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Shortbread cookies from the book The Body in the Basement by Katherine Hall Page.Ingredients
1/4 ts Salt
1 c Unsalted butter
1/2 c Dark brown sugar
2 c Flour
1/2 ts Baking Powder
1 c Finely chopped walnuts or
Original recipe makes 36 Servings
Preparation
Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder together and set aside. Cream the butter until soft and gradually add the sugar. Add the flour mixture a little at a time and mix well. Refrigerate for one hour. Divide the dough in half and keep one portion in the refrigerator while rolling out the other to approximately 1/4" thickness. (The dough gets soft quickly.) Sprinkle the dough with the nuts and gently press them in with the rolling pin. Cut into 1-1/2" squares. Prick with a fork and place the squares on an ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with the rest of the dough. Bake until golden brown, approximately 15 minutes in a preheated 350F oven. Makes 6 dozen squares.
Believe it or not I didnt snack through the readathon. Trying to watch what I eat.
I did not make these today -- I wish! But I have made them before.
Favorite recipe from Caught Breadhanded by Ellie AlexanderTomato-Orange Soup
1/2 cup butter
1 medium onion
10 fresh tomatoes (or two cans of diced tomatoes 14.5 oz)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon fresh rosemary
1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme
1 cup of fresh orange juice (or chopped ginger - my substitution)
3/4 cup of half and half
Perfect for chilly days
Title: Chocolate Comfort Cookies[Note: The Grilling Season - A Culinary Mystery - © 1997 Diane Mott Davidson]
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 2 Dozen
1 c Hazelnuts,Chopped
2 c Semisweet Chocolate Chips-Nestle's Mega-Morsels
1/2 c Cranberries,Sun-Dried
1 c Unsalted Butter,Softened
1 c Granulated Sugar
1 3 oz Cream Cheese,Softened
1 Egg
2 T Milk
2 oz Unsweetened Chocolate -Best-Quality,Melted
1 1/2 t Vanilla
2 T All Purpose Flour,High -Altitude 2¼ Cups Total
1/2 t Baking Powder
1/2 t Salt
1/4 c Dutch-Processed Cocoa
1 c Marshmallow Cream
Preheat oven to 325°F. Spread nuts on an ungreased cookie sheet and
roast for 7 to 12 minutes, or until they are lightly browned and some
skins have loosened. Set aside to cool.
Butter 2 cookie sheets. In a large bowl, combine the chocolate chips,
cranberries, and cooled nuts; set aside. In another large bowl, beat
together the butter, sugar, cream cheese, and egg until very creamy and
smooth. Beat in milk, melted chocolate, and vanilla. Soft together the
flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa, then add to the butter mixture.
Blend in the marshmallow cream, stirring until thoroughly combined. Add
the chips, cranberries, and nuts. Stir until well mixed. Batter will be
thick.
Using a ¼-cup measure of a 4-tablespoon ice cream scoop, measure out
batter and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets, putting no more than
6 cookies per sheet. Bake 13 to 17 minutes, until puffed and cooked
through. Cool on sheet 1 minute; transfer to wire racks to cool
completely.
Brooke wrote: "Ronnie wrote: "Hour 23 Challenge. Post a picture of a snack that helped you throughout the readathon or a favorite recipe from a cozy mystery book!
Today I made Jenn McKinlay's ..."
Sounds yummy
Brooke wrote: "I'm going to have to go with the Chewy Coconut Cranberry Cookies from Joanne Fluke's Gingerbread Cookie Murder. They are a favorite at my house!"Yummy
Catherine wrote: "Shortbread cookies from the book The Body in the Basement by Katherine Hall Page.Ingredients
1/4 ts Salt
1 c Unsalted butter
1/2 c Dark brown sugar
2 c Flour
1/2 ts..."
yummy
Debbie wrote: "Believe it or not I didnt snack through the readathon. Trying to watch what I eat."Debbie,
I almost forgot to eat because I was busy with #saveourcozies #readathon. I missed a few hours this morning when we went out for brunch.
Catherine wrote: "I did not make these today -- I wish! But I have made them before."Catherine,
did you like them?
Apple Spice Cupcakes from Krista Davis's The Diva Frost A Cupcake! I made these a few weeks ago and they were gone before the end of the day! I love to bake so I have made multiple recipes from books! My next goal is to get them all in a recipe book so I don't have to hunt down the book to find the recipe!
Debbie wrote: "Ohhh!! I love shortbread cookies"Me too!
Kathleen wrote: "Title: Chocolate Comfort Cookies[Note: The Grilling Season - A Culinary Mystery - © 1997 Diane Mott Davidson]
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 2 Dozen
1 c Hazelnuts,Chopped
2 c Semisweet Chocolate..."
yummy
Brooke wrote: "Ronnie wrote: "Hour 23 Challenge. Post a picture of a snack that helped you throughout the readathon or a favorite recipe from a cozy mystery book!
Today I made Jenn McKinlay's ..."
Ronnie these look so good! I have barely had time to think let alone bake!
