Year in Review: Treats and Baking

This was quite the year for treats around here. Last week I did a cupcake round up, and now here are all the other sweet and delicious treats I blogged about over 2013. I definitely had a lot of fun baking, sharing, and eating these treats!

2013 My Adorable Small Town Life Treats and Baking Round Up
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Quick Treats

Single Serving Peanut Butter Cup

Single Serving Chocolate Patties

Emergency Cookies

Mug Cake

Cakes

Rainbow Cake

Mom's 65th Birthday Cake

Cake Try Outs

Slivered Almond Cake

Fudge

Oreo Cookie Fudge

Reese's Fudge

Salted Butterscotch Fudge

Cookies, Cake pops, Squares, Pies, and Buns

D20 Dice Cookies

Decorated Gingerbread

Pumpkin Pie

Colourful Cake Pops

Valentine's Cake Pops

Halloween Cake Pops

No Bake Treats

Oreo Cake Squares

Spring Oreo Truffles

Peanut Butter Ball

Cinnamon Sticky Buns

'Tis the Season

I had some leftover sprinkles sitting on my baking shelf and I needed to put them on something chocolate. I always have a cake mix (or seven) lying around, so of course it had to be cupcakes. Plus reflecting on all my cupcakes from the this past year really got me craving one (or three).

Mmmmm....Christmas cupcakes....

Spinach Dip #FoodPicFriday

I haven't met too many dips I didn't like. Whether I'm dipping chips, pretzels, veggies, or pumpernickel bread, if the dip has sour cream and/or mayo in it, it's probably a winner.

Mom makes the classic spinach dip, that was originally served in a hollowed out pumpernickel loaf and was a hit at so many parties. This is that dip, but in a less edible bowl, and with more taco chips. Equally good.

Relaxing into the Holidays

Our freezer seems to be full of things that turn into hearty home cooked meals. Tonight we had a one-pot-meal roast chicken and it was filling and festive.

While the chicken was cooking, I looked through the grocery store flyers to see what their last minute Christmas sales were. There was nothing that would tempt me to brave the crowds (or the weather) this weekend, and I'm happy to say we have everything we need until after the holiday. If we realize we missed something over the next few days, we will just have to manage without it.

A snow storm is supposed to hit this weekend, and if you're looking for me, I'm going to be happily inside with the cat and a good book.

Christmas Cactus - December 2013

Our Christmas Cactus started blooming on December 9th. There are currently about ten buds in various states of growth so I expect there will be some blooms for Christmas. Nice and festive.

Always love it when the Christmas Cactus is blooming. At 60+ years old, this guy shows no signs of stopping, and gets bigger and stronger with each passing year.