Food Fun Friday...Rolo Chocolate Cookies

Oh, so yummy caramel filling!

It's been a while since I did a Food Fun Friday, but this morning, while I was waiting for my characters to get their dialogue figured out, I decided to make a new cookie. It came out so well I decided to share...and of course I took pictures of the process with blogging in mind. LOL

So here you go!


INGREDIENTS:

Ingredients-sugars in one bowl; flour, cocoa,
and baking soda in the larger bowl
I refrigerated the unwrapped Rolos overnight

2 1/4 c. flour
3/4 c cocoa powder
1 tspn baking soda
1 c sugar
1 c packed brown sugar
1 c butter, softened
2 tspn vanilla
2 eggs
40 Rolo candies, unwrapped (approx. 5 rolls)
1 c chopped nuts (optional)
1 tspn sugar (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F

1.5-Butter and sugars ready to mix.

2. Beat sugars and butter until light and fluffy
(doesn't look too fluffy...maybe because of the brown sugar)

3. Add eggs and vanilla, beat well.

4. Add flour, cocoa, and baking soda;
blend well.

4.5- Well-blended dough ready for the
refrigerator.

5. Refrigerate dough for 1-3 hours.

6. Roll 1 tbs of dough in palm of hand to
form a ball.

7. Press one Rolo into ball, covering it completely

8. Flatten bottom of cookie into palm of hand

9. Press flattened side of cookie onto
an ungreased cookie sheet

OPTIONAL

10. If putting the nuts on the cookies, press the unflattened side into 1 tbsp sugar mixed with 1 c chopped nuts, then press cookies, nut side up on ungreased cookie sheet 

10a. Bake for 9 minutes

10b. Bake for 9 minutes

12. Remove from oven, allow them to cool for 5 to 10 minutes

13. ENJOY!!

Have a great weekend!
Q

Cover Reveal!

Told you all I'd keep you informed, so here it is...

The cover of Revealed: A Poker Posse Tale

Admittedly my characters are not as young as the pair on the cover, but hey, they do have sex. LOL

The book comes out June 27th and is exclusive to Loose Id. It will be free from June 27th to July 3rd, then $1.99 after that.

Have a great day!

Here's the News I've Been Waiting For!!

Just got the email today!

Price is $1.99. No blurb or cover yet, but I do have the coming soon link!
http://www.loose-id.com/newest/coming-soon/revealed-a-poker-posse-story.html?options=cart

Revealed: A Poker Posse Tale will go on sale Thursday, June 27th. Even better than the release date, is the news that the short story will be free from June 27th to July 3rd and during the same window of time, Looking at Rose: Poker Posse 1 will be reduced from $5.99 to $3.99!

If you haven't had an opportunity to check out the series, here's a great time to do so!

I'm very excited.

Oh, for those who might be curious, the word count on Mirabeth's story is up to 15,888. Only 24, 112 to go. LOL!

Happy Hump Day everyone!!

Q

Next Book Coming Soon!

Just a little update for everyone!

My next book is a short story, coming out in late June from Loose Id, LLC. It's one of the Spring Flings and will probably be free for the first week or so, but I'll know more later.

Revealed: A Poker Posse Tale is a quick glimpse into how Vlad and Viola resolved their differences after Vlad discovered the secret Viola kept from him.

As soon as I have a release date and cover, I'll post them to the blog.

Hope you're having a great day!

Q

Woo Hoo!! It's Release Day!

Yippee Ya-hoo!!

I'm so pleased to announce that the first book in my Poker Posse series is out!

Right now Looking At Rose is now available on Loose Id's website!

It should be available at Amazon, All Romance eBooks, and Barnes & Noble, very soon.

I can't wait to see what you all think of my new book!

Q

Just a little update

Over the last few months I've been watching the sales of some of my books on various distribution sites. It hasn't been pretty, to say the least. Yes, I recognize I should do more promotion, but I'm not that kind of person. I love my books. I love talking about my characters. But I also hate in your face advertising. If my books are good, word of mouth will sell them.

With that in mind, and because I can't see the logic in a trickle of sales for some books at other distributors, I'm doing that dreaded thing that some people may disagree with...I'm making one book, In A Lover's Silence, permanently exclusive to Amazon and for the next three months, the first book in my Diablo Blanco Club series, Unfair Advantage, will also be exclusive to Amazon.

This way, when I feel like offering the books for free for a day, I can.

For those who have never read Unfair Advantage, it will be free January 20th and 21st, the day before my new book, Poker Posse 1: Looking at Rose, will be released by Loose Id.

I'll make sure to update my website and the DBC page so readers won't be frustrated with the non-working links.

Have a great day and a very Happy New Year!

Q

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Tarot Tuesday has been postponed to bring you....
The cover of my next book, Looking At Rose. Rose is the first book in my Poker Posse series and will be released January 22nd by Loose Id, LLC.

Here's a little bit about the story:

Widow Viola Whittman is blessed with the company of her little girl, but she's afraid the longer Rose stays home, the harder it'll be for her daughter to find a worthy man. So she hatches a plan with her childhood friends to fix the problem.

Rose is twenty-six, happy running her sweet shop and living at home, but she's pretty sure General Sherman would be celebrated in the South before she'd find a man in Magnolia not intimidated by her height and curves.

When she and her four girlfriends go to the Omen, a local BDSM club, to find a Mr. Right Now, the perfect candidate literally lands at her feet--Ibraham Rajonovich. Six foot six and sexy, Ibraham runs the urban winery in the shop next to hers and has fueled Rose's fantasies for over a year; learning that he is a dominant just makes her want him even more.

Only one problem: Rose is a virgin and Ibraham has no intention of going there. At least not without full disclosure of what he expects of Rose, because the thing he wants most is to share the pleasure he finds in looking at rose.

Poker Posse 1: Looking at Rose will be available January 22, 2013

Happy New Year!