Quick and Easy Puff Pastry
Quick and Easy Puff Pastry plus mini Palmiers This makes a small amount of puff pastry and what I use for making mini palmiers- you won't get the flakiness of true puff pastry but these were gobbled up before I could take a picture when I first made them! You can...
Base Cheese Cake Recipe
Base Cheesecake Recipe 4 eggs room temp is ideal1/4 tsp salt 1/2 c sour cream 1 c sugar 2 tsp flavor of choice CREAM CHEESE1 gal whole milk and lemon juice or white vinegar 2 8oz blocks cream cheese, room temp is ideal Crust-shortbread Recipe Make the crust following...
Copycat Twix
To make Twix you will make version 1 or 2 of the shortbread recipe and make the caramel candy recipe and then simply need to have chocolate chips to melt and coat. That is a Twix, chocolate, shortbread, caramel chocolate. But you are the boss of creativity. So while...
Artisan Caramel Candies
Soft Caramels- no corn syrup adapted from busyinbrooklyn.com 2 c sugar 1 tsp cream of tarter, can omit or sub in lemon juice or white vinegar. This helps prevents sugar crystals from forming. You can make caramel without it but it will make your results more...
Lace Cookies
Lace Cookies (GF optional) 1/2 c flour (can substitute GF 1:1)1/2 c sugar1 pinch salt1 pinch baking powder5 T melted butter 1 tsp vanilla extract (almond also tastes great)1/2 c oats2 T cream, milk, sour cream, yogurt2 T honey or light corn syrup Preheat oven to 375In...
Frangipane (almond filling)
Frangipane (almond filling) 4 T soften butter1/2 c powdered sugar (can use white sugar too)1 egg 1 tsp almond or vanilla extract 2 T flour 1/2 c almond flour Combine all ingredients in stand mixer or by hand to create a thick paste.
Scottish Shortbread- 3 ways
Scottish Shortbread- 3 ways Version #1- powdered sugar 1 1/2 c pastry flour OR 1 1/4c all purpose flour1/4 c powdered sugar 1 stick room temp salted butter OR unsalted butter plus 1/4tsp salt flavor of choice- extracts, sliced almonds, zests, caraway seeds, poppy...
Chocolate Truffle Ratios
Ratios for the truffles: 2:1 chocolate to cream. So 8ounces chocolate to 4ounces cream. 1 cup of chocolate chips is 6 ounces. This is for semisweet to dark chocolate. Milk chocolate: reduce cream by a bit. I would do 8 ounces to 3 ounces cream or so or increase...
Donuts
Old Fashion Donuts (No Yeast) adapted from Bigger Bolder Baker 3 1/2 c flour (DRY)1/2 tsp baking soda (DRY)2 tsp baking powder (DRY)1/4 c brown sugar (DRY)1/2 c white sugar (DRY)1 tsp salt (DRY)Flavoring (optional) suggestions: cinnamon, nutmeg, zests, flavor extracts...
York Mint Patty Copycat Recipe
Copycat York Mint Patty 5 c powdered sugar1 can sweetened condensed milk1 1/2-2 tsp peppermint or mint extract4 T soften butterabout 3 cups chocolate chips (dark, semi sweet, milk, white- you are in control) and 1 T butter/oil/coconut oil In a bowl (stand mixer or...
Meringue Cookies
Meringue Cookies 4 egg whites (use egg yolks to make ice cream base)1/2 tsp cream of tarter pinch of salt1 c sugar 1 tsp vanilla Oven Temp 225 (bake for 1 hour and then turn off oven and let sit for another hour) In a stand mixer or with a hand mixer, beat egg whites...
Ice Cream/Gelato Base (DF optional)
Gelato/Ice Cream base (Dairy Free Optional) 2 c whole milk (sub in dairy free milk or canned coconut milk)1 c cream (sub in canned coconut milk or cream) 4 egg yolks (save egg whites and make meringue cookies) 1/2 c sugar (white or brown) Heat all ingredients except...
BMK Holiday Cookie Recipes
Sugar Cookies 1 c butter soften 1 c sugar 3 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder pinch salt 1 tsp vanilla 1 egg Whip butter for a minute or two and then add sugar- cream together until smooth. Add vanilla and egg and...
Marshmallow Fondant
Marshmallow Fondant 1 16oz bag of mini marshmallows3T c water1 tsp vanilla soften butter in a small bowl to help keep hands from getting sticky-optional 2 lb powdered sugar In a glass bowl microwave marshmallows in 30 second intervals stirring each time until they are...
Genoise Sponge Cake
Genoise Sponge Cake 6 ` eggs- room temperature 235 g sugar1/2 tsp salt235 g flour Preheat oven to 350In a stand mixer or with hand mixer, beat eggs and slowly add sugar and salt. Continue mixing on med/med high until mixture at least doubles in size- about 10...
