I love Christmas, and I love my holiday junk food. This particular recipe I found is on its encore year, and will most likely be used again next season!

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Reese’s Chewy Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients the recipe calls for:

2 cups of flour

¾ cup of cocoa

1 tsp. of baking soda

1 tsp. of salt

1 ¼ cup of butter

2 cups of sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp. of vanilla

1 2/3 cups Reese’s peanut butter chips

Instructions:

1. Mix the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl.
2. In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar until they’re well-blended. Note: It’ll look like scrambled eggs.
3. Add in the eggs and the vanilla, then beat again.
4. Slowly add in the flour/cocoa/baking soda/salt mixture, beating.
5. Add in the peanut butter chips.
6. Drop a spoonful of the mixture onto a baking sheet, and bake at 350 degrees for eight or nine minutes. The cookies will be gooey when you get them out of the oven, but they’ll firm up soon after.
7. Let them cool, and eat!

When Reeko - eldest prince of his realm - saw the battle in the distance, he ordered his fellow dragons to hurry toward the scene, determined to offer assistance to the fairy kingdom under attack. He had no way of knowing that, in doing so, he would seal his fate as the ruler of a new kingdom in the lands separating the two species with a fairy as his queen. A crown was one thing, but a fairy bride? The thought disgusted him, until she entered the banquet hall. With her beauty and the mischief sparkling in her eyes… Maybe this union wouldn’t be so bad after all.

Although the fairy princess knew Reeko would choose his bride that night, Kiara gave it little thought when she entered the room of the feast. Young, headstrong, and impish even by fairy standards, only a crazy man would select her from among her sisters. So when the prince made his decision – her – she’d been nothing short of stunned. She was to be a queen? A dragon’s bride? What worse hand could life have possibly dealt her?

(A prequel story to The Division Chronicles)

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This was one of the recipes that they taught us in eighth grade Home Ec class (I bet they don't call it home ec anymore). We all took Home Ec and we all took Shop. All I remember from either are these pinwheels (and making ninja death stars in Shop that were masquerading as Christmas ornaments.) They're simple and yummy, but they don't keep very well -- eat them hot or within a few hours of cooking for tastiest results.

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Butterscotch Pinwheels

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup shortening
2/3 cup milk
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

Combine flour, baking powder and salt; cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add milk, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened.

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead lightly 4 or 5 times. Roll dough to a 12-inch square on a lightly floured surface.

Spread dough with butter; sprinkle with brown sugar. Spread raisins or nut over dough if wanted (I like it with raisins.) Roll up jellyroll fashion; pinch seam to seal.

Cut into 12 (1-inch) slices. Place cut side up on greased pan.

Bake at 375 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Will’s a widower with three little girls, including six month old twins, to look after. Most days it’s all Will can do just to get home from his advertizing job in time for goodnight kisses, but now his mother-in-law is leaving the country with her new boyfriend and Will needs the help of a professional nanny.

Benji loves being a nanny; looking after other people’s kids is the next best thing to having his own, and as a gay man, he figures it’s as close as he’s going to get. He’s between jobs and is thrilled when he gets the call from Mannies Incorporated to interview with Will's family.

He falls in love with the girls right away, but also finds himself attracted to their father. Benji knows he shouldn’t moon over his boss, especially when Will desperately really needs his services as a nanny, but he can’t help but wonder what it would be like to have a family of his own.

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Do you like peanut butter cookies? What about chocolate? Yes, then I have the cookie for you. May I introduce the “Spangle” Cookie…

½ cup butter

½ cup peanut butter

½ cup white sugar

½ cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

1 ½ cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. salt

Chocolate of your choice. Hersey’s kisses, hugs, or chocolate stars work the best.

Cream together butter, peanut butter, white sugar, brown sugar, egg and vanilla. Add in flour, soda and salt. Roll into medium balls and then roll in white sugar (this is over and above the ½ cup in the recipe). Place on cookie sheet. Bake 8 – 10 minutes at 375°. As soon as you take them from the oven place chocolate of your choice on each one, pushing down gently. Put back into oven and bake again for 2 – 3 minutes. Remove to cool and enjoy.

Marina Jamison is a mystery. As a half-breed shapeshifter, she lives on the fringe of were-jaguar society. Though her love for pride leader Bastian LaRue is forbidden, she finds herself tied to him by a bond stronger than their individual wills, a psychic link born from their one-night stand. When her secret is revealed, she is scorned and excluded. Neither Bastian nor the pride can accept a half-breed queen.

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Happy Holidays peeps! This time of year makes me eager for this warm dessert. While it takes a little bit to make, I promise you, the work is totally worth it! Not to mention, the butterscotch is to die for.

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HOLIDAY BREAD PUDDING

IN MIXING BOWL ADD

· 6 EGGS

· ½ TSP SALT

· 1 CUP SUGAR

· ¼ TSP NUTMEG

· ¼ TSP CINNAMON

· 1 oz. BAILEY’S

· WITH A WHISK, MIX INGREDIANTS.

