I feel like I have definitely come a long way since I started blogging, but there are still so many things that I want to try. Below is my Top 100 list of all the different types of food that I want to take a stab at. I’m going to try my best to work through this list by the end of 2009. Seems like a reasonable goal, don’t you think?
01/06/2010 Edit: Well, it looks like I didn’t make my deadline for the end of 2009, but I have crossed many items off of the list. It continues to evolve as I find new recipes that I want to make. It will likely continue to be an evergreen list of dishes to conquer and a record of all that I have accomplished. What do you want to cook/bake in 2010?
Please let me know if you have killer recipes for any of the items below!
Yeast Goodies:
1. Focaccia bread
2. Bagels ~ Completed
3. English muffins ~ Completed
4. Challah ~ Completed
5. No-Knead bread
6. Ciabatta
7. Babka ~ Completed (Chocolate Babka)
8. Kaiser rolls
9. Panettone
10. Sour dough bread
11. Parker House Rolls
12. Olive oil bread
13. Baguettes ~ Completed
13. Croissants ~ Completed
14. Donuts
15. Yeasted Coffee Cake
Quick Breads:
16. Zucchini bread ~ Completed
17. Gingerbread
18. Shortbread
19. Irish Soda bread ~ Completed
20. Popovers
21. Herbed Cheese and Beer bread ~ Completed
Cookies/Bars:
22. Blondies ~ Completed with Coconut Chocolate Chunk Blondies
23. Macaroons ~ Completed with Chocolate-Dipped Coconut Macaroons
24. Snickerdoodles ~ Completed
25. Gingerbread cookies
26. Rugelach ~ Completed
27. Seven Layer Bars ~ Completed
28. Cannoli ~ Completed
Spoon Desserts:
29. Chocolate Mousse
30. Souffle
31. Baked Alaska
32. Bread pudding ~ Completed
33. Creme Brulee
Pastries:
34. Danish ~ Completed (Daring Bakers May 2008)
35. Strudel
36. Nutroll
37. Baklava
38. Éclairs ~ Completed
39. Cream puffs ~ Completed
40. Turnovers
41. Gougeres
Cakes:
42. Crumb Cake ~ Completed
43. Coffee Cake ~ Completed
44. Pineapple Upside Down Cake ~ Completed
45. Charlotte
46. Angel food cake
47. Carrot cake
48. German chocolate cake
49. Pumpkin roll
50. Black Forest Cake
51. Black bottom cupcakes ~ Completed
52. New York cheesecake
53. Chocolate cheesecake
54. Bundt-style cake (rum)
55. Better Than Sex Cake
56. Flourless Chocolate cake
57. Boston Cream Pie
58. Tiered Cake ~ Completed for class and a wedding shower
Pies:
59. Lattice-topped pie ~ Completed on my blueberry pie
60. Blueberry pie ~ Completed
61. Pumpkin pie
62. Chocolate cream pie
63. Pecan pie
Italian:
64. Lasagna
65. Stuffed Shells
66. Manicotti
67. Chicken parmesan
68. Fettuccine Alfredo ~ Completed
69. Homemade noodles ~ Completed
70. Pigu ~ Completed
71. Tortellini
72. Deep dish pizza
73. Calzones ~ Completed with Italian Supreme Calzones
74. Stromboli
75. Frittata
Soups, Entrees, and Sides:
76. French onion soup ~ Completed
77. Minestrone
78. Cream of mushroom soup ~ Completed
79. Coq au Vin
80. Beef stroganoff
81. Baked ham
82. Lamb
83. Stuffed cabbage
84. Roast chicken
85. Beef Wellington ~ Completed!
86. Stuffing
87. Fritters
88. Baked beans
Frozen Desserts:
89. Homemade ice cream ~ Completed with Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
90. Sorbet
91. Semifreddo ~ Completed with Chocolate Espresso Semifreddo
Miscellaneous (not sure what category these go in!):
92. German Apple Pancake
93. Crepes
94. Quiche ~ Completed
95. Spanakopita
96. Petit Fours
97. Gingerbread House
98. Fudge ~ Completed
99. Pierogi ~ Completed
100. Truffles
101 and Beyond…
101. Sfogatelle
102. Braised Short Ribs
103. Butternut Squash anything
104. Kouign Amann
105. Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
106. Moussaka
107. Egg Rolls
108. Potstickers/Dumplings
109. Homemade onion rings
110. Guacamole
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Hi there, baking bread is my new hobby. I have baked bread with olive oil but even nicer, I have baked olive bread 2 times. They were great taste. Goes really welcome with the turkish aubergine salad made by my friend and with Bruschetta. Happy baking and blogging.
