IRISH POTATO COOKIES This dough must chill before baking. 1 and ½ cups white (granulated) sugar 1 cup salted butter (½ pound, 2 sticks), softened to room temperature 3 large eggs 2 teaspoons cream of...
EASY FRUIT PIE Preheat oven to 375 degrees F., rack in the middle position. Note from Delores: I got this recipe from Jenny Hester, a new nurse at Doc Knight’s hospital. Jenny just told me that her...
Candy loved to shop and she couldn't seem to shop smiling. They'd gone out the front door of The Cookie Jar and into the next building over. There were party dresses on the mannequins in the windows,...
CREAM CHEESE PUFFS Hannah’s Note: If you’re not going to serve these right away, you can mix up the cream cheese part and refrigerate it until it’s time to spread it on the crackers. 8-ounce package...
You didn’t intend to hit him, but you did hit him and he died as a result. Unfortunately in this case, whenever that happens there are consequences.
Place the frozen hash browns in the bowl of a food processor. Use the steel blade, and process with an on-and-off motion until the potatoes are finely chopped. (If you don’t have a food processor, you...
It was the sound of something heavy striking something composed of flesh and bone. Hannah wasn’t sure how she knew that, but she did. And her blood ran cold.
Hannah! You've simply got to stop finding bodies. I swear you attract them like a magnet. If you're not careful, everyone's going to get the wrong impression of you. - Delores Swenson
GOODIE FUDGE 1 cup golden raisins (or any other dried fruit that you prefer, cut in raisin-sized pieces)*** 2 cups miniature marshmallows (I used Kraft Jet-Puffed) 1 cup chopped salted pecans (measure...
Cream of Cheat Mushroom Soup (This is one of Edna Ferguson’s recipes and she named it herself.) 2 cups chicken broth 8-ounce package sliced mushrooms (fresh, from the grocery store) with 12 perfect...
Chocolate’s not seasonal. It’s good any time of the year. Chocolate’s like oxygen. It’s elemental.
CRANBERRY SCONES Preheat oven to 425 degrees F., rack in the middle position. 3 cups all-purpose flour (pack it down in the cup when you measure it) 2 Tablespoons white (granulated) sugar 2 teaspoons...
BUTTERSCOTCH BONANZA BARS Preheat oven to 350 degrees F., rack in the middle position. ½ cup salted butter (1 stick, 4 ounces, ¼ pound) 2 cups light brown sugar*** (pack it down in the cup when you...
Might actually try to make it some night for Doc. ¼ cup salted butter (½ stick, 2 ounces, pound) 1 cup whole
Mean, you’re not actually going to the party with him! Yes, I am, Hannah confirmed
Had the time to test every single one of the great family recipes you send. Chapter
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Why were you smiling like that? Smiling like what? Like the cat that got into the cream pot.
Unless he has his own selfish interests at heart. He wants you to get so mad at Norman that you’ll fall into his arms on the rebound. Either that, or . . . Andrea faltered and Hannah stepped in with a...
There’s no way I’m going to let a slang term invented by a scroungy dope dealer spoil my friend’s cookie name.