The Ultimate Baking Bucket List
The things everyone should bake before they die
The journey, in pictures and words, of cooking every recipe in the Magnolia Table cookbook
Page 91 Originally posted 1/20/2019 Dipped in Balsamic Vinegar – 4.5 stars The plain sandwich is a cross between a grilled cheese and a flat tasting Bruschetta – good, but nothing to write home about. Add the Balsamic and it is freakin’ awesome! Note – it is not as easy as it looks to stack […]
page 55 Originally posted 1/20/2019 With Banana – 3.75 stars These are denser pancakes with good flavor – lots of vanilla. As I said, they were good, but not one of those “wow!” taste sensations. Mark suggested adding some mashed up banana, so for the second helping I mixed some into the batter and he […]
Page 111 Originally posted 1/19/2019 Perfect soup for a cold rainy day. Love the white wine that gives it an almost fondue-like bump up in flavor. It’s like a warm, cheesy, velvety hug! I have got to figure out why my emulsion blender is leaving chunks behind. I am having to fall back on my […]
Page 287 originally posted 1/15/2019 This makes a LOT of pudding. I got 6 small servings and a good sized Corning Ware dish out of it. Which is good news if you like banana pudding. Don’t know what is up with the stores today, but ran out at lunch to get bananas and both local […]
Page 175 Originally posted 1/15/2019 Sweet, tangy, crunchy, and full of green bean goodness. I have never made these before but definitely will again.
Page 181 Originally posted 1/15/2019 Mashed potatoes that don’t need gravy … where have you been all my life! OMG. These are fabulous and will be my holiday taters from here on out. Simple to make and I do not want to know how many calories or carbs are in there. I. Don’t. Care. If […]
Page 203 Originally posted 1/15/2019 This is the best roast chicken (not cooked in a clay pot) that I have ever made. It is tasty and very moist. Mark loved it. Couple of things – First, the roast garlic (the little charcoal briquettes in the last picture) were not edible. You are supposed to squeeze […]
Page 31 Originally posted 1/13/2019 Two things on this one… first, I am finding that my brand of garlic salt (man, does she love her garlic) is apparently less salty than hers so this needed a little extra salt for maximum taste. Second, it is a wet, rainy day here so I am guessing that […]
Page 107 Originally posted 1/12/2019 4.75 on the grilled cheese! Not sure if it was the texture or the cream, but this one is good but, frankly, isn’t as good as the Progresso canned tomato basil soup. Mark loves creamy tomato and he agreed that it was low 3s. I used my emulsion blender instead […]
Page 23 Originally posted 1/12/2019 Full disclosure: I don’t like spinach unless it is cooked with artichoke hearts and parm and mayo into a dip, and the texture of mushrooms is a bit off-putting to me unless sautéed in butter and garlic until they melt in your mouth. If you could get the flavor in […]
Page 279 Originally posted 1/11/2019 Holy cow, this is good! I was skeptical because I love my tart cherries and this uses sweet ones, but this does not disappoint. I used frozen cherries but will try fresh ones next time.
Page 263 Originally posted 1/11/2019 Flavor is good, but the sauce was really thin. Needs to be thickened. ***Update – warmed it up next day and added McCormick brown gravy mix to thicken and it was much better.
Page 127 Originally posted 1/6/2019 Used in Jo’s Quick Table Salad This was a pretty good salad if you picked the oranges off. I used a store brand and that might be the problem – they were so soft and squishy the texture just clashed. Otherwise, it was great! Sweet and nutty pecans, pungent feta, […]
Page 127 Originally posted 1/6/2019 Uses Red Wine Vinaigrette This was a pretty good salad if you picked the oranges off. I used a store brand and that might be the problem – they were so soft and squishy the texture just clashed. Otherwise, it was great! Sweet and nutty pecans, pungent feta, sweet/sour dressing, […]
Page 259 Originally published 1/6/2019 Not sure what happened but the flavor just was not there on this one. I couldn’t taste the onion or the spices. It just seemed flat. Andrew and Mark liked it but I had higher hopes for this one.
Page 169 Originally posted 1/6/2019 Hands down the best Mac & Cheese I have ever had. The crunchy topping is awesome, but I only put about half of what the recipe yielded on top. Love, love, love this rich and creamy comfort food.
Page 285 Originally posted 1/5/2019 This one gets a “do over” when strawberries are in season and fresh from the farm stand down the road. It was good, but the biscuits were leftovers (a bit dry) and store strawberries just are not the same. The whipped cream, however, was amazing tasting. I can’t remember making […]
Page 103 Originally posted 1/4/2019 Flavor is great and it is incredibly creamy. Only complaint is you have got to chop your veggies very carefully to get the same size pieces or you end up with inconsistent texture. Took me about 3/4 of the bowl to come around to the bits of potato skin.
Page 273 Originally published 1/4/2020 Excellent pie with a perfect filling consistency EVERY time. I liked it much better warmed. This is another one where it is worth buying the book just to learn how to get the perfect filling with the unpredictable juice content of apples. You may notice a mangled can in the […]
Page 51 Originally posted on 1/3/2019 These are, hands down, the best pancakes I have ever made or eaten. Mark’s only complaint is they take up too much room on the plate. Not a problem for me. There is a secret that makes these so fluffy that I won’t post because I respect her copyright. […]
Page 25 Originally posted 1/2/2019 Texture is DIVINE, but a tsp of garlic powder is a bit much. Cut that by about half and it would be almost perfect. Follow up: made this a second time with half the garlic powder and it was extra divine! Upgrade to a 4.0! Follow up #2 : this […]
Page 21 Originally posted 1/1/2019 2 down! Jojo’s Biscuits and Bobo’s Classic Gravy to start off the new year. Biscuits are great – 4.5 stars Gravy is good, but I would crumble while cooking to get smaller, more evenly textured sausage pieces – 3 stars. (P.S. – there is no way this gravy is 10 […]
Page 17 Originally posted on 1/1/2019 2 down! Jojo’s Biscuits and Bobo’s Classic Gravy to start off the new year. Biscuits are great – 4.5 stars Gravy is good, but I would crumble while cooking to get smaller, more evenly textured sausage pieces – 3 stars. (P.S. – there is no way this gravy is […]
When the hubby gave me Magnolia Table as a Christmas gift in 2018, I flipped through it on Christmas morning reveling in all the pictures. As I began to pause on particularly scrumptious looking dishes to read the recipes I found myself saying, “this sounds really” good over and over again. They were not particularly […]