Good luck on your conquest Chelle – I know you will not only “take a stab” at all the above – but completely rock them!
Oh, and I think you need a picture of Einstein on here somewhere!
What a cool idea! I’m so gonna copy this. The idea I mean, not the list
Hi Chelley, I would recommend this recipe for your challah: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ALMOST-GRANDMOTHERS-CHALLAH-463
And, I would underbake a little. Any Jew will tell you that challah is best enjoyed soft and doughy and by pulling off chunks – don’t you dare slice it unless it’s a day later and you are making french toast!
For pumpkin pie… My mom and I have always used the recipe on the label of store bought Libby brand canned pumpkin! Of course, we use fresh pumpkin… it may sound silly – but this recipe is really good! Here’s a link to the recipe… (It’s also really good w/ fresh whipped cream!)
http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/detail.aspx?ID=18470
I just stumbled across you blog and love it. I’m definitely trying some of these recipes (beef wellington). In see on your top 100 list you have focaccia bread – I’ve been making one of these for years that is absolutely delicious.
http://kencooks.blogspot.com/2008/06/herbed-focaccia-bread.html
What a great idea! I need a list of cooking goals so I can keep up with what new stuff I try out! My recipe for seven layer bars is a show-stopper. People groan even after they’re done eating. You’ll win the hearts of anyone with this one, and it’s SUPER easy. I hope you like it! http://www.myfirstkitchen.net/blog/2008/7/19/seven-layer-cookie-bars.html
I have a list like this too, great idea to put it on your blog to find suggestions. Here are some of my favorite versions of some of the recipes you’re looking for:
Irish Cream Creme Brulee (I made it with Kahlua):
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Irish-Cream-Creme-Brulee/Detail.aspx
Carrot Cake:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Carrot-Cake-III/Detail.aspx
Stuffing:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Awesome-Sausage-Apple-and-Cranberry-Stuffing/Detail.aspx?strb=1
hi michelle. i just found your blog and i adore it!! i bake just about as often as i breathe haha this top 100 list is a great idea.
before i became vegan, i would make this blondie recipe all the time. it’s the best in the world and i’ve tried a lot of versions. it’s probably my favorite non vegan dessert- http://www.cookiemadness.net/?p=294
Really nice blog! I have a popover recipe on my site if you want to cross off #20.
http://judicialpeach.com/2008/11/17/popovers/
I LOVE this recipe for snickerdoodles: http://www.eatmedelicious.com/2007/09/snickerdoodles.html
And I also love Martha Stewart’s rugelach recipe.
hi there! for foccacia i used this recipe and the result is excellent – says my picky italian flatmate, so i guess you should try it!
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Rosemary-Flat-Bread-351249?recipename=Rosemary%20Flat%20Bread&saved_to_box=y
and for red velvet cupcakes/cakes i use the recipe from magnolia bakery, with some adjustments (read my reviews -> user lavanyalea)
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Red-Velvet-Cupcakes-with-Creamy-Vanilla-Icing-241544
have fun cooking n baking!!!!
Love your 100 list! I actually made sfogliatelle last year and although it was time consuming, it was a lot of fun and worth the effort. The pics are on my blog and I tried to take some of each step because figuring out the instructions were the hardest part! Love your blog!
I just say your list (alhtough I’ve been tagging along for some time). I made a great Zucchini loaf last year that everyone raved about. It took it to a meeting at work and my colleagues inhaled it!
http://jdeq.typepad.com/jerrys_thoughts_musings_a/2008/04/lemon-glazed-zu.html
This is a great idea chelle! I just decided to start one of these on my new recipe blog as for a recipe for a better than sex cake here’s one that i looove, http://caramel-hearts.com/?p=41
it’s really simple
Hey! I hope you don’t mind, I’m going to use this list as a starting point for my own “100″ on my blog. This is such a great idea! I’m always adding things to my “To-Bake” list, and I think a categorized checklist of 100 things would be a great way to remember everything I wanna bake! I’ll totally give you all the credit too! ;D
I have a really excellent pecan pie recipe on my blog – my ex’s grandmother won at the Texas State Fair with it. I also have a German Chocolate Cake recipe from my grandmother.
