Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions -MARY GEORGE (GVJN88B) 2 c Skim milk 2 c Bread flour 1 pk Yeast Place milk in a glass container and allow to stand at room temperature for 24 hours. Stir in flour and yeast. Leave uncovered in a warm place for 2-5 days, depending on how long it takes it to […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk Cream cheese; softened, 8 -oz. 1/4 c Packed brown sugar 1 pk Graham cracker tart shells; -6 2 c Blueberries; fresh, divided 3 tb Sugar 1 ts Lemon juice; fresh 1 ts Lemon peel; grated In a bowl, mash 3 T. blueberries with sugar, lemon juice and peel. Add remaining […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 c Unbleached all-purpose Flour, divided 1 ts Active dry yeast 2 c Hot (120F to 130F) water 1 c Lukewarm (100F) water 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 -PASTRY- 225 g Plain flour 175 g Butter 1 pn Salt 2 ts Icing sugar A little beaten egg or egg -yolk and water ; to bind APRICOT GLAZE 6 tb Apricot jam Freshly squeezed lemon juice FILLING 8 Fresh apricots; up to 10 2 lg Or 3 small eggs 2 tb […]

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 120 g Flour 1 tb Icing sugar; (15 g.) 4 tb Chilled butter; (60 g.) 1 Egg -FOR THE TART- 600 g Cooking apples 125 g Apricot jam 50 g Walnuts 25 g Raisins 1/4 ts Cinnamon powder; (1 g.) 2 ts Cherry wine; (10 ml.) SIEVE the flour along with the […]

Ingredients & Directions 4 c Unbleached Flour 2 tb Salt 2 tb Sugar 4 c Lukewarm Potato Water Put all ingredients in a crock or large jar and let stand in a warm place uncovered several days. This is the authors last choice for making a starter, but seems to be in all the cookbooks […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 oz Almond paste 1/3 c Granulated sugar 1/2 c Butter softened to room -temperature 2 Eggs 3/4 c Hazelnuts; roasted and -ground 1 ts Vanilla 1 Prepared 9 inch tart shell 1/2 c Chocolate; melted 4 Firm-ripe USA Anjou pears; -peeled, cored, and Sliced about 1/4 inch thick 1 Lemon; juiced […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 x Unbleached Flour 1 x 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. […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 c Toasted whole almonds 1 c Sugar 1 tb All purpose flour 1 ts Instant coffee powder 1 lg Egg white plus 1 tablespoon -egg white 2 ts Vanilla extract -DARK CHOCOLATE FILLING- 5 tb Whipping cream 2 tb Unsalted butter; (1/4 stick) 1 tb Light corn syrup 1 tb […]