December 2014 - Flick of the Whisk

Another year over? Time does fly when you’re having fun (and extremely busy moving, taking care of a husband and a puppy, or starting a new job!). This year I gave the blog a new look, tried some more adventurous things and learned so much. Mac and Cheese recipes were a favorite of not only yours, but mine too!

Here are the most popular recipes of 2014, ending with your favorite recipe of the year! What did you lovlies enjoy most? Let me tell you, I really enjoyed looking through the Best of 2014 recipes while writing this post- they are good ones! Here are the Top 10 recipes of 2014…

10. Huevos Rancheros

9. Loaded Oreo Cookie Bars

8. Perfect Peanut Butter Blondies

7. Greek Yogurt Shells and Cheese

6. Simple Roasted Tomato Salsa

5. French Onion Bruschetta

4. Deep Dark Chocolate Cake with Salted Chocolate Frosting

3. Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

2. Hilary’s Blueberry Muffins

and your favorite recipe of 2014 is…

1. John Legend’s Mac and Cheese

This list just makes me smile to remember a year full of kitchen adventures. Here’s to 2015 and another year! I wonder what new recipes it will bring? Happy New Year everyone!

I cannot believe that it’s already December. This year seems to have gone even faster than the one before, and it has been just as crazy and fun and, more recently, exhausting. Yet I’ve always found that life is always better when the temperature drops, you’re surrounded by friends and family, and you have a crumble for dessert.

I guess some of you might say this isn’t a crumble, it’s a crisp or maybe even a cobbler, but I guess it depends your geographical loyalties. According to The Kitchn, a cobbler has a biscuit-like topping while the lines between crisps and crumbles are more blurred. Some purists may say that if the topping has oats in it, it’s a crisp, but I like oats, and I call this a crumble.

This Apple and Blackberry Crumble is perfectly suited for chilly winter nights. Warm, cinnamon scented apples and juicy blackberries topped with with a crispy, crunchy streusel topping makes the perfect combination of calm inducing comfort and full on flavor. The best part: smothering it all with warm, vanilla speckled custard. This dessert is reason enough to gladly wave goodbye to the summer months.