BEB Bucket List 2.0
A few weeks ago, I mentioned my old baking and cooking bucket list, which I had dubbed “My 100“. I posted it back in 2008 (NINE years ago, whoa!) as a way to inspire me to tackle new things and track my progress. Since then nearly everything on the list has been crossed off (yay!) and I’ve been wanting to update and expand the list for awhile now.
I’m starting this version with 50 items, and I’m hoping that this time around we can tackle the list together. I’m still working through the details of how it’ll work, but I’m thinking something along the lines of a monthly bucket list challenge, where we all make the same thing, I’ll share the recipe here, and you all can share your results, photos on social media, etc. What do you think?! Would you be down for that?
Let me know, and in the meantime, below is my new bucket list!
Breads
1. French Bread
2. Go-to Dinner Rolls
3. Parker House Rolls
4. Sourdough Starter
5. Sourdough Bread
Sweets
6. Angel Food Cake
7. Apple Cider Doughnuts
8. Baked Alaska
9. Berry Fool
10. Charlotte
11. Churros
12. Clafoutis
13. Creme Caramel
14. Crepes
15. Cronuts
16. Earthquake Cake
17. Funnel Cakes
18. Galette/Crostata
19. Kouign Amann
20. Italian Cream Cake
21. Linzer Cookies
22. “Lush” Dessert
23. Magic Custard Cake
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24. Maple Bars
25. Marble Cake
26. Panna Cotta
27. Poached Pears
28. Sfogliatelle
29. Souffle
30. Sweet Almond Pretzel Pastries
31. Tarte Tatin
Savories
32. Baked Ham
33. Chicken Parmesan
34. Chicken Pot Pie
35. Coq au Vin
36. Corn Dogs
37. Croque Monsieur
38. Egg Rolls
39. Eggplant Parmesan
40. Fried Rice
41. Gougeres
42. Grilling!
43. Hasselback Potatoes
44. Huevos Rancheros
45. Mexican Street Corn
46. Penne alla Vodka
47. Pot Stickers
48. Spanakopita
49. Stuffed Cabbage
50. Yeasted Waffles
If you have any recipes for these that you think I’d love, please share them below!
I’m in!
Sounds like a fun idea. I’ll have to look to see if I have any good recipes for the list. Count me in!
Love this idea! I have an awesome crepe recipe from a co-worker’s wife, who is from France. I also have an amazing vodka sauce recipe. We call it “Aunt Amy’s Ex-Bestfriend’s Sister-in-Law’s Vodka Sauce” It’s name is kind of a running joke. Since it’s been passed around to everyone in our family and neighborhood growing up, everyone adds on whatever their connection to “Aunt Amy” is to the front of the recipe. Silly, but fun, like many traditions!
I’m happy to share both recipes with you if you’re interested!
I’ve always wanted to try to make Sfogliatelle! Penne alla Vodka is so easy and YUMMY! I use Rachel Rays recipe.
Sfogliatelle are a bear to make — or so I’ve been told. Our favorite 94-year-old Italian fried says that it is his favorite dessert. I started looking up the recipes and I thought — I’ll just buy them at our favorite Italian deli. If you find a good recipe I’d love to know it.
Good heavens, that is supposed to be friend not fried. :-(
I watched The Chew one day a few months ago and Michael Simon made Overnight Waffles. They are yeast waffles. I had recently bought an All Clad waffle iron and made them and they were fantastic. Recipe is on the chew.com
This is my favorite “go to” dinner roll. I have been making it for about 25-30 years, and it has never once failed. They are always moist and fluffy.Around our family, they are just known as “those good rolls that Mom makes.” The recipe is from Taste of Home. I don’t change a thing, except to make the dough in my bread machine, and form the dough into 12 balls for each cake pan.
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/oatmeal-dinner-rolls
Love this list – lots of things that sound delicious that I’ve never had the chance to tackle either. I love the idea of a cook-along!
Some other things on my own cooking bucket are cheese making, homemade fruit snacks, and smoking meats. It’s so hard to find the time – I have two little ones like you do and work away from home. But a monthly cook-along would be good motivation to just do it!
