The Life of Jennifer Dawn: Best Recipes of 2015

Friday, January 1, 2016

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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25 comments:

  1. All of them look delicious! Yum!

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  2. You had me at caramel! I made some this Christmas and it was a treat that disappeared quickly. I'll give the tartlets a try next time. Thank you for sharing.

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    1. Caramel doesn't last long around my family either. Yes, I hope you do give them a try. They are delicious and can really be topped with anything--whipped cream, fruit, chocolate, and even caramel. Enjoy!

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  3. These look so yummy! Love the caramels!

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  4. Oh those Lemon Cream Cheese Tartlets - swoon! Thanks for sharing on the Creative K Kids Tasty Tuesdays Linky Party. Hope you will join us next week.

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  5. Wow, these all look amazing-- especially those caramels & the tartlets-- yum! Can definitely see why these are the most popular. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. These are some great recipes. Those popsicles look so good.

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  7. The whipped lemon cream tartlets look heavenly!

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  8. I understand why they're the best! They all look so yummy, this post made me hungry. Thanks for haring the recipes too!

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  9. Oh my these all look so delicious! I am now hungry and want to make literally all of them right this second lol. Thanks for sharing!

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  10. Most popular for a reason, they all look so good!

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  11. Oh my- it all looks so delicious! I want to try them all!! I will try to make some things from that list. Thank you so much for sharing!

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  12. These are all look delicious. I bet my wife would love this too, Especially the Strawberries

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  13. For some reason, that strawberry jam has me drooling! :)

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  14. Wow! I love all of these, they look absolutely delicious :)

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  15. Yum! I'll have to try the whipped lemon cream cheese tarts.

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  16. I'd like to whip up some caramel candy. That does sound like a tasty treat.

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  17. i can see why the apple pie popsicles would be one of the best and most popular recipes

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  18. Everything looks delicious...especially the apple pie popsicles!

    Sarah
    Flip Flops and Furs

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  19. These recipes are so delicious no wonder they made the list of best! I want to make caramel candies too!

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  20. Some of my best recipes are the results of big mistakes. I think that is why they say there really are no mistakes in the kitchen

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  21. These dishes is so yummy. I'm craving, I need to try atleast one of this.

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  22. I can see why these recipes are the best. I would love to try all the recipes.

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  23. I have always wanted to make my own caramel candies, but never tried it because I thought it would be way too difficult. I haven't grown as confident in my skillset yet. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

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