The Year in Review: 2013 on Countrified Hicks

   Two thousand and thirteen has been a great year for my blog and all of it social media connections.  On Facebook, we reached 5000 fans and the blog itself has had visits from over 134 different countries this year!  Amazing, isn't it?! And this post is my 200th post of the blog so lots of milestones are being made or met.
Here are some Top 10 lists from 2013.

Top 10 Visiting Countries

1. United States
2. Canada
3. Germany
4. Russia
5. Poland
6. France
7. United Kingdom
8. Australia
9. Iran
10. Latvia

Top 10 Most Viewed Recipes

1. How to make Homemade Bread in One hour (close to 10,000 page views this year)
2. Cooking a turkey breast in the crockpot
3. Biscuits and chocolate gravy
4. Homemade Rice-a-roni
5. Soft serve Chocolate Ice cream
6. Chocolate covered BACON
7. Oreo Fluff
8. French Toast Casserole
9. Homemade Pizza & Sauce Recipe
10. Homemade Reeses

Top 10 Most Viewed Frugal Living Posts

1. Frugal Living:  How a family of 4 live off $1300 a month (over 57,000 page views this year)
2. Homemade Fabric Softener recipe
3. Cheap flea killer for dogs
4. How we do laundry in the country
5. Homemade laundry detergent
6. Frugal living:  Waste Not
7. How to make instant oatmeal packets
8. How to save money
9. Homemade Play-Doh
10. Frugal Living Video Blog #2:  Don't waste nothin'

    What was your favorite post of mine this year?  If a post does not look familiar to you, I encourage you to go read it and see why my followers liked it so much.   Also, on the top right is a place you can sign up for my posts to come directly to your email so you never miss a post.  I encourage you to do so.  

Thank you for a great year!

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Top 10 posts from 2012

    I wanted to share with you all the Top 10 posts of 2012.  I appreciate all of my readers and could not be where I am without you all.  Without further adieu, here they are:

Top 10 Posts of 2012

1. Frugal Living: Living off of $1300 a month
2. Homemade Bread in One Hour  
3. Homemade Rice-a-Roni
4. Homemade Soft-Serve Ice Cream
5. Frugal Living:  Waste Not
6. Chocolate Covered Bacon
7. Oreo Fluff
8. Cheap Flea Killer for Dogs
9. Turkey Breast in the Crock Pot
10. Homemade Fabric Softener

Chocolate Covered Bacon Recipe

       One of my favorite party recipes is CHOCOLATE COVERED BACON.  When I first heard of this, I almost gagged but it is surprisingly delicious.  We love it.  Salty and sweet never tasted so good together.   They make great gifts and they are great to sell at bazaars and bake sales.

 

 

Chocolate covered bacon

   This recipe was a winner in a contest by Oklahoma New's Channel 6 and the Oklahoma Pork Council.  Check it out: Recipe Madness Contest.

      They are also super easy to make.  All you need is thick sliced bacon (the thicker the better), semi-sweet chocolate chips and shortening.     To begin:  place the bacon on a cookie sheet and place it in a preheated 400 degree oven.  Bake for 20 min.  You can cook it for a shorter amount of time for softer bacon but I think the crisp bacon works so much better.  Once the bacon is cooked, blot it with a paper towel to absorb the oil and remove from pan to cool.  As it cools, place the chocolate chips (1 bagful/2 c.) into a microwave safe bowl.  Add in 2 T. shortening and "nuke" for 30 seconds at a time, stirring often, until completely melted.

     Once the mixture is melted, use a pastry brush or the back side of a teaspoon to coat one side of the bacon completely.  Once that side is completely dry, turn over and coat the back side.   Package them up prettily or eat them.

    Here is how mine turned out!

Chocolate covered bacon

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This recipe was shared on the following blogs:

Carole's Chatter
Tales of a Kansas Farm Mom