mushrooms trimmed and finely : chopped 1 garlic, — minced 2 TB each chopped parsley and : basil 4 TB fresh bread crumbs : Salt and freshly ground : black pepper 2 TB vegetable oil 1 onion, — finely sliced 2 […]

Ingredients & Directions -MERINGUE LAYERS- 16 Egg whites 1 c Ground almonds 3/4 c White sugar 1/4 c Flour FILLING 1 c Fresh or frozen lemon juice 2 c Whipping cream — not bottled 6 Eggs; beaten 1 c Granulated sugar 1/4 lb Butter 2 Lemons; zest of GARNISHES 1 pt Berries (optional) Whipped cream […]

Ingredients & Directions -PATE BRISEE- 1 1/2 c Unbleached white flour 2 tb Sugar 1/2 c Butter; chilled — cut into small pieces 1 Egg yolk 1 tb Fresh lemon juice 1 tb -Cold water, more if needed FILLING 5 c Fresh or frozen blueberries 2 tb -Water 1/3 c Sugar 1 tb Cornstarch; dissolved […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 9″ pie shell (storebought, 1 Stick sweet butter, melted -or use your favorite pn Salt -homemade crust) 1/2 c Sugar 2 c Coffee beans or uncooked 1 1/2 c Chopped walnuts -rice Whipped cream 1 c Maple syrup “As a kid, I was always fascinated by cooking shows,” says Yasmine Bleeth […]