Nice list, nice blog!
hi there, i dont know if you have gone with the lasagna, but if you havent i came across a quite nice and pratic lasagna recipe in lookandtaste.com. just go there and search for lasagna.. there is also video though the lasagna is ready made he is using maybe u might want to prepare your own sheets too ^^
cheers
I have a yeast based poppyseed coffee cake recipe that has been part of our holiday tradition for 3 generations now. I have not made it for my blog yet but would be glad to share the recipe with you. Email or leave a comment on my blog and let me know how best to send it to you. Blessings!
Hi, I stumbled upon your blog yesterday while looking for a snickerdoodle recipe for my husband’s upcoming birthday. Looking at your 100, i wanted to share my favorite (and easy-easy-easy) chocolate mouse recipe. It’s tried, tested and true. I have been using it for years, and made dozens of different desserts with variations of this mousse recipe. Enjoy! http://www.foodtv.ca/recipes/recipedetails.aspx?dishid=3644
Hi, I stumbled upon your blog yesterday while looking for a snickerdoodle recipe for my husband’s upcoming birthday. Looking at your 100, i wanted to share my favorite (and easy-easy-easy) chocolate mouse recipe. It’s tried, tested and true. I have been using it for years, and made dozens of different desserts with variations of this mousse recipe. Enjoy! http://www.foodtv.ca/recipes/recipedetails.aspx?dishid=3644
What a great idea!! You have a fantastic blog:)
I’m really inspired to make a list of my own now. But I do have a few suggestions about your yeast-related items. . .
I was scared to try most breads until my mom got me the Williams-Sonoma ‘Essentials of Baking’ book that I’ve used repeatedly. Their recipe for foccacia honestly never fails, is written for beginners, and it takes only a handful of ingredients. Plus I cut my teeth on sourdough, baguettes, and many more without fail.
For babka and yeasted coffee cakes, Carole Walter’s book ‘Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins and More’ has fabulous recipes for both of those items using the same base dough. Her recipes tend to be a bit long (she talks about each step thoroughly) but they’re easy to follow, they only look daunting.
Best of luck on tackling your 100!
What a fabulous idea!! I’m going to brainstorm my own 100-list for next year
Are you going to make your list by the end of ‘09?!?!? I so wish I was your neighbor! I would love helping you knock your list out!! Keep going
Just discovered your site and love it. I too have my list of kitchen food items I want to tackle or have made in the past but wish to perfect. I noticed that you have New York Cheesecake on your list. I stopped searching for new recipes for NY Cheesecake the first time I baked the Cook’s Illustrated New York Cheesecake recipe. This cake never lasts until the next morning as my college-age kids make trips to the fridge in the middle of the night to sneak just one more taste of this never fail delicious cake. Give it a try and see what you think.
Hi, I’m a big fan of your blog! My favorite pumpkin pie recipe comes from here:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Homemade-Fresh-Pumpkin-Pie/Detail.aspx
I make two at a time, just like the recipe. The only changes I made were that I use sweetened condensed milk instead of evaporated, and I just microwave the pumpkin instead of boiling. I divide the pumpkin into 2 or 3 pieces and microwave each for about 4-5 minutes and scoop the flesh out and mash.
Happy baking!
heyy I absolutely love your site! I look at it every day to see if you added anything new. I made your triple chocolate oatmeal cookies..ahh to die for! I was going to ask you to make a souffle! I see you have yet to cross that off your list and I’m dying to make one but I want to see you make it first.
I make the same things over and over so I need to branch out, but I dont know how it will turn out so I wanted to see it done first and then I’ll try. I even went out for bought myself a souffle dish today :] So whenever you get the chance!
Keep up your amazing work!
If you need a recipe for Boston cream pie cake look at my blog! The recipe is from Sky High Cakes and it’s fabulous!
I stumbled upon your blog while looking for a recipe for White Chocolate Macadania Nut cookies. I, too, love to bake and am constantly trying new dishes. I bookmarked your site and have copied several recipes to try. I have a wonderful recipe for cheesecake that you should try. Whenever I make it my neighbor comes over for dessert and takes some home for breakfast! It is heavenly! I also have a delicious rum cake recipe that I will try to copy for you.
Hi! I love the idea of a list of things you want to cook. I’ve made baklava a couple of times before and it is a pretty easy dish. Here’s the recipe I used:
http://sarahatthestove.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/bala-bac-bat-that-honey-thing/