What is your favorite thing about the Holidays?
It's a time when I can
just stop doing everyday things and not feel guilty about that, plus
there's a lovely atmosphere at night around the city with loads of
lights and glitter. It's a fairy tale type atmosphere.
What inspired you to write this Christmas story?
Candle Magic just developed in my
mind after I was caught in a downpour. It was night. I was alone and
suddenly the hero, Jason, was whispering his story in my ear.
Share something Christmasy with readers: Christmas Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients
250g butter, softened
3/4 cup (155g) caster
sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
bean paste
2 cups (300g) plain
flour
1/3 cup (35g) Dutch
cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking
powder
1/2 teaspoon
bicarbonate of soda
12 small peppermint
candy canes, coarsely chopped
Chocolate icing
1 1/2 cups (230g)
icing sugar mixture
1/4 cup (30g) Dutch
cocoa powder
1/4 cup (60ml)
boiling water
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Method Notes
Step 1
Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 2 oven trays with baking paper.
Step 2
Use an electric mixer to beat the butter, sugar and vanilla
in a medium bowl until pale and creamy. Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking
powder and bicarbonate of soda and stir to combine.
Step 3
Roll tablespoonsful of mixture into balls and place on the
lined trays, allowing room for spreading. Use the palm of your hand to gently
flatten.
Step 4
Bake in preheated oven, swapping trays halfway through
cooking, for 15 minutes or until firm to the touch. Remove from oven and set
aside on trays to cool completely. Transfer biscuits on a wire rack over an
oven tray.
Step 5
To make the chocolate icing, combine the icing sugar and
cocoa in a medium bowl. Add the water and stir to a slightly runny paste.
Spread icing over each biscuit and sprinkle with chopped candy canes. Set aside
for 30 minutes to set.
When Simi finds a pretty old candlestick among the discarded props
in the company storeroom, she never imagines it will grant her dearest wish.
There’s something mysterious about the carved candlestick, but Simi is drawn to
it. She’s saved a red candle from a box she bought years ago in an antique
shop, and intends to use the candlestick to hold the last candle and make her
solitary Christmas lunch more festive. It’s Christmas Eve, there’s sleet in the
wind, Simi slips, but Jason catches her. Who is Jason? Where has he suddenly
appeared from in the night?
Simi looks into the eyes of this gorgeous man and sparks fly …
Erotic fantasy romance from Siren Publishing and Elodie Parkes
Will soon be available at:
Bookstrand ~~ Amazon ~~ Goodreads
About Elodie:
Elodie Parkes is a
British author writing romance, erotic,
contemporary, and often with a twist of
mystery, paranormal or suspense. Her books are always steamy, cool stories and
hot love scenes.
Elodie lives in
Canterbury with her two dogs. She works in an antique shop by day and writes at
night, loving the cloak of silent darkness that descends on the rural
countryside around her home.
Elodie writes for, Hot Ink Press, Moon Rose Publishing, Eternal Press, Secret Cravings, Evernight, Siren and Ra Jones Anthology
She has also released
titles as an individual indie author.
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Wow that recipe and picture look really good and yummy!
ReplyDeleteHi Elyzabeth,
ReplyDeleteThank you for inviting me to take part in TNT 12 days of Christmas :-)
with family
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