March 2015 Wrap-Up

March cruised by, just like every month.  Here in Salt Lake the exceptionally warm weather this year has me ready for spring even earlier than usual, and I’ve been dreaming of lemon bars and Easter treats.

Before I get too carried away, though, I want to take a minute to revisit March and all the recipes I created for you.

My favorite recipe of the month was a toss up between the Crispy Kit Kat Blondies and the Chocolate Peanut Butter Magic Bars.  If I’m really forced to choose, I would say the magic bars, but know that they are in a statistical dead heat.

The Mint Crinkles appeared to by your favorite recipe this month.  I had a lot of good feedback on these cookies, since they are so easy to make and fun for St. Patrick’s Day.

	Mint Crinkles The Cookie of the Month for March, these simple cake mix cookies are flavored with mint and rolled in powdered sugar.
	5 SEO Tips & Tricks for Food Bloggers A departure from my normal dessert recipes, this post is for my food-blogging friends, who might benefit from a little knowledge.
	Skittles Soda This might be the easiest recipe I have ever made.  And one of the most fun!  My kids loved making their sodas different colors and flavors!
	Lemon Thumbprints These lemon cookies gave me a very good excuse to make a delicious jar of lemon curd!
	Carrot Cake Cookies These babies are filled with the Carrot Cake flavor M&M’s! They are a fun choice for the Easter season.
	Blood Orange Scones When blood oranges are in season, one must bake with them. These buttermilk scones really hit the spot!
	Crispy Kit Kat Blondies Chocolate chips and Kit Kat bars are not the only things that give these bars their interest.  They are also made crispy with the help of some crisp rice cereal.
	Chocolate Peanut Butter Magic Bars Chocolate Peanut Butter Day was really fun to celebrate with these easy to make, soft and gooey bars!
	Sparkling Blackberry Limeade When regular old limeade isn’t good enough, throw some blackberries in that baby!

Curious to know what’s coming up in April?  Cheesecake.  The easy kind.  And more recipes using sweetened condensed milk. And a new Cookie of the Month. And a few other fun surprises.

I mean, I can’t give everything away, can I?

And have we connected on Pinterest yet?  Because we totally should.

The winner of the March Cookie of the Month giveaway is Allison S!  Thanks for sharing these on my Facebook page, Allison!  Allison said this about the cookies…  “We loved these cookies! I made them because they were easy and I had all of the ingredients, but I think they’ll be a staple around here. My 7 year old said, “I think these are my favorite cookies ever!”

See you in April, folks!