Monday, June 11, 2018

In the Kitchen with Daphne Dubois- Recipe for Nut Snacks - Walnut Squares with Sugar Cookie Base



Hey there! This is such a great topic since the male lead in Only the Beginning is a chef! In particular he excels at pastry making, which comes in handy at the end of the book, but you’ll have to read it…I won’t spoil the surprise.

Right, let’s make Nut Snacks! I think there might be another name for these walnut squares with a sugar cookie base and meringue topping, but my mom always called them Nut Snacks. 

As a kid my favourite part was eating the crackled meringue off the top. Now I’m more mature and eat the rest of the square too.

Pre-heat oven to 325.

Ingredients

¼ cup of softened butter
½ cup of white sugar
2 eggs yolks
1 ½ cups of flour
1 tsp baking powder 
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup of chopped walnuts
2 eggs whites
1 ½ cups of brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Instructions



Sift together the white sugar, flour and baking powder. Add butter, yolks and vanilla until crumbly. Place in a greased 9X12 pan. Spread walnuts over top.


Beat the egg whites until stiff then gradually add the brown sugar and vanilla. Spread over walnuts.



Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool before cutting. 

Thank you for having me! Enjoy this treat with tea and your favourite book. 



Only the Beginning
Daphne Dubois

Genre: Contemporary Romance



Publisher: Wild Rose Press

Date of Publication: 25 April 2018

ISBN: 978-1-5092-2034-2
ASIN: 978-1-5092-2035-9

Number of pages: 264
Word Count: 63,300

Tagline: Taking your best friend’s place on a blind date to let the guy down easy was the plan, taking him to bed wasn’t!

Book Description:

After a heartbreaking betrayal, Melissa Legacy shuns romance. So when her best friend joins the Lovers Oasis website and fears her fiancĂ© will find out, Melissa agrees to meet the anonymous Romeo, prepared to explain her friend’s change of heart—then she sees him.

Failing restaurant entrepreneur, Craig Wheaton hasn’t been home since his mother’s tragic death. Now he’s back to confront his demons and stand beside his brother as best man. Dreading the reunion, he agrees to meet his avatar lover, but at the last moment he reconsiders the arrangement—until he lays eyes on her.

When Craig assumes Melissa is his online consort, she impulsively plays along, resulting in an afternoon of unexpected intimacy. But with Melissa using her friend’s identity and Craig dealing with a family fallout, is a future together impossible, or will they discover that love at first sight is Only the Beginning?


Excerpt:

Melissa blinked a few times, trying to remember the dream. A sense of bliss made her smile into the pillow. She was warm and the bed covers were tucked around her like a cocoon. It must be Saturday, she thought.
There was a shift in the bed behind her, followed by a low sigh.
She froze. In a series of flashing images, it all came back.
The pub. Craig. The intense stare of his eyes. The way he’d kissed her as he unzipped the back of her skirt. He made her feel like she was the most desirable woman on the planet, that there was nothing he wouldn’t do to keep touching her.
And she’d reciprocated, opening up to him, losing all her inhibitions. She imagined this was what Lovers’ Oasis was like. The anonymity combined with the fantasy created a freedom Melissa had never experienced before, not ever.
But now reality set in. She’d woken naked, next to a man she barely knew and the earlier courage she’d felt—the reckless delirious abandonment that augmented her physical enjoyment of the afternoon encounter—had morphed into terrified embarrassment.
There was only one choice—she had to leave before he woke. Slowly, she slipped one leg out, her foot searching for the floor. Then she inched her way to the edge of the bed, carefully making sure not to jostle the mattress.
She stood, completely naked, looking down at Craig. He was on his back, one hand was on his chest gently rising and falling as he slept. The sheets pooled at his waist. His face was completely relaxed, his mouth opened slightly, lips parted.
A warmth began to stir inside her, remembering how those lips felt. He’d memorized each of her breasts with his tongue as his fingers slipped down her belly then nestled between her thighs. She’d come for him, then. So quickly…so easily.
Her purse buzzed from the floor making Melissa jump. It sounded like a marching band had exploded through the door. She crouched down and lunged for the purse, grabbing the phone and silencing it. Melissa waited, but there was no movement from the bed. A quiet breath eased through her pursed lips. She read her phone; there were multiple messages from Brooke. The last one was marked “urgent.”
—Where are you?—



About the Author:

Daphne Dubois writes contemporary romance and believes the right book at the right time can make all the difference. When she's not putting her characters in compromising positions (ahem), she works as a registered nurse. A member of the Writer's Federation of Nova Scotia, she lives in Eastern Canada, the most romantic place in the world.


Twitter: @br_myers




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