My sweet friend and fabulously talented food blogger, Deeba at Passionate About Baking, invited me to participate in the My 7 Links project that’s been making the rounds on the net recently. The goal of My 7 Links is to share long but not forgotten blog posts that deserve to see the light of day again.
Thanks Deeba for the invitation. It was fun taking a look back at some of my favorite posts. I hope you’ll have fun revisiting My 7 Links too.
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Most Beautiful Post – Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta and Florentine Cookies
I thought the heart shaped Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta and Florentine Cookies I made last year for Valentine’s Day was one of my prettiest posts. Panna Cotta is a smooth, creamy, sensual dessert perfect for Valentine’s Day.
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Most Popular Post – Overnight Monkey Bread
The Overnight Monkey Bread that I made for Christmas morning is by far my post popular post. The great thing about Monkey Bread is that you get the best part of a cinnamon roll, the ooey, gooey middle in every bite.
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Most Controversial Post – Baked Cherry French Toast
Fortunately, I don’t have many controversial posts. Occasionally someone will comment that they don’t like an ingredient I’ve used, such as butter vs. margarine, oils, or shortening. There is also some controversy about agave nectar which I personal love and used in my Baked Cherry French Toast.
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Most Helpful Post – Perfect Pie Crust Tutorial
My pie crust tutorial is my most helpful post. I took pictures of each step so it’s easy to see what the dough should look like at each stage. My readers were also kind enough to share their pie crust tips in the comments.
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A Post Whose Success Surprised You – Candy Corn Macarons
Candy Corn Macarons was a fun post that I did last year for MacTweets. Candy corn just seems to make people smile. There have been many candy corn roundups both this year and last year that included my colorful Candy Corn Macs.
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A Post You Feel Didn’t Get The Attention It Deserved – Crushed Lemon Drop Cookie
My Over The Top Lemon Drop Cookie is the best lemon cookie I’ve ever tasted. It’s a sweet, but lemon-bar-tart cookie that is tender and just a little chewy. Crushed lemon drops are mixed in the batter and then it’s frosted with a lemon glaze for a double burst of lemon flavor.
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The Post That I’m Most Proud Of – Snickerdoodle Bread
I created Snickerdoodle Bread to sell at The Great American Bake Sale. Like a Snickerdoodle cookie, it has a crispy cinnamon sugar topping with a sweet, buttery interior and it’s studded with creamy cinnamon chips. I also transformed it into a reduced fat Snickerdoodle Snack Cake recipe and baked it in New York at the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! HolidayBake-Off.
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My 7 Links participants can invite up to five more bloggers to participate. I decided to invite five great Utah food bloggers who I’m lucky to know personally. My nominated bloggers are:
Tiffany, Food Finery
Becky, Vintage Mixer
Maria, Two Peas and Their Pod
Dara, Cookin’ Canuck
Kelley, Mountain Mama Cooks
Thanks Katie for starting the My 7 Links project. Looking back always helps focus where you want to go in the future.
Kitchen Belleicious
to say my mom is obsessed with candy corns would be an understatement. She is coming here in two weeks to stay with grant while we head to new york for a wedding and I am going to surprise her by making those candy corn macaroons. She is going to be in heaven. Thank you for that wonderful recipe gift today! I love all your linkys but that snickerdoodle bread is amazing!
Monet
Everything looks delicious, but I’m especially smitten with that monkey bread! What a great way to start the day. Thank you for sharing with me! I’m so glad I visited you tonight. I’m smiling and my stomach is growling. Best wishes from Austin!
Alison @ Ingredients, Inc
awesome post as usual! love all of these recipes!
Arlene
The first time I’ve seen “the 7 posts” and I enjoyed yours tremendously.
cindy
Wow! So many great posts, your blog is full of goodness. I’ll try the lemon drop cookies soon. Cookies are easy to share. I enjoy every post Barbara, you inspire me to try new, maybe more difficult recipes.
Have a great weekend.
ButterYum
Excellent post – I’m pinning several of your links. Dying over that amazing monkey bread – no wonder it’s your most popular post!
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ButterYum
Francisca Amenábar
I loved all the links you choose.
Greetings
My Inner Chick
—B.
So lovely.
I am making that “Monkey Bread” very soon 🙂
My ass thanks you. xx
Claire @ Claire K Creations
What a wonderful little trip back in time. Your Valentine’s day panacotta is gorgeous. I’ve been nominated to do this too… really better get onto it!
Barbara | Creative Culinary
Oops…was just reminded that I was someone’s pick…she said no rush and good thing but this sounds fun and a great way to re-connect with some great foods. Love yours!
Becky at VintageMixer
I loved reading through your seven picks! There were some that I hadn’t seen before that I’ll have to try… like the lemon drop cookies!! And I really need to try your monkey bread recipe!
Paula
Lovely recap of some of your posts (all of which are wonderful by the way) Absolutely love your photography but the candy corn macs and the vanilla bean panna cotta are just too pretty for words.
Libby
Monkey Bread – So simple to do and yet many forget about it. I found a recipe for it years and years ago except it was called Cinnamon Bubble Loaf. Thanks for the roundup 😉
Delishhh
Just awesome – that monkey bread looks to die for. Very nice!
Lori
I love that you did this. So many of posts need another day in the sun to really shine, and all of yours are spectacular! The panna cotta post is so pretty and it’s like the poster child for your site: all of the colors go together!
Deeba Rajpal (@vindee)
I ♥ your post Barbara, and am in virtual love with that absolutely whimsical looking panna cotta. Just beautiful. I remember your fab candy cane macs, ooooh and the Monkey Bread! Well posted Gf…am so glad you had fun diving back into your posts.
Megan
I’ve seen the 7 link party on a few blogs and it looks like a lot of fun. Some great links here and I’m still wanting to make that monkey bread!
Rocky Mountain Woman
I just love this! Need to go check out those Utah bloggers!!! y
BreAna {Sugar and Spice and All Things Iced}
These posts are awesome! Since I am relatively new to your blog, some of these were completely new to me. I could spend all day looking and dreaming about your beautiful creations. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your 7 links. 🙂
Rosa
I had a lot of pleasure reading your post! Every recipe looks fabulous. I particularly like the monkey bread, macarons and snickerdoodle bread.
Cheers,
Rosa