The Christmas Letter
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1 can (20-oz.) crushed pineapple, undrained
2 small pkgs. raspberry gelatin
1 can (16-oz.) whole berry cranberry sauce
1 Granny Smith apple, chopped
⅔ cup chopped walnuts, optional
Drain pineapple into 4-cup measuring cup, reserving juice. Add enough cold water to juice to measure 3 cups. Pour into saucepan and bring to boil. Remove from heat and add dry Jell-O. Stir 2 minutes or until dissolved. Stir in cranberry sauce. Pour into large bowl. Refrigerate 90 minutes or until slightly thickened.
Stir in pineapple, chopped apple, and walnuts.
Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm.
Note: After you stir in the pineapple, apple, and walnuts, you can put it in a 9-x-13 pan until firm. Then cut in squares to serve on fancy salad plates. Top with a dollop of whipped cream.
Makes 14 servings, ½ cup each
Christmas Sugar Cookies
Submitted by Darla Taylor
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder (double recipe ~ 1 tbs. plus 1 tsp.)
½ tsp. salt (if you use a coarse salt it will need to be ground before measuring)
2 large eggs
1 cup sugar
¾ cup vegetable oil
2 tsp. vanilla extract
Red sugar sprinkles for topping
Hershey’s Holiday Kisses Candy Cane Mint Candies
Stir flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl and mix well.
Whisk eggs in a large bowl until blended. Add sugar, oil, and extract. Mix well.
Stir the dry ingredients into the egg mixture until blended.
Chill, covered, for at least 30 minutes. (I’ve left in the refrigerator overnight).
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Prepare a small bowl of sugar and a small bowl of water.
Drop the cookie dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Dip a flat-bottomed glass into the water, then into the sugar, and use the sugared glass to flatten each cookie; I’m usually able to flatten two cookies for each dip; then this step will need to be repeated.
Sprinkle the colored sugar onto the cookies to your taste.
Bake until lightly browned, about 6 to 8 minutes.
When cookies come out of the oven, press an unwrapped Candy Cane Mint in the middle of each cookie; hint ~ it helps to have the candies unwrapped beforehand; tip ~ due to the white chocolate, these won’t harden completely like milk or dark chocolate.
Cool the cookies on baking sheets for about a minute, then move them to wire racks.
Alternate: You might try adding ½ tsp. mint extract to the cookie dough.
Yields about 2 dozen
Books by Kathi Daley
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Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery:
Halloween Hijinks
The Trouble With Turkeys
Christmas Crazy
Cupid’s Curse
Big Bunny Bump-off
Beach Blanket Barbie
Maui Madness
Derby Divas
Haunted Hamlet
Turkeys, Tuxes, and Tabbies
Christmas Cozy
Alaskan Alliance
Matrimony Meltdown
Soul Surrender
Heavenly Honeymoon
Hopscotch Homicide
Ghostly Graveyard
Santa Sleuth
Shamrock Shenanigans
Kitten Kaboodle
Costume Catastrophe
Candy Cane Caper
Holiday Hangover
Easter Escapade
Camp Carter
Trick or Treason
Reindeer Roundup
Zimmerman Academy The New Normal
Ashton Falls Cozy Cookbook
Tj Jensen Paradise Lake Mysteries by Henery Press:
Pumpkins in Paradise
Snowmen in Paradise
Bikinis in Paradise
Christmas in Paradise
Puppies in Paradise
Halloween in Paradise
Treasure in Paradise
Fireworks in Paradise
Beaches in Paradise – June 2018
Whales and Tails Cozy Mystery:
Romeow and Juliet
The Mad Catter
Grimm’s Furry Tail
Much Ado About Felines
Legend of Tabby Hollow
Cat of Christmas Past
A Tale of Two Tabbies
The Great Catsby
Count Catula
The Cat of Christmas Present
A Winter’s Tail
The Taming of the Tabby
Frankencat
The Cat of Christmas Future
The Cat of New Orleans – February 2018
Seacliff High Mystery:
The Secret
The Curse
The Relic
The Conspiracy
The Grudge
The Shadow
The Haunting
Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mystery:
Murder at Dolphin Bay
Murder at Sunrise Beach
Murder at the Witching Hour
Murder at Christmas
Murder at Turtle Cove
Murder at Water’s Edge
Murder at Midnight
Writers’ Retreat Southern Seashore Mystery:
First Case
Second Look
Third Strike
Fourth Victim
Fifth Night – January 2018
Rescue Alaska Paranormal Mystery:
Finding Justice
A Tess and Tilly Mystery:
The Christmas Letter
Road to Christmas Romance:
Road to Christmas Past
USA Today best-selling author Kathi Daley lives with her husband, kids, grandkids, and Bernese mountain dogs in beautiful Lake Tahoe. When she isn’t writing, she likes to read (preferably at the beach or by the fire), cook (preferably something with chocolate or cheese), and garden (planting and planning, not weeding). She also enjoys spending time on the water when she’s not hiking, biking, or snowshoeing the miles of desolate trails surrounding her home.
Kathi uses the mountain setting in which she lives, along with the animals (wild and domestic) that share her home, as inspiration for her cozy mysteries.
Kathi is a top 100 mystery writer for Amazon and won the 2014 award for both Best Cozy Mystery Author and Best Cozy Mystery Series.
She currently writes eight series: Zoe Donovan Cozy Mysteries, Whales and Tails Island Mysteries, Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mysteries, Writers’ Retreat Southern Mysteries, Tj Jensen Paradise Lake Mysteries, Rescue Alaska Paranormal Mysteries, Tess and Tilly Cozy Mystery, and Seacliff High Teen Mysteries.
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