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Go to layout in your blog settings, add new gadget, select "HTML/Javascript" paste the following code:

<div id="hlrpsa">

<script src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/recent-posts-with-snippets.js">

</script>

<script>

var numposts = 5;var showpostdate = false;var showpostsummary = true;var numchars = 100;var standardstyling = true;

</script>

<script src="http://YOUR BLOG URL.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&amp;alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=showrecentposts">

</script></div>

<noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript!</noscript>

<style type="text/css">

#hlrpsa a {color: #0B3861; font-size: 13px;} #rpdr {background: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuNYzcMwc_iEL1b377lm7C95x_N-cMSHDfAFIFQWx33ml7z6MmG5RLooLVr0d-DnN1yuqYD6DOFX65AVi8165V-6lKrzsix0sILOFB7acXu0GxKchwRFUFPy4EpAe54Td6KWXVLxfLtZH/s1600/blogger.png) 0px 0px no-repeat; padding: 1px 0px 0px 19px; height:14px; margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px;line-height:14px;}

#rpdr, #rpdr a {color:#808080;}

#hlrpsa { color: #999999; font-size: 11px; margin-top:-10px; padding-bottom:10px;}

.hlrps a {font-weight:bold; }

.hlrpssumm {}

</style>

Replace "YOUR BLOG URL" in the code