#Welcome2012

Homemade Eggnog & Peppermint Bark

Thanks to the hard work by Sanjeeta kk at Lite Bite we have another blog hop! This virtual party is all about celebrating the New Year & reminiscing about 2011.

2011 was a big year for BigFatBaker.

Looking back, I accomplished a lot more than I ever anticipated. I was able to reach a few personal goals, and I am ready for what 2012 has to offer.

Some of my biggest recipes of the year were things I wouldn’t have ever thought I would make. (for example…pink cheesecake)

But I’m glad I did. And I’m glad I was able to share them with you.

So looking at the year, these pages turned out to be my top 9 recipes.

top10 fondant 1  #Welcome2012 top10 rasp curd 2 #Welcome2012 top10 twix 3 #Welcome2012
top10 rvwhoopie pies 4 #Welcome2012 top10 vanilla 5 #Welcome2012 top10 poptart 6 #Welcome2012
top10 pvcheesecake 7 #Welcome2012 top10 3 berry pie 8 #Welcome2012 top 10 eggnogbark 9 #Welcome2012

 What was your favorite recipe of the year?

This year I also had the chance to meet and start connecting with people through Twitter.

There are so many people I would like to list.. I can think of 20 people off the top of my head that I would love to meet and have coffee with on any day.

But these are some of the most influential & impressive people that I met through Twitter that I feel deserve special attention (in no particular order):

@NutmegNanny@Gingerbreadbagels

@Chowandchatter@Nella22

@Thatskinnychick@Rvank

@Jaxies@Bakerstreet29

@CreateCooking@Thebravetart

Homemade Eggnog & Peppermint Bark {Holiday Recipe Club}

Holiday Recipe Club

Welcome to another installment for the Holiday Recipe Club! This time we all were required to use peppermint, eggnog or gingerbread. Interested in joining the Holiday Recipe Club? Contact me here!

This post was particularly challenging for me.

I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with any one of the flavors required.

My first thought was gingerbread scones or gingerbread cupcakes. I even got as far as putting them on my to do list!

But for some reason I never got around to making anything… Then I stumbled upon this gorgeous post on Simple Bites, written by Elizabeth from Guilty Kitchen.

Labelled eggnog  Homemade Eggnog & Peppermint Bark {Holiday Recipe Club}

Homemade eggnog sounded amazing. I have had the stuff you can buy at the store (which I totally love!) but this would be a whole new adventure.

And for no reason needed, I added booze. I highly recommend you do too! 

After I made, photographed, and consumed the eggnog I decided to add something else to my Holiday Recipe Club post.

That amazing idea was peppermint bark. If you know anything about the holidays you know peppermint bark is the ultimate holiday item.

peppermint bark 1 Homemade Eggnog & Peppermint Bark {Holiday Recipe Club}But it is so easy to make – now you can avoid the treacherous mall! Homemade peppermint bark makes a great gift for neighbors, teachers and even the UPS man (he did bring you all those cookies and presents, after all).

On to the eats….

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