The Ultimate Baking Bucket List
The things everyone should bake before they die
Page 57 I left a few recipes for the end either because I was not already a fan of the food or else I needed a special occasion to justify making it. This one falls into the former category but took so long not because I was really, really procrastinating, but because I kept fumbling […]
Page 51 Fresh Bread Does anything smell as good as bread baking? I mean, other than Snickerdoodles of course. The recipe makes a decent loaf of bread and is simple to follow. The final product is pretty and functional, it makes a good sammich, with a nice crust. What it needs is a little kneading. […]
Page 63 Pumpkin cheesecake bread would be a better name for this one. The cream cheese filling turns into layers with a cheesecake-like consistency. Since we love pumpkin cheesecake (and have it every year during the holidays) we were definitely predisposed to like this one … and we did. My first frustration with the recipe […]
Page 47 Here is another winning bread recipe that is going to be my new go-to dinner roll recipe. It makes enough for even our big family so you can feed a tribe with it. Which also means you have enough to eat them with just about anything you want for days after making them […]
Page 67 Brown sugar cinnamon pull apart bread. ‘Nuff said. But this is a blog, so of course I have more to say. It is yummy, sweet, cinnamony, all you could ask for in a pull apart bread. There are, however, two things that could be done to improve the recipe. First, the “caramel” is […]
Page 71 I have started to develop a taste for Scones. Perhaps part of it comes from watching the entire Downton Abby series about 10 times and seeing Mrs. Patmore making dough at that incredible kitchen work table with the wooden egg bin that holds about 4 dozen eggs. But most of it comes from […]
Page 43 It’s bread, butter, and garlic … what’s not to love? The basic recipe is pretty sound but on any bread recipe it’s helpful if they stipulate what to do if the consistency is not what the recipe indicates it should be. The dough was not as soft as it probably should have been […]
Page 69 I love coffee cake. What I don’t love is the crumbs from the streusel topping that go everywhere when you eat it. The perfect coffee cake in my opinion would be one where the topping stayed on the cake until you got it into your mouth – that would get it a 5 […]
Page 61 Originally posted 5/30/2020 Used in French Toast I started off at 4.9 and asked myself, “what would I change to make it a 5?” I couldn’t think of a single thing, so bumped it up to a perfect score. It’s a little (actually, mine was pretty thick) slice (literally) of heaven. Both Mark […]
Page 49 Originally posted 5/26/2020 Originally posted with Pesto Buratta with Roasted Tomatoes Served with Pesto WOW! More perfect scores! Either my tastebuds are whacked out or I have hit a lucky streak. Just when the casinos are shut down and I can’t test the theory for sure! So I’m going with my gut that […]
Page 59 Originally posted 5/23/2020 With pan-drippings gravy – 4.7 stars It’s a cheddar-bacon biscuit with 2 kinds of cheddar… and almost a pound of butter! And it uses buttermilk which was inadvertently left out of the picture. So it’s a cheddar-bacon-buttermilk biscuit. You know before you bite into this whether or not you are […]
Page Originally posted 5/15/2020 Served with Pretzels. Okay, this pretty much only works with the salty pretzels, but it works fairly well. It isn’t the movie theater processed cheese goo you may be used to, which is a good thing in my book. But stand alone as a dip it isn’t anything to rave about. […]
Page 55 Originally posted 5/15/2020 Served with Cheese Dip. These are pretty easy to make and are fantastic! Chewy on the outside, soft on the inside. I love these! The bread section is my favorite one so far. I am dying to get to the braided loaf. Note to self … put the boiling water […]
Page 73 Originally posted 5/10/2020 Aaaaaand we have our first perfect score! Its Mother’s Day at the Wilson Hobbit House where we are having these gems as Second Breakfast. They are moist but airy, sweet with a touch of tart from the lemon. And they are not that hard to make. So, yeah, they are […]
Page 53 Originally posted 4/30/2020 This has an interesting flavor but, honestly, I am not a big fan of sun-dried tomatoes. When paired with the Ribeye you get a nice melted pool of butter to drag your steak bites through, but I doubt I will use this again.
Page 45 Originally posted 4/28/2020 It’s good bread, but it doesn’t have quite the crust texture I was expecting. However, rosemary and salt are awesome on bread and the whole combo goes really well with pasta and sauce (any sauce). The rosemary came from my container herb garden on the deck. 🌱
Page 65 Originally posted 4/11/2020 The streusel topping is what pushes this one above the bar for a really good tasting muffin in my book. Lots of blueberry flavor and I could see adding a touch of lemon extract to kick it up another notch. However … they do NOT come out of the pan […]
