Friday, November 17, 2017

As Always, Thankful for You!

File:Norman Rockwell Mural (Marion County, Oregon scenic images) (marDA0166).jpgMarissa and I will be off next week spending time with our families, but we wanted to let you know how thankful we are for all of you. Your encouragement and support mean a lot. Thank you for reading, commenting, and sharing our work on Nineteen Teen and our books.

You may have your holiday meal planned. Mine is. Mostly. There is a debate on how to make mashed potatoes. And I’d like to try apple compote to go with the turkey.

But if you’re up for something new, here are two recipes, the first courtesy of the mother of my wonderful critique partner and the second from author Louise M. Gouge, who is a marvelous cook and a marvelous writer of Regency-set and Western romance. 

Marilynn’s Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients:
3 sticks butter or margarine
3 cups flour
¾ cup sugar
½ tsp salt
2 cups ground nuts
Raspberry or blackberry jelly (my favorite is raspberry)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325°F. Mix all ingredients except for the jelly. Roll the dough into tbsp-sized balls, place on cookie sheet and flatten each ball with your thumb, leaving an indentation in the middle. Drop a dollop of jelly into each indentation. Bake for 20 minutes or until slightly browned. Remove cookies from the cookie sheet and cool. Makes at least 2 dozen cookies.


Whatever you end up cooking, may you have a very happy Thanksgiving! 

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