Michelle, do you already know a copycat recipe for the large color swirl (almond?) cookies available at Giant Eagle? They change the colors w seasons or black and gold during football season. I’d love that recipe
I love the idea of a monthly recipe we all make together!
I have a recipe for CHOCOLATE Angel food cake. My dad’s mom made it all time before I was around and apparently everyone loves. I’m not a huge angel food lover, but that one is good. I haven’t made it in awhile though cuz my husband would rather have regular angel food (this is the same one who doesn’t like a ton of frosting). Let me know if you want it! Oh and crème caramel is so easy and good!
I’m in! Love your blog!
OMG this list just makes me so hungry. I always tell my husband that I wish I had a bigger appetite to I could make more recipes. There just aren’t enough meals in the day! lol
Count me in!!! I’ve made quite a few things on the list but many I haven’t!!!
I agree with Jessi, let’s do a monthly challenge and I have done all the bread items so I’ll have to come up with a different list. Always wanted to make an angel food cake from scratch…call me crazy!
Love the idea of a monthly baking challenge!! Thanks for sharing!
I’m in! Yay!
Your idea sounds great, and I like that there is flexibility included. There are many things on your list that I, too, have wanted to try.
I have made yeasted waffles. I love that I can mix up the batter the night before and with little left to do the next morning, finish the batter and have waffles on the breakfast table in no time at all. Often times Saturday mornings are our family breakfast days. Ina Garten’s recipe is the love of my breakfast life (does it matter that I generally love all things Barefoot Contessa?)
https://barefootcontessa.com/recipes/overnight-belgian-waffles
How about adding homemade noodles to the list? My mom was Pennsylvania-Dutch, and her homemade noodles were always a part of our holiday traditions. She really didn’t have a recipe, so I watched her once and forced her to provide some sort of measurement guidelines. She passed away in 2009, so I’ve been making them for our holiday get-togethers ever since. The first couple times I made them proved to be quite stressful, but I can now say I’m turning out those delicious noodles just like my dear mother always did!!!
I love this list, bring it on! I know you have featured pie recipes in the past. I’m an avid baker but I’m so intimidated by pie crust. That’s going on my bucket list for spring and summer.
I made this look at summer when cherries where at the best. It was amazing. I also love Jesse’s blog. Make it, you won’t be sorry: http://www.jessiesheehanbakes.com/2016/08/16/cherry-clafoutis/.
I love the pics if the kiddos and pups!
Sounds like fun!
There is a recipe for Parker House rolls in a cookbook that I just bought. The cookbook is Bake from Scratch.
I used Alex Guarnaschelli’s recipe for Parker House rolls (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alexandra-guarnaschelli/parker-house-rolls-recipe) and Alton Brown’s (ugh, I adore him and all of his recipes) recipe for angel food cake (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/angel-food-cake-recipe).
I also have a baking bucket list, so I’ve only made each recipe one time (so far!). That said, they both came out perfectly.
What a great idea. I’ll be doing more of the bread and Italian recipes. Some on your list I’ve already done. What I’m planning on doing is reading a book that features food and do a review of the book and make a recipe from it. Like a little reading club plus pick a recipe. The story I’m reading now features an Italian widow who finds her way back from depression by cooking. I’ll have to save your list. Will you give us a schedule of when you’re planning on posting a certain recipe?
This sounds fun! I have to tell you your “lighter chicken parm” is what I use when I want chicken parm….it’s so good!
LOVE the idea!
Hi
Firstly. I love ur babies. Love their weekly updates and pics. And love the pics of Duke and late Einstein.
I have a recipe of Hasselbeck potatoes. Here goes.
http://therecipelarder.com/recipe/hasselback-potatoes-3/
This is from.my blog. Hope u like it.
Regards appu.
fabulous idea, love your weekly mail
I am ready whenever you are!!
Bring on these recipes!
Great variety!
I am excited!! ❤????
So many things on your list that I would put on mine. I’m in.
I made a raspberry clafoutis for the first time a few weeks ago. It was amazing! The world needs to discover this french dessert.
The closest I get to French desserts is Disney World, Ha Great bucket list though.
I saw Giada make one on a show over the weekend and now I’m obsessed with trying it! The sugary crust sold me ;-)
You had me at funnel cakes and Mexican street corn. :-)