Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Finely-crushed butter -crackers 1/4 c Butter or margarine; melted 1 tb Water 1 cn Spam luncheon meat – (12 -oz); shredded 2 c Shredded Cheddar cheese 1 pk Cream cheese – (3oz); -softened 2 tb Finely-diced onion 1 ts Prepared horseradish 1 ts Worcestershire sauce 1/2 ts Dry mustard 1/2 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 sm White onion; unpeeled 2 Garlic cloves; unpeeled 5 Bay leaves 1 1/2 ts Salt -; (to 2 tspns) 2 qt Water 1 lb Unshelled shrimp 1/2 lb Squid bodies; diced 1 lb Lump crab meat; picked over 1 md White onion; chopped fine 1 lb Tomatoes; peeled, seeded, And chopped […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Shredded green or red -cabbage 1/4 Cucumber; thinly sliced 2 Radishes; thinly sliced 1/4 Jalapeno chile; finely -chopped 2 tb White wine vinegar 1 pn Sugar 1 Bolillo; see * Note 1 tb Mayonnaise 1/4 lb Chopped cooked seafood (shrimp; lobster, crab, -and/or salmon) 1/4 Avocado; thinly sliced 1 Lime […]

Ingredients & Directions -Pat-In-The-Pan Crust: 2/3 c Unsweetened pineapple 1 c All-purpose flour -juice 1 1/4 c Confectioners’ sugar -Pineapple Topping: 1/4 c Finely chopped almonds 1/4 c All-purpose flour 1/3 c Butter or margarine, 1/4 c Sugar -softened 1 cn (20 ounces) crushed -Filling: -pineapple, juice drained 2 pk (8 ounces each) cream -and […]

Ingredients & Directions Continued: Make the caramelized hazelnuts and hazelnut praline: Lightly spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. In a small saucepan, combine the sugar and water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar dissolves. Increase the heat to medium-high and continue to cook without stirring for 4 to 6 minutes […]

Ingredients & Directions CHOCOLATE BUTTER CAKE: 2 c CAKE FLOUR 1 c GRANULATED SUGAR 3/4 c UNSWEETENED ALKALIZED 3/4 c PACKED LIGHT BROWN SUGAR -COCOA POWDER 2 lg EGGS, AT ROOM TEMPERATURE 1 1/4 ts BAKING SODA 1 tb VANILLA EXTRACT 1/2 ts SALT 1 1/3 c STRONGLY BREWED COFFEE, 12 tb UNSALTED BUTTER, SOFTENED […]

Ingredients & Directions CHOCOLATE OBLIVION TRUFFLE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -TORTE -~~~~ When brilliant U.S. baker and cookbook author Rose Levy Beranbaum called her book “The Cake Bible” (Morrow), she wasn’t kidding. It is not light reading, nor are its recipes for the faint-hearted. They do, however, produce impeccable results. This flourless chocolate cake is perfect proof. 1 […]

Ingredients & Directions CAKE 6 Eggs; Large 4 oz Unsweetened BakingChocolate* 1 c Sugar 1 c Flour; Sifted 1 ts Vanilla Extract -SYRUP- 1/4 c Sugar 2 tb Kirsch 1/3 c ;Water FILLING 1 1/2 c Confectioners’ Sugar 1 Egg Yolk; Large 1/3 c Butter; Unsalted 2 tb Kirsch Liquer TOPPING 2 c Sour Cherries; […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Chocolate wafer cookie crumb 1/8 ts Salt 4 tb Butter; melted 3 oz Unsweetened chocolate square 1 pk (8 oz) cream cheese — melted and cooled — softened 1 1/2 c Heavy cream; whipped 1 c Sugar 3/4 c Pecans; chopped 1 ts Vanilla extract Recipe by: 365 Great Chocolate […]

Ingredients & Directions 40 Soda crackers 1 c Brown sugar, packed 2 Sticks butter (do not 1 1/2 c Semisweet chocolate chips — substitute margarine) 1 c Walnuts; chopped Recipe by: 365 Great Chocolate Desserts – ISBN 0-06-016537-5 Preparation Time: 0:35 1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Place crackers side-by-side in a single layer without […]