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It was a delicious year and these are ten of our favorite recipes from 2022! Did any of your favorites make the list?
We're wrapping up 2022 today with our favorite recipes of the year! Earlier this week we shared The Café readers' most popular 2022 recipes here. And while we genuinely love all the recipes we share, today's post is featuring a few of our favorites.
These recipes have made it into the rotation and we will continue to make them over and over. Did any of your favorites make this list? Which recipes have made it into your rotation this year? Here's to even more delicious recipes in 2023! Happy New Year!
Ridiculously Easy Funfetti Sheet Cake
Besides being ridiculously easy (one-bowl, no mixer), this Funfetti Sheet Cake is also moist, tender, ridiculously delicious and so FUN with a magical kaleidoscope of multi-hued polka dots!
Fresh Tomatillo Avocado Salsa (Avocado Sauce and Salsa de Tomatillo Fresco con Aguacate)
One taste of this fresh, vibrant Tomatillo Avocado Salsa will have you craving it again and again. It's fabulous on tacos, enchiladas, burritos... any Mexican entree but it also makes a wonderful sandwich spread, dipping sauce for chips and/or salad dressing.
Grilled Chicken Thighs with Coconut Chili Lime Sauce
These Grilled Chicken Thighs with Coconut Chili Lime Sauce come together quickly and are loaded with fresh, vibrant FABULOUS flavor! The delicious sauce is used for basting and as a finishing sauce.
Ridiculously Easy Salted Caramel Shortbread Bites
These crazy delicious Salted Caramel Shortbread Bites look fancy but come together quickly with a one-bowl shortbread dough and the easiest caramel ever!
Sweet and Smoky Tomato Jam
Need a quick, easy appetizer? This Sweet and Smoky Tomato Jam is a wonderful gourmet condiment to have stashed in the fridge. It's fabulous with goat cheese, over cream cheese, on charcuterie and cheese boards and SO much more... as a sandwich spread (try it on grilled cheese!), on scones, biscuits, bagels, burgers, as a grilling glaze... the possibilities are endless!
Crinkly Crackly Lemon Sugar Cookies
These one-bowl, no-mixer, lemon sugar cookies have a melt-in-your-mouth texture, lots of crinkly cracks, super-crisp, sugar-coated exteriors and moist, chewy insides! There's also a burst of sunshiny lemon flavor with every bite!
French Mustard Chicken Breasts (Poulet à la Moutarde Française)
This French Mustard Chicken Breasts recipe will make you feel like a fancy chef, but it comes together quickly and can be prepped in advance. You'll want to eat the luxurious mustard sauce like it's soup!
Maple-Glazed Cranberry Pecan Bran Muffins
These Maple-Glazed Cranberry Pecan Bran Muffins are not only healthy and filling, they're SO delicious, you'll find yourself making them again and again! And it doesn't hurt that they come together quickly with one bowl and no mixer needed!
Ridiculously Easy Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Focaccia
The one-bowl, no-mixer dough for this Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Focaccia comes together in minutes with no kneading needed. Even the sleepiest heads will arise and head to the kitchen as the delicious aroma fills the house!Â
Thai Coconut Chicken Soup (Tom Kha Gai)
With super tender, melt-in-your-mouth chicken and a silky smooth sauce loaded with fresh veggies and tons of bright, fresh flavor, this Thai Coconut Chicken Soup ticks all the boxes!
Thought for the  day:
But I am not ashamed,
for I know Whom I have believed,
and I am convinced
that He is able to guard until that day
what has been entrusted to me.
2 Timothy 1:12
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