Lake of Destiny
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1 cup boiling water
1 cup apricots
1 cup golden raisins
Step-by-Step:
Preheat oven to 325°F, and line a 7-inch metal pan with greased wax paper.
In a medium pan, melt butter gently over low heat, then remove from heat and add in sugar and molasses until blended. Set aside to cool.
Sift the flour and dry ingredients together into a medium bowl.
In a small bowl, beat eggs.
Add both wet mixtures to the dry mixture and mix until smooth.
Stir in orange zest and fruit.
Pour into pan and bake for 60 to 65 minutes until firm to the touch.
Remove from pan to cool and store in airtight container for at least two days before serving.
Makes 16 squares.
Scones
Properly pronounced “skon” to rhyme with “gone,” legend has it that these tasty Scottish quick bread cakes trace their origin to the Stone of Scone, or Destiny, on which Scottish kings were crowned. Their popularity for tea at Buckingham palace certainly proves they’re fit for royalty.
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
4 tsp baking powder
5 tbsp unsalted butter
1/2 cup + 1 tbsp milk
1/2 cup currants or raisins
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1/8 tsp salt
Step-by-Step:
Preheat oven to 400°F.
In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
Cut in the butter and rub until dough resembles pea-sized crumbs.
In a small bowl, combine with sour cream, milk, and dried fruit.
Add to other ingredients and lightly mix until well-blended.
Wash and dry the small bowl, then add egg and 1 tablespoon of milk. Beat until blended and frothy.
Liberally flour your hands and, on a floured surface, roll dough out into a 1/2-inch thick square. With a sharp knife, slice the dough into quarters, then slice each quarter into two triangles.
Place on greased cookie sheet, brush with egg wash, and let rest for 10 minutes.
Bake for 10-15 minutes until tops are golden brown.
Cut or break each scone in two. Serve warm with butter, jam, and clotted cream.
Serves eight.
Scottish Coffee
The common wisdom about whiskey (from uisce beatha, the water of life) is that the Irish invented it and the Scots perfected it. Compared to Irish whiskey, Scotch has a smokier, sexier flavor, which lends a different character entirely whether you drink it straight up or add it to your coffee when you need a less guilt-inducing nerve-smoother in the middle of the day.
Ingredients:
1/2 oz good Scotch whisky or Drambuie
1/2 oz Cointreau, Grand Marnier
1 tsp Demerara (light brown) sugar
Fresh, dark coffee
Heavy cream to taste
Whipped cream
Step-by-Step:
Pour hot water into selected glass or cup and let stand 30 seconds.
Empty and thoroughly dry the cup.
Fill the cup two within 1 inch of the whiskey or Drambuie and coffee.
Add sugar and stir until dissolved.
Deflecting cream along the back of a teaspoon, add it gently so that it drifts across the top of the coffee, sinking no more than one half-inch. Adjust to your liking.
Top with whipped cream.
Serves one.
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Acknowledgments
Once again, thank you to my family and my amazing husband for their unwavering support and daily words of encouragement. Huge thanks to Erin Cashman, beloved friend, critique partner, co-conspirator, and all around incredible person, and to Sandra Waugh, generous spirit and source of reason and inspiration, without whom this book would never have come to be.
Boundless gratitude also to Susan Sipal, Leslie Sulli Rose, and Lisa Gail Green for their friendship, eagle eyes, and hand-holding, to Wendy Higgins and David James for encouragement and advice, and Jodi Meadows for patiently and endlessly listening to my growing pains. And finally, enormous thanks to Laura Kemmerer for her tireless editing, Kalen O’Donnell for a beautiful cover, Rachel and Joel Greene for a lovely interior, and everyone involved at Mayfair who made all this possible.
About Martina Boone
Martina Boone is the award-winning author of the romantic southern gothic Heirs of Watson Island series for young adults, including Compulsion, Persuasion, and Illusion from Simon & Schuster, Simon Pulse, and heartwarming contemporary romances for adult readers beginning with Lake of Destiny. She’s also the founder of AdventuresInYAPublishing.com, a three-time Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers site and on the board of the Literary Council of Northern Virginia.
She lives with her husband, children, a Shetland Sheepdog, and a lopsided cat, and she enjoys writing romance set in the kinds of magical places she loves to visit. When she isn’t writing, she’s addicted to travel, horses, skiing, chocolate flavored tea, and anything with Nutella on it.
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