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I’m very��stoked��to participate��in the Virtual Cookie Exchange along with a group of amazing authors. Every day between December 14-23 you get a delicious cookie recipe – and a chance to enter a giveaway for TWO $25 Amazon Gift Cards!

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My��protagonists in OBSIDIAN FAITH were orphaned at an early age, however, the parents at the group home and a volunteer family fell in love with Shanice and Trevor,��who��bonded long before the opportunity for them to be adopted came along. On holidays, the Baileys and the Kyles baked cookies, among other things, but one aroma that Shanice and Trevor equate with being part of the wonderful families they each had growing up was gingerbread cookies!

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Excerpt

“You know what we should do, Trevor?”

��What?��

��We should adopt each other, since we don��t have a Mommy or Daddy.��

��Okay.�� He grinned. ��We can be like the two musketeers.��

Shanice looked confused. ��What��s a musketeer?��

��They were like these special soldiers who guarded the king of France a long time ago. Their special motto, uh, saying, was ��one for all and all for one.��

She looked more confused. ��And what does that mean?��

��They had each other��s back… looked out for each other.��

��Like we��re always going to do, right?�� She said and gave him a big smile.

��Right.��

From that day forward, in Shanice��s eyes, Trevor could do no wrong.��– OBSIDIAN FAITH, Chapter 1

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I know Brenda Bailey and Elena Kyle would’ve made��today’s recipe every Christmas for Shanice and Trevor, just as this author actually baked the ones that appear in this photo (shameless self-plug)!

Check out the recipe below!

Soft Gingerbread Cookies

SOFT GINGERBREAD COOKIES

Ingredients

2�� cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon baking soda
�� teaspoon ground cinnamon
�� teaspoon ground cloves
�� teaspoon salt
�� cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
�� cup molasses
4 tablespoons white sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in the egg, then stir in the water and molasses.
Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture.
Shape dough into 1″ (25mm) sized balls, and roll them in the remaining 4 tablespoons of sugar. (Use cookie cutters to make Christmas shapes if desired. If cookers are to be cut into shapes, the surface counter should be sprinkled with flour so when rolled, the dough doesn��t stick to the surface.)
Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes in the preheated oven.
Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Decorate as you see fit.
Store in an airtight container.

So that’s the cookie recipe… now for the giveaway!

Just name today’s recipe for a chance to win – and if you have a Pinterest account you can get bonus entries for pinning each of the recipes in the Virtual Cookie Exchange. Good luck!

CLICK THE GRAPHIC OR THE LINK TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY!

PLEASE NOTE: You won’t be able to complete certain entries until the cookie recipe for the day is posted, so be sure and check back each day for more chances to win!

**REMEMBER you won’t be able to name the cookie or pin it until the recipe posts**

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