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Delicious recipes straight from the kitchens of your favorite Tule authors.

Sweet Gingery Molasses Cookies from Kris Bock’s “Accidental Billionaire Cowboys” Series!

November 16, 2023 · Posted by Tule Publishing

This is one of my favorite cookies, perfect for the cooler winter weather in the northern hemisphere. This has the usual warming spices, plus crystallized ginger for an extra kick. The characters make these cookies in The Billionaire Cowboy’s Christmas, book 1 in the Accidental Billionaire Cowboys sweet romance series. Who wouldn’t want to be a billionaire? Turns out winning the lottery causes as many problems as it solves.

Enjoy!
– Kris Bock

 

 

 

 

Gingery Molasses Cookies 

These molasses cookies get an extra kick with two kinds of ginger! Note that this recipe needs to be chilled before baking. Liquid molasses makes the cookie batter very soft. Chilling creates a firm dough. 

Ingredients:

¾ cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

¼ cup molasses

1 egg

2 cups flour 

½ teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon ginger

½ teaspoon cloves

½ cup chopped crystallized ginger

Tip: Dark molasses gives the cookies a stronger molasses flavor. Light or mild molasses provides less flavor. 

Directions:

  1. In a large bowl, mix the butter, sugar, molasses, and egg.
  2. Stir together the flour, salt, baking soda, and all spices. Pour this into the butter mixture and blend well. Stir in the crystallized ginger.
  3. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for several hours or overnight. 
  4. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray the cups of a muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray. Scoop spoonfuls of dough and roll them into 2-inch balls in your hands. Place each ball in the cup of a muffin tin.
  5. For soft, gooey cookies, bake about 10 minutes, until the edges look firm but the middle is still very soft. For crisper cookies, bake 12-14 minutes, until they look firm in the middle. 
  6. Rest the cookies in the muffin tin for five minutes. Then remove the cookies to a wire rack to finish cooling. Store in an airtight container.

 

Tip: You can also make these cookies on a regular baking sheet. They spread a lot though, so using the muffin pan results in thicker cookies.

 

In the Accidental Billionaire Cowboys series, a Texas ranching family wins a billion-dollar lottery. They’re advised to go into hiding, but they have animals needing care. They’ll have to stay and fend off envious friends, scammers, and fortune hunters. Can they build new dreams and find love amidst the chaos?

Readers say:

“I was hooked from the start. This book series just keeps getting better.” 

“Kris has created a beautiful family with special significant others. I highly recommend this book and series.” – BookBub Reviews

Kris Bock writes romance, mystery, and suspense. In the Accidental Detective series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turning fifty. The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the employees and customers at a cat café. Watch as they fall in love with each other and shelter cats. Sign up for the Kris Bock newsletter and get a free Furrever Friends novella, a printable copy of “22 recipes from the cat café” and an Accidental Detective short story, plus fun content about cats, announcements of new books, sales, and more.

Kris also writes a series with her brother, scriptwriter Douglas J Eboch, who wrote the original screenplay for the movie Sweet Home Alabama. The Felony Melanie series follows the crazy antics of Melanie, Jake, and their friends a decade before the events of the movie. Sign up for the romantic comedy newsletter to get a short story preview or find the books at all E-book retailers.

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Slay Bells Ring 7-Layer Cookies Recipe from Tess Harrison’s Briar Patch Bakery!

November 12, 2023 · Posted by Tule Publishing

Tess Harrison is a secondary character in my Wedding Bell Mysteries cozy mystery series. She owns the Briar Patch Bakery, which is across the street from (main character) Maddie Bell’s Blissful Beginnings Bridal Boutique. Every morning before Maddie opens the shop, she goes to the Briar Patch Bakery and writes two pages in her Aubrey Christiansen cozy mystery series and then has a cup of coffee with Hemlock, North Carolina’s hunky police chief Jackson Bradley. Maddie claims the chief is helping her with police procedures for her books, but people are starting to suspect that Tess’s Famous Seven Layer Cookies aren’t the only sweet the chief craves.

In real life, my grandma made Seven Layer Cookies every Christmas. I would always look forward to that wax-paper-lined holiday tin that was filled to the brim with these delicious treats. Now, I carry on this tradition and make them for my family during the holidays.

Enjoy!

– Nancy Robards Thompson

 

The Briar Patch’s Famous Seven-Layer Cookies

Ingredients: 

1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs 

1/2 cup butter melted 

1 (14-ounce) can of sweetened condensed milk  (NOT evaporated milk)

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 

1 cup butterscotch-flavored chips 

1 1/3 cups flaked coconut 

1 cup chopped nuts or for a festive look add holiday-colored sprinkles.

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees F for glass baking pan). In a small bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs and butter; mix well. Press the crumb mixture firmly in the bottom of a 13×9-inch baking pan. 

Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over the crumb/crust mixture. Layer evenly with remaining ingredients; press down firmly with a fork. 

Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Chill if desired. Cut into bars or diamonds. Store covered at room temperature or in the refrigerator.

Lara Van Hulzen Shares Her Brown Butter Snickerdoodle Cookies Recipe!

March 14, 2017 · Posted by Tule Publishing

Credit to Ambitious Kitchen for this delicious recipe!

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon of salt
  • 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter
  • 1¼ cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon plain greek yogurt
  • For rolling mixture:
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon

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Bachelor Bake-Off Author Jessica Gilmore Shares Her Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes Recipe!

March 3, 2017 · Posted by Tule Publishing

Ingredients

  • 4 large apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced. Any apple will do, a baking apple makes a moister cake, an eating one a crisper one.
  • 1 cup (225g) self raising flour – if using all purpose add the usual amounts of baking soda
  • 2 sticks (225g) softened butter
  • ½ cup golden castor sugar plus more for sprinkling
  • ½ cup soft brown sugar
  • Cinnamon
  • 4 eggs

Method

  • Preheat oven to 180 C/350 f
  • Cream the butter and sugar until smooth
  • Beat in the eggs. Fold in the flour and cinnamon smoothly. If your batter isn’t a dropping consistency, add a tablespoon of milk until it is.
  • Line the bottom of the cupcake cases with slices of apple so the bottom is covered
  • Fill each case to about ¾ full
  • Top each cake with more slices of apple
  • Mix several tablespoons of brown or golden castor sugar with a tablespoon of cinnamon
  • Sprinkle the tops of each cake
  • Bake in the oven for approximately 18 minutes. If a skewer doesn’t come away clean bake for another three-five minutes.
  • Enjoy!

An ex au-pair, bookseller, marketing manager and seafront trader, Jessica now works for an environmental charity in York. Married with one daughter, one fluffy dog and two dog-loathing cats she spends her time avoiding housework and can usually be found with her nose in a book. Jessica writes emotional romance with a hint of humour, a splash of sunshine and a great deal of delicious food – and equally delicious heroes.

Bachelor Bake-Off Author Jennifer Faye Shares Her Montana Cowboy Cookies Recipe

February 24, 2017 · Posted by Tule Publishing

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp coarse salt
  • 1 ½ cups light brown sugar
  • 2 ½ cups flour
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • ½ cup Reese’s pieces
  • ½ cup chocolate chips
  • 1 cup coarsely broken pretzels

Makes 30-32 cookies

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Add butter to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring continuously. Lower heat to simmer. Continue to stir until the butter turns a caramel shade (approx. 7-9 mins). Cool pan in a cold water bath in the sink (approx. 15 mins).
  3. Combine eggs, baking soda, coarse salt, and vanilla. Whisk together.
  4. Whisk in cooled butter.
  5. Whisk in brown sugar.
  6. Stir in flour, ½ cup at a time. Stir pretzels, chocolate chips, and Reese’s Pieces.
  7. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
  8. Using Tbsp take a well-rounded scoop of dough and place on tray. Space cookies an inch or two apart.
  9. Bake 12-13 minutes.
  10. Enjoy!

Award-winning author, Jennifer Faye pens fun, heartwarming contemporary romances with rugged cowboys, sexy billionaires and enchanting royalty. Internationally published with books translated into nine languages. She is a two-time winner of the RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award, the CataRomance Reviewers’ Choice Award, named a TOP PICK author, and been nominated for numerous other awards.

Now living her dream, she resides with her very patient husband, amazing daughter (the other remarkable daughter is off chasing her own dreams) and two spoiled cats. When she’s not plotting out her next romance, you can find her curled up with a mug of tea and a book.

Bachelor Bake-Off Author Kate Hardy Shares Her Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

February 14, 2017 · Posted by Tule Publishing

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Ingredients:

  • 2 sticks (8 oz) butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup (4 oz) white sugar
  • 1 cup (8 oz) brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 cups (about 18 oz) plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2 packets choc chips

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Cream butter and sugars until uniform. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract. Add flour and baking powder; beat until smooth. Add choc chips.
  3. For best results, refrigerate the lot for 1-2 hours.
  4. Dollop lumps of dough onto a baking tray lined with foil, leaving 2 inches between.
  5. Bake for 10-12 mins, or until golden, and allow to cool on a wire rack.

 

Kate Hardy is the award-winning author of more than 60 novels for Harlequin, Entangled and Tule Publishing.

She lives in Norwich in the east of England with her husband, two teenage children, a springer spaniel called Byron, and too many books to count. She’s a bit of a science and history nerd who loves cinema, the theatre, and baking (which is why you’ll find her in the gym five mornings a week – oh, and to ballroom dancing lessons). She loves doing research, especially if it means something hands-on and exploring. (That’s how the ballroom dancing started…)