Sweets & Treats for Someone Special
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If the thought of cooking a romantic meal or baking a sweet treat for your true love makes you tingly all over, then have we have a gift for you.
Love is in the air...and kitchen! Sweets and Treats for Someone Special is your go-to recipe book for entertaining on Valentine’s Day, hosting bridal showers and engagement parties, or celebrating that special event with your true love. Written by fourteen proficient and prolific authors, of various ages and genres, the included recipes offer a wide variety of mouth-watering treats, indulgences, and meals to satisfy your loved ones’ cravings and desires.
Compiled by Sloane Taylor and designed by mother-daughter duo HL Carpenter, the included recipes offer a wide variety of mouth-watering treats, indulgences, and meals to satisfy your loved ones’ cravings and insatiable hunger.
So why not have your just desserts? Literally. You’ve got nothing to lose and sultry memories to gain when you download Sweets and Treats for Someone Special. There’s a recipe for even the fussiest lover in your life. Give yourself a gift during the season of love with a sensual cookbook from fourteen writers who would love nothing more than to share their favorite recipes, and fulfill your deepest desires. Bon Appetit!
Sloane Taylor
Award-Winning author Sloane Taylor is a sensual woman who believes humor and sex are healthy aspects of our everyday lives and carries that philosophy into her books. She writes sexually explicit romances that takes you right into the bedroom. Being a true romantic, all her stories have a happy ever after. Her books are set in Europe where the men are all male and the North American women they encounter are both feminine and strong. They also bring more than lust to their men’s lives. Taylor was born and raised on the Southside of Chicago. Studly, her mate for life, and Taylor now live in a small home in Indiana and enjoy the change from city life. She is an avid cook and posts new recipes on her blog http://sloanetaylor.blogspot.com/ every Wednesday. The recipes are user friendly, meaning easy. Taylor currently has five erotic romance books released by Toque & Dagger Publishing with more releasing in the near future.
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Sweets & Treats for Someone Special - Sloane Taylor
Almond candy
C.D. Hersh
1 cup butter or margarine
1¼ cup sugar
¾ cup slivered almonds
6 oz. chocolate chips
Melt butter in 3 qt. pan. Stir in sugar and nuts. Turn heat to high. Cook 5 minutes stirring rapidly till it turns dark and burps smoke.
Pour into greased 9 x 13-inch pan and then spread evenly.
Sprinkle on chocolate chips. When melted, spread smooth.
Chill and cut into pieces.
Putting words and stories on paper is second nature to co-authors C.D. Hersh. They've written separately since they were teenagers and discovered their unique, collaborative abilities in the mid-90s. As high school sweethearts and husband and wife, they believe in true love and happily ever after. They look forward to many years of co-authoring and book sales, and a lifetime of happily-ever-after endings on the page and in real life.
Learn more about C.D. Hersh on their website and blog. Stay connected on Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads.
Coconut Ice
Vonnie Hughes
3 breakfast cups (mugs) white sugar
1 oz. butter
¾ breakfast cup (mug) desiccated coconut*
½ breakfast cup (mug) milk
Pinch of salt
Coloring if wanted
Put all the ingredients except the coloring into a saucepan and boil for 10 minutes.
Add coloring.
Beat until thick. This won't take long, it sets quickly.
Pour into a greased tin and mark into squares.
*Dried coconut may be substituted if desiccated isn't available.
Vonnie Hughes is a multi-published author in both Regency books and contemporary suspense. Vonnie was born in New Zealand, but she and her husband now live happily in Australia. If you visit Hamilton Gardens in New Zealand be sure to stroll through the Japanese Garden. There is a bronze plaque engraved with a haiku describing the peacefulness of that environment. The poem was written by Vonnie.
Learn more about Vonnie on her website and blog. Stay connected on Facebook and Goodreads.
CHOCOLATE COCONUT SQUARES
Chris Pavesic
These treats mirror the taste of a mass-produced candy bar while at the same time being made with simple ingredients. My family likes a bittersweet chocolate with a high amount of cacao, but you can use whatever type of chocolate you like the best. These pair exceptionally well with a dish of homemade vanilla ice cream.
6 oz. sweetened condensed milk
1 tbsp. vanilla
⅛ tsp. salt
2 cups powdered sugar
14 oz. sweetened shredded coconut
Extra butter to coat the foil
Line an 8 x 8-inch straight edged pan with tinfoil, overlap the edges, and lightly coat with butter.
In a mixing bowl, combine condensed milk, vanilla, and salt. Stir in the sugar, 1 cup at a time, until you have a smooth mixture. Mix in coconut until thoroughly coated and combined. Pour mixture into prepared pan and press in to an even layer using your hands or rubber spatula lightly coated with butter.
Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, until firm enough to cut in to squares.
When the mixture has set, lift from the pan by the foil. Peel the foil off and place on a cutting board. Cut in to strips then cut in to squares.
Pop the squares back into the refrigerator. Keep refrigerated until ready to coat.
COATING
16 oz. bittersweet chocolate or1 bag chocolate chips
2 tbsp. butter, melted
Heat a double boiler until the water begins to simmer. Add chocolate to top pan. Stir every so often until melted. Add butter. Stir until chocolate and butter are completely blended. The chocolate will thin and be shiny.
Use a fork to dip each square into the chocolate. Let excess drip off.
Place the dipped bars on a wax paper lined baking sheet. Allow them to sit until chocolate sets. Store at room temperature or refrigerate.
Chris Pavesic writes fantasy and lives in the Midwestern United States. She loves Kona coffee, steampunk, fairy tales, and all types of speculative fiction. Between writing projects, Chris can most often be found reading, gaming, gardening, working on an endless list of DIY household projects, or hanging out with friends.
Learn more about Chris on her website and blog. Stay connected on Facebook, and Twitter.
FATHER KNOWS BEST PEANUT BRITTLE
Sharon Ledwith
This wonderful peanut brittle has a WOW factor that adds to any celebration. Give as gifts or enjoy with family and friends. This recipe is a sure-fire crowd-pleaser! Make sure you have all the ingredients measured and ready to go, as it requires you to react quickly between steps.
1 cup white sugar
½ cup light corn syrup
¼ tsp. salt
¼ cup water
1 cup peanuts
2 tbsp. butter, softened
1 tsp. baking soda
Candy thermometer
Grease a large cookie sheet. Set aside.
Bring sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water to a boil in a heavy 2 quart saucepan set over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Stir in peanuts.
Set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300°F (150°C).
Remove from heat. Immediately stir in butter and baking soda. Pour at once onto cookie sheet. With two forks, lift and pull peanut mixture into rectangle 14 x 12-inches. Allow to cool.
SNAP candy into pieces and enjoy!
Sharon Ledwith is the author of the middle-grade/YA time travel series The Last Timekeepers and a teen psychic series Mysterious Tales From Fairy Falls. When not writing, researching, or revising, she enjoys reading, exercising, anything arcane, and an occasional dram of scotch. Sharon lives a serene, yet busy, life in a southern tourist region of Ontario, Canada, with her hubby, one spoiled yellow Labrador and a moody calico cat.
Learn more about Sharon on her website and blog. Stay connected on Facebook and Twitter, Google+, and Goodreads.
FUDGE
Sara Daniel
In February romantics, conformists, and panicked spouses converge on florists and chocolate shops. So for that personal touch, step away from the candy aisle and pick up the kitchen spatula to make that special someone a pan of homemade fudge any time of the year.
7 oz. marshmallow creme
1½ cups sugar
⅔ cup evaporated milk
¼ cup butter
¼ tsp. salt
2 cups milk chocolate chips