Terri wrote: "Apple Spice Cupcakes from Krista Davis's The Diva Frost A Cupcake! I made these a few weeks ago and they were gone before the end of the day! I love to bake so I have made multiple recipes from boo..."sounds delicious!
I also didn't snack at all today. In fact, I didn't eat enough food or drink enough water or coffee. My mind was so busy and my hands going all the time when I wasn't reading that I totally forgot to eat and wasn't hungry. Lovely Being on a major long term diet made reading all of Joanne Fluke's books, one after another, really difficult. I would be salivating at her descriptions of the goodies and the recipes that were so clearly easy to prepare with easy to obtain ingredients. I didn't make anything, I never tried any of them, I didn't copy any of them out. I suppose I could just find one of the books and open at any recipe and type it out because boy they all seemed good. I've read a lot of cozies with recipes but these were the only ones that I felt I could actually make myself and I have never baked a thing in my life.
Yes, the shortbread cookies are very good! They're very rich. If you cut them into small pieces like the directions say they are perfect. I've made them a few times.
Catherine wrote: "Yes, the shortbread cookies are very good! They're very rich. If you cut them into small pieces like the directions say they are perfect. I've made them a few times."The shortbread sounds perfect!
I can not post a picture but my Vegemite Bagel Chips.
Shelley wrote: "I can not post a picture but my Vegemite Bagel Chips."Is it a recipe from one of the cozies? Or your recipe?
Ronnie wrote: "Terri wrote: "Brooke wrote: "Ronnie wrote: "Hour 23 Challenge. Post a picture of a snack that helped you throughout the readathon or a favorite recipe from a cozy mystery book!
Today I made [aut..."
Ronnie,
Way to go! I got 70 pages since I could not do vlog hour so I read
instead.
I didnt make anything, but i did have a chocolate shake!
Stephanie wrote: "I didnt make anything, but i did have a chocolate shake!"yummy
I have hypoglycemia so I cannot eat sugar. Sad but true I gave up all sugar a while ago. I ate a organic greens salad with a Boca burger grilled and cooked white beans for dinner with Thyme, garlic and pepper. and will put them on more greens. Then I grilled Brussels Sprouts with lemon, pepper, and olive oil.
Lexie wrote: "I have hypoglycemia so I cannot eat sugar. Sad but true I gave up all sugar a while ago. I ate a organic greens salad with a Boca burger grilled and cooked white beans for dinner with Thyme, garlic..."yummy
Diana wrote: "Shelley wrote: "I can not post a picture but my Vegemite Bagel Chips."Is it a recipe from one of the cozies? Or your recipe?"
Diana No I didn't make them they are a snack you can buy in Australia. I love my Vegemite :)
This a link so you can see and read about them http://ausfoodnews.com.au/2015/10/21/...
It's hot here in Florida, so you can't beat a cold juicy watermelon!
Elizabeth wrote: "It's hot here in Florida, so you can't beat a cold juicy watermelon!"yummy
Shelley wrote: "Diana wrote: "Shelley wrote: "I can not post a picture but my Vegemite Bagel Chips."Is it a recipe from one of the cozies? Or your recipe?"
Diana No I didn't make them they are a snack you can b..."
awesome
Ronnie wrote: "Lexie wrote: "I have hypoglycemia so I cannot eat sugar. Sad but true I gave up all sugar a while ago. I ate a organic greens salad with a Boca burger grilled and cooked white beans for dinner with..."Ronnie and Lexie,
Salads are among my favorites too.
No pictures because it was before I had a digital camera, but the only recipe I ever tried from a book was Frosted Ginger Snaps from one of Diane Mott Davidson's Goldy Schulz books. I even forget which book the recipe was in. I enjoyed the cookies, but found the recipe was a lot of work for something that was not as good as I thought they would be. I haven't tried any other recipes from cozies or cozy mystery blogs/sites. Maybe it's time to find one to try.
Lynn wrote: "No pictures because it was before I had a digital camera, but the only recipe I ever tried from a book was Frosted Ginger Snaps from one of Diane Mott Davidson's Goldy Schulz books. I even forget w..."you will find one to try :-)
Diana wrote: "Shelley wrote: "Diana wrote: "Shelley wrote: "I can not post a picture but my Vegemite Bagel Chips."Is it a recipe from one of the cozies? Or your recipe?"
Diana No I didn't make them they are a..."
Diana are Australian by any chance? :D
Ronnie wrote: "Shelley wrote: "I can not post a picture but my Vegemite Bagel Chips."I think that's the most Australian snack I've ever heard of!"
I know right and boy are they yummy. I wish all of you could taste them.
Ronnie wrote: "Karen-Leigh wrote: "I also didn't snack at all today. In fact, I didn't eat enough food or drink enough water or coffee. My mind was so busy and my hands going all the time when I wasn't reading th..."You have no idea how hard I resisted the attempt at baking but diet means I couldn't eat what I baked and my goal is to resist temptation :-)
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I cannot post a picture of it.