· POUR IN 1 L OF 10% CREAM

· MIX IN WITH EGG MIXTURE

· 8 CUPS OF 1 INCH CUBED BREAD

· ADD 1 DICED GRANNY SMITH APPLE, 1 CUP OF DRIED CRANBERRIES

· SOAK BREAD IN EGG MIXTURE FOR 1 HRS

· GREASE 11X8 BAKING DISH

13X9 BAKING DISH – FILL ¼ OF THE WAY WITH HOT WATER, THEN PLACE 11X8 BAKING DISH INSIDE, PLACE IN A 350 DEGREE PRE-HEATED OVEN FOR 50 MINUTES

BUTTER SCOTCH

4 OZ OF BUTTER, MELTED

2TBSP OF CORN SYRUP

2/3 CUPS OF BROWN SUGAR

STIR UNTIL MIXTURE IS COMBINED & SMOOTH

INCORPORATE 2/3 CUP OF 35% CREAM

MIX WELL

Bastian Wycliffe, the Earl of Wendelhem, has finally moved on…or so he thought. En-route to a hunting trip after over-indulging the night before, he endures a frightful and terribly embarrassing swoon. He’s seen a ghost and her name is Cordelia Waite, the Duchess of Downsbury.

Mrs. Weylen, formerly a duchess, has a secret. All it took was the chance meeting in the inn that fateful night for her memories to come back and haunt her. She makes haste returning to London incognito with the intent to clear up misconceptions and to deliver an ultimatum to her former lover.

Yet, when a new found obsession refuses to accept the truth, and her imprisoned husband discovers she’s still alive, their lives and relationship may be in danger. Second chances have never been more precarious.

Warning: This book has elements of: light bondage, and ménage.

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This is a family favorite we like to call, “Accident Chicken over White Rice”

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5 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast

Lawyer’s Season Salt

Pink Himalayan Salt

Black Pepper

Onion Powder

Maple Syrup

Uncle Bens White Rice Boil in a bag

Foil

Baking Pan *glass pan if possible*

Pot

Pre-heat your Oven to 350 degrees

*This recipe will work better if baked in a clear glass dish.*

Chicken Prep

Line your glass pan with foil, (this is so the syrup doesn’t stick to your pan). Arrange the chicken in the pan and lightly season chicken with, pepper, season salt, pink salt, and onion powder on both sides of the chicken breast. Once that is complete get your maple syrup and drizzle it across each chicken breast. I like to do this in a zig zag motion. You don’t want to completely cover your chicken in syrup. This will cause all the season to roll right off.

Cover you chicken with foil and then place in the oven for 30-35 minutes at 350 degrees. If you have an electric stove I would take it down to 325 and cook for an additional 5 minutes.

Wait about 20 minutes before you start the rice. This way the rice will still be nice and fresh when you pull it out of the bag. Boil your water in a pot. Small, medium, or large. Depending on the amount of people you are serving. I serve 5 people so I use two bags of rice. Once the water is starts to boil place the bag of rice in the water and let it boil for the allotted time on the box. 7-10 minutes.

Your chicken and rice should be done within minutes of each other.

Place rice on a plate and one chicken breast over the plate of rice. I usually serve this with a side of veggies and crescent rolls.

*There is no need to butter, salt, or sugar your rice. The maple syrup from the chicken will give the rice the extra flavor it needs. No doctoring required*

Old earth has been deemed unsuitable for life, New Earth is home. With the Uni-Wars over, races have joined together in order to sustain their way of life. All life was considered worth saving, but only one race failed to submit. Humans.

Now extinct, humans are a thing of the past. The people of New Earth won’t acknowledge their hand in their eradication, but they have benefited from it. Dr. Vaggo Blackmore has found the answer, he’s restored his races way of life- sustenance through farming. The one thing that will give them back their long lives….. Blood, human blood.

Biologically engineered in a lab, Genesis Blackmore has always been different. Her father has told her it’s due to her enhancements, the Federated Council sees her as a genetic mutation; and her fellow peers see her as the shiny new toy. Gen has had better days.

Everyone on New Earth has milky white skin, platinum blonde hair, and electric blue eyes. It’s the norm. Genesis’ glossy, black hair, ice blue eyes ringed by gold, would have almost made her socially acceptable- if it wasn’t for her golden skin and blue, gold veins. In a sea of milky white she alone is the dark anomaly.

All Pars get their life’s nourishment through blood plasma. All Pars find their match through the tasting. Gen can do neither, forbidden by her father to do so. She can neither taste, nor be tasted. Something that’s never bothered her until now.

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I’m happy to be here today to share a favorite recipe for the holidays. Easy peasy to prepare. You can vary using saltines, graham crackers, or even chocolate graham crackers. Peanut butter chips can also be substituted for chocolate chips and almonds or walnuts sprinkled on top. Once you taste the toffee-like confection, you’ll find it addicting hence the “crack” label.

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CHRISTMAS CRACK

Melt two sticks of unsalted butter in a sauce pan (1 cup of butter)

Mix in one cup of light brown sugar. Stir till it's all mixed and melted together.

Line a cookie sheet with tin foil and rub with butter. Don't spray with Pam because that's just gross. =)

Lay out graham crackers on the foil, enough to cover it all.

Pour the melted butter/brown sugar mix over it, distributing as evenly as you can.

Pour a bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips over the top of the whole thing. 

Put in a 350 oven for about 12 minutes, until the chocolate chips start to melt.

Then pull it out and use a spatula to spread the chips into a layer of chocolate. 

Place the cookie sheet in the fridge or freezer until it all hardens, then crack it up into bite-sized pieces.

YUMMY!!!

While on temporary assignment to South Korea in 1966, Major Ace Cabot meets Lily Reed, a Department of Army civilian at Eighth Army Headquarters.

A high-potential career officer, Ace knows he should resist the temptation of any woman, but Lily stirs feelings he can’t ignore.

She’s a firm supporter of the budding women’s lib movement with no room in her plans for any man. No matter how captivating his smile.

In an uncertain time, yielding to temptation changes both lives forever.

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