Celia’s Holiday Spritz Cookies
Cookies are one of my favorite,
sweet indulgences for the holidays. My
family makes spritz cookies every December. Delicious! Here’s my mother’s
recipe. Enjoy!
sweet indulgences for the holidays. My
family makes spritz cookies every December. Delicious! Here’s my mother’s
recipe. Enjoy!
3/4 cup regular sugar (some
recipes call for “powdered”, but mom swears by regular!)
recipes call for “powdered”, but mom swears by regular!)
1 cup margarine, or butter, or
shortening (mom uses shortening; I use butter. Both are delish.)
shortening (mom uses shortening; I use butter. Both are delish.)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. In a bowl, mix together
margarine (or butter or shortening), sugar, vanilla, and egg until fairly
fluffy.
margarine (or butter or shortening), sugar, vanilla, and egg until fairly
fluffy.
3. Stir in flour, salt, baking
powder.
powder.
4. Optional: separate dough into
bowls, add food dye of your choosing.
bowls, add food dye of your choosing.
5. Fill cookie press; press dough
onto ungreased cookie sheets.
onto ungreased cookie sheets.
6. Bake for 12 - 15 minutes.
7. Remove from sheet and cool on
cookie rack.
cookie rack.
8. Eat. All. The. Cookies!
Under A Mating Moon
Black Hills Wolves
Book 27
Celia Breslin
Genre: paranormal romance
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Date of Publication: September 18, 2015
ISBN: 9781613338940
ASIN: B0148W4RHW
Number of pages: 114
Word Count: 32,200
Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde
Book Description:
British Alpha wolf Jake Matthews spends his days among humans, pursuing a lucrative music career and avoiding his pack’s politics. When his current DJ tour takes him to the US, he stops in Los Lobos to visit family, and runs into the one Wolf he never wants to see again—the mate who rejected his claim.
While visiting her brother in Los Lobos, free-spirited Lexi Luparell is shocked to encounter the Wolf she’d denied when they were teens. Now she must face her guilt for the cruel way she spurned him all those years ago, make amends, and admit the truth. Jake was right all along—they’re meant to mate.
Lexi would love to explore the mate concept and her overwhelming attraction to virile, alpha Wolf Jake, but he wants nothing to do with her. How can she break down his defenses when she’s the reason he built them in the first place?
Jake dates only human women now. Lexi had her shot at being his mate, and she threw it away. But when her life is threatened, he may have to rethink his position and do whatever it takes to claim his one true mate.
A standalone novel in the Black Hills Wolves World
Excerpt:
A billion
butterflies battered Lexi’s stomach. She shifted her attention from Ross to the
piano. Sure enough, the music had stopped, and Jake faced her from his seat on
the bench. Man oh man, the heavy stare from those sky blue eyes sent shivers
skittering down her spine. His gaze held the same intensity she remembered from
him as a kid, as if he saw into the heart of people, exposing their deepest
secrets. It had driven her crazy back then, and she’d spent much time teasing
him, pulling his hair, trying to distract him from being so serious all of the
damn time. They were teenagers—partying was supposed to be their sole focus.
butterflies battered Lexi’s stomach. She shifted her attention from Ross to the
piano. Sure enough, the music had stopped, and Jake faced her from his seat on
the bench. Man oh man, the heavy stare from those sky blue eyes sent shivers
skittering down her spine. His gaze held the same intensity she remembered from
him as a kid, as if he saw into the heart of people, exposing their deepest
secrets. It had driven her crazy back then, and she’d spent much time teasing
him, pulling his hair, trying to distract him from being so serious all of the
damn time. They were teenagers—partying was supposed to be their sole focus.
With his
ice-blue stare locked on her, Jake rose to his feet, all taut muscle and
predatory power. His energy swept over her like a tsunami, forcing all of the
moisture to abandon her mouth while parts much lower wept with want. Her inner
wolf howled, answering the call of this Alpha, the first Dominant male ever to
make her sit up and take notice. Holy crap. Her muscles shook with the need to
bound over to him, jump in his arms, wrap her legs around his torso and writhe
against his hard, hot, tattooed body.
ice-blue stare locked on her, Jake rose to his feet, all taut muscle and
predatory power. His energy swept over her like a tsunami, forcing all of the
moisture to abandon her mouth while parts much lower wept with want. Her inner
wolf howled, answering the call of this Alpha, the first Dominant male ever to
make her sit up and take notice. Holy crap. Her muscles shook with the need to
bound over to him, jump in his arms, wrap her legs around his torso and writhe
against his hard, hot, tattooed body.
Jake said
something to his uncle then stalked straight at her, cutting a path right
through the middle of the tables and the many, too-curious patrons.
something to his uncle then stalked straight at her, cutting a path right
through the middle of the tables and the many, too-curious patrons.
A whimper
escaped her throat.
escaped her throat.
Surprise sparked
in her brother’s brown eyes. “You’re kidding me. Him?” He burst out laughing.
“Wow, sis, that’s some major, big-time irony right there.”
in her brother’s brown eyes. “You’re kidding me. Him?” He burst out laughing.
“Wow, sis, that’s some major, big-time irony right there.”
Darci’s
expression conveyed her bewilderment. “Now what are you two talking about?”
expression conveyed her bewilderment. “Now what are you two talking about?”
Her annoying
brother grinned. “See that angry Alpha headed our way? My sister here rejected
him when they were teens and he's apparently her—”
brother grinned. “See that angry Alpha headed our way? My sister here rejected
him when they were teens and he's apparently her—”
Lexi socked her
brother in the ribs. “Shut it, Ross.”
brother in the ribs. “Shut it, Ross.”
“Ouch.” Ross
rubbed his side and chuckled at her plight. The jerk. “Come on, Lexi, you have
to admit the hilarity of the situation.”
rubbed his side and chuckled at her plight. The jerk. “Come on, Lexi, you have
to admit the hilarity of the situation.”
No, she did not.
Nor did she have to admit that J-Bird was right all those years ago. He was her
mate. O to the M to the G…. They were mates.
Nor did she have to admit that J-Bird was right all those years ago. He was her
mate. O to the M to the G…. They were mates.
About the Author:
Celia lives in California with her husband, daughter, and two feisty cats. She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance, and has a particular fondness for werewolves, vampires, and the Fae. Her stories are action-packed and typically include one of the many varieties of romantic entanglements: fated mates, second chance, rescue romance, opposites attract, friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, and more.
When not writing, you’ll find Celia exercising, reading a good book, hanging with her family, or indulging her addiction to Joss Whedon’s TV shows and movies, as well as everything in the Marvel Universe franchise. Of course!
Web site: http://www.celiabreslin.com/
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New author for me.
ReplyDeleteHi Kim, Christmas ghost in the blogger machine...second attempt to reply. :) Thanks for stopping by the tour, and happy holidays! :)
DeleteThank you for sharing your book with us and for the giveaway as well. I appreciate them both.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting the tour, James.
DeleteHi Teresa, Thank you for hosting my wolves on your blog. Happy holidays!
ReplyDeleteSounds great! Always looking for new paranormal romance books.
ReplyDeleteHi Leonie, Thanks for visiting the tour. Glad you like the sound of my vampires! :)
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