Best Recipes of 2015

It's hard to believe that the year 2015 has come to a close! The end of one year and the start of another opens up time for reflection. Year after year it's fun to look back on the blog and see what your favorite posts were. Usually I throw them together into one big collage and reshare them with you. This year I decided to do something a little different. I've taken the top 20 posts for the year and separated them into three categories--recipes, crafts, and printables & home. Over the next few days, I'll be sharing them all with you.

Let's start with recipes! Here they are--the five most popular recipes for 2015! You'll find them in order of their popularity.

#1. Apple Pie Popsicles

These were a lot of fun to make, and the kids loved them! I frequently come up with new popsicle recipes and use our Zoku Quick Pop Maker to make them. This is a recipe that I created during the fall. It's was a mash-up of a cool treat and the tastes of the season.

#2. Whipped Lemon Cream Cheese Tartlets
Playing off the popularity of my whipped lemon cream cheese frosting, I decided to make tarts using the creamy delicacy. These were easy to make and oh so delicious!

#3. Strawberry Jam
One of the things that the kids and I enjoy most is going down the road to the fruit and berry patch. Year after year we pick and sample the berries, peaches, and apples that are grown there. One of our hauls of strawberries was made into this delicious treat--homemade strawberry jam. I put up several jars that didn't last as long as I had expected. I guess that just proves how delicious this recipe really is. In the summer, we're going to try making blackberry jam from the wild blackberry bushes we discovered in our backyard this year.

#4. Pasta Sauce
This tasty recipe was a result of our own personal garden. We grew more tomatoes than I knew what to do with this year, so I started cooking them into meals like this garden fresh pasta sauce.

#5. Homemade Caramel Candy
Caramel is one of my favorite treats! I really enjoyed whipping up these homemade candies and sharing them with others.

AND just for fun...
You can find my ALL TIME most popular recipe by clicking here! It continues to be my most popular post year after year proving that kitchen mishaps can become delicious strokes of luck!

Update: TOP 10 CRAFTS OF 2015 are here!

 Happy kitchen adventures!

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