Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Milk 1 c Unbleached Flour Let milk stand for a day or so in an uncovered container at room temperature. Add flour to milk and let stand for another couple of days. When it starts working well and smells right, it is ready to use. NOTE: All containers for starters […]

Ingredients & Directions *For the Filling* 2 sm Sweet potatoes 1 lg Egg — lightly beaten 1/4 c Heavy cream 2 tb Unsulfured molasses 1 ts Pure vanilla extract 1/4 c Light brown sugar — packed 1/8 ts Salt 1/4 ts Ground ginger 1/4 ts Ground cinnamon 1 pn Ground cloves 1 pn Allspice *For […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 c Unbleached all-purpose 2 c Hot (120F to 130F) water Flour, divided 1 c Lukewarm (100F) water 1 ts Active dry yeast SOURDOUGH STARTER Yield : Approximately 4 cups Difficulty: (one chocolate kiss, or easy) Prepartion: 10 minutes Allow at least 4 days for the starter to ferment before using. “Day […]

Ingredients & Directions 10 oz Jar currant jelly 6 oz Prepared mustard (French’s) Stir together in small bowl…microwave at HIGH 1-2 minutes until mixture can be stirred smoothly. Yields 24 Servings

Ingredients & Directions Unbleached Flour Potato Water Boil some potatoes for supper, save the potato water, and use it lukewarm with enough unbleached flour to make a thick batter. without yeast. This is a good way to make it in camp, where you have no yeast available and want fast results. This is also the […]

Ingredients & Directions 8-inch unbaked pie pastry -shell 2 1/2 lb Fresh spinach 1/4 c White wine 1/2 c Rose water 1/3 c Sugar (or more) 1/4 ts Cinnamon pn Salt (generous) Sliced strawberries and -confectioners’ sugar for -topping A Spinnage Tart–Take good store of Spinage, and boyl it in a Pipkin, with White-Wine, till […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Unbleached Flour Warm Milk To Make Thick Bat. This starter is the same as starter #2 but uses warm Milk instead of water. Use the same instructions. Yields 1 servings

Ingredients & Directions 1 2/3 c Flour 1/4 c Sugar, very fine 1/2 ts Salt 10 tb Butter -chilled 2 Egg yolks 1 ts Vanilla extract 2 ts -cold water 1. Sift flour, sugar and salt into a mixing bowl. Cut chilled sweet butter into pieces into the bowl. Using your fingertips, rapidly rub the […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Unbleached Flour Water To Make Thick Batter Mix flour and water to make a thick batter. Let stand uncovered for four or five days, or until it begins working. This basic recipe requires a carefully scalded container. Yields 1 servings

Ingredients & Directions 4 lb Boneless pork loin roast, -fat trimmed Salt Pepper 1 c Dry red wine 1/2 c Orange juice 3 tb Chopped shallots or onions 1 Clove garlic, minced 1/4 ts Minced ginger root 1/8 ts Ground allspice 1/8 ts Pepper 3 tb Cornstarch 1/3 c Cold water 1 lb Fresh or […]