Let's bake! But what should we bake? (DM me for a link to the recipes I use!)

Last updated 4 years ago

First published 17 September, 2020

Do you want to bake/eat but you're not sure what exactly you want? Here's a decision tree that'll help you make that decision! I have a Google Doc (DM me for the link!) that has all the links to the recipes so just use this tree to decide what you're going to bake and then go to the doc to find the recipe.
Please excuse my pictures, I suck at taking good pictures of food and I keep my baking diary in my Snapchat memories so also please excuse the text. Also, I bake for taste so I don't really put in the effort to make it look super pretty. Not all the answers have pictures because I sorta only started taking pictures in quarantine.

Note: For ingredients, you'll usually need the basic ingredients like egg, flour, sugar, baking soda/powder, vanilla, butter, and salt (+ maybe milk and cinnamon). The tree will ask you if you have ingredients that are not so basic and will hopefully usher you to recipes that you have ingredients for.

Stephanie Tamayosa

Do you want to actually bake (in an oven) or do you want something fried or frozen or refrigerated? Some ice cream sounds good AND I like mint ice cream AND I have fresh mint leaves/condensed milk/heavy cream. I'm really craving tiramisu and I love it AND I have mascarpone cheese and heavy whipping cream and coffee/espresso. I want something super simple AND I have condensed milk and cocoa powder. I want to bake in an oven. Something fried please AND I have either glutinous rice flour or peaches/mangoes.
Mint ice cream.
Tiramisu!.
Condensed milk truffles!.
Are you in a cookie mood? Yes that sounds so good. I don't think a brownie is a cookie but I want brownies. Nah not really but I do want something sweet. Nah I want something more savory but still sorta sweet AND I have yeast.
Brownies!.
Are you down for chocolate? Oooooh yes. Not really down.
Do you have chocolate chips AND are you down for the classic chocolate chip? I'm so down right now. I have chocolate chips but not really feeling the classic chocolate chip cookie right now AND I have cocoa powder. I don't have any chocolate chips.
Chocolate Chip Cookies!.
Fudgy Meringue Cookies!.
Are you feeling an oreo pizookie? YEAH. I don't have any ice cream/oreos and/or I'm not really feeling it AND I have cocoa powder. I don't have ice cream or oreos or cocoa powder.
Oreo Pizookie!.
Fudgy Chocolate Crinkles!.
Oof I'm sorry, you're at a dead end. Maybe get some of the ingredients or try another route?.
Are you in a cinnamon mood? Oooh yeah I am. Nah I'm in the mood for something more plain and simple. Nah I think I want some ube and I have ube jam and extract. I still want chocolate AND I have puff pastry ready to use.
Shortbread cookies!.
Ube crinkles!.
Chocolate palmiers!.
Do you have puff pastry ready / do you want to use it? I don't have any puff pastry and/or I'm not in the mood for anything with puff pastry in it. Yeah and sure.
Snickerdoodles!.
Cinnamon sugar palmiers!.
Would you want to eat something with AND do you have any of the following fruits/vegetables: bananas, zucchinis, blueberries, apples, or strawberries? Yeah and yeah. Nah and/or nope AND I have one of the following choices: 1. cream cheese with cornstarch or plain yogurt or oreos 2. evaporated milk 3. heavy whipping cream. No and/or no AND I don't have evaporated milk.
Oof I'm sorry, I don't have a suggestion for you :( maybe buy some evaporated milk? or try another route (like what's wrong with cookies?).
Which one do you have/want to bake with? Bananas. Zucchinis. Blueberries. Strawberries. Apples.
Banana bread! (You can add chocolate chips or blueberries or have it plain!).
Do you want something chocolate AND you have cocoa powder? Yes!. No but I do want something cinnamon.
Chocolate zucchini bread!.
Cinnamon zucchini bread!.
In the mood for bread or muffins? Bread!. Muffins!.
Blueberry bread!.
Blueberry muffins!.
Do you have cream cheese or heavy whipping cream? Cream cheese. Heavy whipping cream. Neither.
Strawberry cheesecake!.
Strawberry shortcake!.
I'm so sorry but I haven't done any recipes with strawberries without either of these two ingredients so maybe buy one of em or try another route?.
Do you have puff pastry AND do you want to use it? Yes and yes. No and/or no.
Do you have cornstarch and nutmeg? Yeah. Nope.
Apple danishes!.
Braided apple strudel!.
Do you want something pretty simple or do you want to make a frickin' pie? Simple please. A frickin' pie!.
Apple crisp!.
Apple pie!.
Are you in the mood for something with cream cheese? Yes. Nah.
Would you want oreos AND do you have them plus sour cream? Nah and/or nah. Yess and yeah.
Oreo cheesecake!.
Do you have cornstarch? Nah but I do have plain yogurt. Yeah.
Baked cheese tarts!.
But do you also have plain yogurt? Nope. Yeah.
Japanese jiggly cheesecake!.
Wow you have two options then. Do you want something with a crust? Sure. Not really.
Baked cheese tarts!.
Japanese jiggly cheesecake!.
Do you want something really sweet AND do you have condensed milk? No and/or no. Yes and yes.
Leche flan!.
Do you have evaporated milk or heavy whipping cream? Evaporated milk. Heavy whipping cream.
Egg pie!.
Cream puffs!.
Are you in a garlicky mood AND do you have garlic and parsley and powdered milk and honey and cream cheese? Yeah and yeah. Uhh no, I want something more simple. Nah, I want something ube and I have mashed ube (or ube jam) and cheese.
6 sided garlic buns!.
Pandesal!.
Ube cheese pandesal!.
Would you want some Jollibee flashbacks AND do you have peaches and mangoes? YEAH and ya. What even is Jollibee / I only have glutinous rice flour.
Peach mango pie!.
Do you want something bite sized? Small is cute!. Maybe but like also something bigger?.
Carioca!.
Mochi donuts!.