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.