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Top 10 Recipe of 2016

Top 10 Recipes of 2016 , always exciting to see the post you have selected as the top ones for the year.  I am humbled and grateful for all your comments, shares, and support throughout this year.  Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart! No. 10   Easy Homemade Buttery Shortbread Crust

Christy Jordan's Sweetness! Chocolate Snack Cake

Chocolate Snack Cake , a little vintage chocolate snack cake but with all the bells and whistles of flavor that a large snack cake has.  The cake is rich and intense with chocolate using, butter, sugar, eggs, self-rising flour, chocolate syrup, and chocolate chips.  Did I say rich and intense chocolate flavor? I am thrilled to share with you a  recipe from Christy Jordan's cookbook, Sweetness.  It is filled with her favorite recipes from family and friends as well as heartwarming stories of her grandparents and great grandparents.

Cranberry Breakfast Cake

Cranberry Breakfast Cake  is a scrumptious breakfast cake made with butter, sugar, sour cream, and fresh cranberries. A hint of almond flavoring makes this cake sing on Christmas morning! CRANBERRY COFFEE CAKE This delightful Cranberry Coffee Cake is very festive for your holiday menu.  It is even better made the night before. I love cranberry breakfast cakes and have a few secrets to share when making them. The secret lies in the use of ingredients. First, it has to be moist with the perfect balance of tenderness, not crumbly, and easy to cut and serve.  I can't stand a crumbly breakfast cake.   This is why I like to use sour cream in the batter. It produces the richest cake you will ever make and perfects the texture. Second, it has to have the perfect balance of sweetness and tartness.  That comes with a good amount of sugar in the recipe and a little lighter on the cranberries.

Decadent German Chocolate Brownies

German Chocolate Brownies , a German sweet chocolate bar in the brownie layer topped with a gooey coconut pecan layer and frosted with a luscious chocolate frosting.  A decadent dessert for the holidays! These German Chocolate Brownies start with a brownie mix.  Yes, they are rich, gooey, decadent, amazing, and they are made with a mix.

Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies

Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies , soft melt in your mouth chocolate goodness made with yummy Nutella and loaded with dark chocolate chips.   It is time to start thinking about getting my Christmas treat boxes ready for gift giving.  I wanted a new recipe for a chocolate cookie.

Southern Style Collard Greens {Granny's Recipe}

Southern Collard Greens ,  a delicious Southern dish served in most households all year long, especially around the holidays.   In the south, we generally cook large amounts of greens at one time, referring to them as an ole' mess of greens. My Mother's recipe for collard greens is the best.   Her recipe brings out all the secrets to the perfectly cooked greens.

15 Best Southern Pies for Thanksgiving

15 Best Southern Thanksgiving Pies  listed for your convenience in one place from gooey Toll House Chocolate Chip Pie to warm buttery Salted Caramel Apple Pie.  What is your favorite pie?  One of the classics or a new favorite... Scroll down, and  you are sure to find your favorite pie recipe for a Thanksgiving feast! Turkey often takes center stage for our Thanksgiving meal, but pies are always looming on the dessert table whistling to get our attention.  

Pumpkin Sugar Cookie Bars with Buttercream Frosting and Toffee Bits

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies,  chewy, thick, soft sugar cookie bars frosted with vanilla buttercream and sprinkled with toffee bits.  Want to know the secret to  how easy and quick they are to make? Sugar cookie bars are easy to make.  They are baked in a sheet pan or large jelly roll pan, frosted, and cut into bars.  

Almost Homemade Salted Caramel Apple Pie

Almost Homemade Salted Caramel Apple Pie , three main ingredients, flaky buttery crust, caramel apple pie filling and salted caramel topping and it is not homemade. This pie comes together in 20 minutes and takes 30-40 minutes to bake, easy and quick is what this recipe is all about. When I have the time, I love to make an apple pie from scratch, but there are days I need a quick dessert for guest coming and making an apple pie is not an option. With this apple pie, I use a few ingredients to make my life easier.

Easiest Pumpkin Filled Cinnamon Rolls

Easiest Pumpkin Filled Cinnamon Rolls , rich pumpkin puree filling rolled up in a soft dough baked and iced with an incredible brown butter frosting.    PUMPKIN PIE FILLING CINNAMON ROLLS WITH BROWN BUTTER FROSTING Fall flavors are rolled up in a soft dough that only takes 30 minutes to rise, but the magic is in the pumpkin puree and pumpkin spice in the filling.  Read below to see the secret to how all this comes together. Today, I am sharing the easiest Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls you will ever make homemade. I make these cinnamon rolls with homemade dough that has stood the test of time.