Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 5 oz Unsweetened chocolate 1/2 c Unsalted butter 1 1/2 c Sugar 4 lg Eggs 1 ts Pure vanilla extract 1/4 c All-purpose flour 2 oz Bittersweet chocolate; -chopped 3 oz White chocolate; chopped 1/4 c Finely ground toasted pecans 1 c Heavy whipping cream; or 1 -quart vanilla ; ice cream […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 Eggs 1 c Sugar 6 tb Butter; soft 1/2 ts Vanilla extract 1 c Flour 1 ts Baking powder 1 c Walnuts; chop 1 c Almonds; chop 1 c Dates; cut-up Whipped cream; opt (Torta di Datteri, Mandorle e Noci) This incredibly simple dessert is also incredibly delicious. The trick here […]

Ingredients & Directions PLANTAIN FILLING 1 Yellow onion; cut lengthwise -into thin crescents 1 ts Minced garlic 1/4 c Dry sherry; nonalcoholic red -wine, or vegetable stock 1 tb Ground cumin 1 ts Ground coriander 1 ts Dried oregano 1 ts Red pepper flakes 2 Ripe plantains or bananas; -sliced 1/2 inch thick 1 c […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 pk (15-ounce) refrigerated -piecrusts 2 Squares (1-ounce) -unsweetened chocolate 1/4 c Butter or margarine 1 cn (14-ounce) sweetened -condensed milk 1/4 c Coffee liqueur or strong -brewed coffee (up to 1/3) 2 lg Eggs, lightly beaten 1/8 ts Salt 1 c Walnuts, toasted and chopped Fit piecrust into a 10-inch tart […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 lb Plus 4 tablespoons /2-1/2 -sticks) sweet butter; at -room temperature 1 c Granulated sugar 1 1/2 ts Grated lemon zest 2 Eggs 1 1/4 c Unbleached all-puporse flour 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon 1/4 ts Ground cloves 1/4 ts Salt 1 1/4 c Blanched almonds; finely -ground 2/3 c Raspberry preserves […]

Ingredients & Directions FRUIT FILLING 6 c Hulled, halved strawberries -(or whole blackberries, -blueberries, boysenberries, -olallieberries, or -raspberries; or pitted -apricots, nectarines, -plums, or peeled peaches). 3/4 1/4 c. granulated sugar (up -to 1) 1 tb Lemon juice 1 Cinnamon stick about 2 -inches long(optional) -PASTRY- 1 c Flour 3 tb Sugar (up to 5) […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Unsalted butter 1 c Granulated sugar 2 Egg yolks 2 Hard-cooked egg yolks; -sieved 1 Lemon; juice and rind of 1 tb Brandy 1/2 lb Almonds; ground 2 c Sifted all-purpose flour 1 ts Baking powder 1 c Raspberry or apricot jam Confectioner’s sugar -(powdered sugar) From: esther@rochgte.fidonet.org (Esther Vail) […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 c Butter, sftnd 1/4 c Shortening 1 1/4 c Sugar, divided 2 ts Lemon peel, gr 1/2 ts Vanilla extract 2 c Cake flour 1 tb Bkg pwd 1/4 ts Salt 3/4 c Milk 6 Egg whites Filling: 1/2 c Sugar 1/3 c All-purpose flour 1 3/4 c Milk 3 Yolks, […]

Ingredients & Directions Unsalted margarine; for -greasing pan Unbleached flour; for -dusting pan (or potato -starch for Passover) 6 oz Imported semisweet -chocolate; broken into -small pieces 8 Eggs; separated 3/4 c Sugar 2 tb Sugar; additional 1 tb Dark rum 12 oz Walnuts; finely ground Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Unsalted butter or margarine 3/4 c Sugar 1 c Unbleached flour 1 ts Baking powder 1 pn Salt; (optional) 2 Eggs 1 ts Vanilla *; up to 2 Sugar ** Cinnamon ** 2 Peeled apples; cut into thin -slices, up to 3 *(almond flavor if using plums) ** (sugar to […]