Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions -ALMOND CRUST- 1/4 c Almonds; slivered blanched 1 1/2 c Flour, all purpose 1/4 ts -Salt 3 tb Brown sugar; firmly packed 1/2 c Butter;cold, unsalted,1stick -cut into small pieces 1 lg Egg; cold 1/2 ts Almond extract 1/4 ts Lemon zest;freshly grated -GLAZE- 3/4 c Apricot preserves 3 tb Sherry -TO […]

Ingredients & Directions ———————-COOKING WITH MASTER CHEFS———————- FIRST DAY 1/2 lb Stemmed red grapes 2 c Bread flour 2 1/2 c Water ———————–THREE DAYS BEFORE USING———————– 1 c Flour 1 c Water TWO DAYS BEFORE USING 1 c Flour 1 c Water -ONE DAY BEFORE USING- 1 c Flour 1 c Water It takes 10 […]

Ingredients & Directions From Martha Culbertson, -John Culbertson Winery. ———————ACCOMPANYING CHAMPAGNE: CUL——————— -PASTRY- 1 3/4 c All purpose flour 8 T Butter (=1 stick) 1/4 t Salt 1/4 c Cold water Place the flour, salt, and butter in the bowl of a food processor. Process until the dough resembles meal. (A pastry cutter may be […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Tart shell- 10″;baked 1/4 c Sugar 3 tb Flour;all purpose 1 Gelatin envelope 1/4 ts Salt 2 Eggs;large 1 Egg yolk;large 2 tb Almond extract OR; 1/2 ts Almond extract 1/2 lb Grapes; seedless green 3 Kiwifruit; medium 1/2 c Cream; whipping 2 tb Apple jelly Prepare and bake 10″ tart […]

Ingredients & Directions -DOUGH- 1/2 c Butter -package), softened 3 ea Ounces cream cheese (1 1 c All purpose flour FILLING 1/3 c Butter 2/3 c Coarsely ground toasted 1/2 c Sugar -blanched almonds 1 ea Egg 1/3 c Apricot preserves 1/2 t Vanilla sl Almonds (Optional) DOUGH: Beat the 1/2 cup of butter and […]

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 Pastry for 2-crust pie 6 oz Mushrooms, sliced 3 Eggs 1 c Cream, heavy 2 tb Shallots; finely chopped 1/2 ts Salt 3 tb Wine, dry white 1/8 ts Pepper 1 tb Chives; chopped 1/8 ts Nutmeg, ground Prepare pastry and roll out, half at a time. Cut into 4-inch circles and […]

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 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 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, […]