A few yummy recipes

A few yummy recipes

These are a few of the recipies that I like to bake at home for my family. I do hold a Culinary Arts degree, and I have loads of fun in the kitchen. It's one of my favorite places!!

Cinnamon-Chocolate Scones

3 1/4 Cups all-purpose flour

1/2 Cup sugar

3 Tablespoons of Baking powder

1 Tablespoon of cinnamon

2 Cups semisweet chocolate chips

1 stick of butter

1 1/4 Cups of milk

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. In a mixer, mix the dry ingredients. 3. cut butter into pieces and add to dry mixture and mix until coarse and sandy. 4. Add milk and mix until almost combined. 5. Add chocolate chips and mix evenly through the dough. 6. Turn dough out onto floured surface. 7. Knead dough 10 time to bring it together. 8. With rolling pin, roll dough to 1" thickness. 9. While dough is in a round, cut dough with a knife like you would a pie, into an even amount. 10.. Put onto ungreased sheet pan and bake about 15 min., or until golden brown. SOOOOO Good!

Home Made Biscotti

1/2 Cup Butter (1 stick)

1 Cup Sugar

3 Eggs

2 Cups flour, plus flour some for dusting work surface

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon almond extract

1 cup chocolate chips - or what ever flavoring you want

Cherrys might make a good alternative for the chocolate.

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. In a mixer, whip the butter and sugar until creamy. 3. Add 1 egg at a time, mixing them in all the way before adding the others. Add the Almond extract.

4. Mix in the milk.

5. Slowly work in the flour and baking powder, cherrys or chocolate chips.

6. Divide dough in half.

7. On floured surface, shape the dough portions into paguette-shaped logs (about 3 inches wide).

8. Place dough on greased baking pan, and bake for 20 minutes.

9. Remove from the oven. Let cool for 5 min. and cut dough into desirable pieces with a serrated knife.

10. Lower oven temperature to 300 degrees, place cookies back on the pan in one layer and bake for anouther 25 minutes to dry them out.

11. Remove from oven and cool them on a wire rack.

There will be many more recipes to come.

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