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Cozy Food Friday!

That means it's time to share a recipe from 

another great cozy mystery!

This week's recipe is from

REST IN PEACH

Book 2 in the Georgia Peach Mysteries

(Released on Audio March 3)

by Susan Furlong

Audio cover released March 3 2020

In the refreshing new Georgia Peach Mystery from the author of Peaches and Scream, an upcoming debutante ball turns into the pits when a juicy murder scandalizes a small town.

The annual Peach Cotillion, Cays Mill, Georgia’s biggest event, is fast approaching and Nola Mae Harper is just as excited as the rest of the town—even though she’s busy juggling both the cotillion dinner and the grand opening of her new shop, Peachy Keen. But she never expected that plans for the cotillion would end up in the pits because of the cutthroat competition between local debutantes.
 
When Vivien Crenshaw, insufferable church organist and despised mother of the town’s spoiled-rotten Peach Queen, is stabbed to death, the police turn to Nola’s friend Ginny as prime suspect. Apparently the two had fought over a one-of-a-kind cotillion gown. As Nola steps in to prove Ginny’s innocence she soon finds herself picking through a bushel of suspects, twice as many motives, and at the mercy of a killer all too keen on killing again.
 
INCLUDES RECIPES!

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IDA'S PEACH COBBLER CUPCAKES

Photo from Pinterest

Ingredients for Cupcakes

1 box yellow cake mix plus ingredients listed on package

½ cup applesauce

1 15-ounce can diced peaches in heavy syrup

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Ingredients for Frosting

1 stick butter, softened

⅓ cup diced peaches

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups powdered sugar

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Directions for Cupcakes

   Reserve ⅓ cup of diced peaches and set aside for the frosting.

   In a large bowl, combine yellow cake mix ingredients according to the package instructions. Add ½ a cup applesauce, the remaining peaches with syrup and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Mix well. 

   Line a cupcake pan with cupcake foils and fill approximately ²⁄3 full. 

   Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until baked through.

Directions for Frosting

   Using a hand mixer, blend 1 stick of softened butter, ⅓ cup diced peaches, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract until creamy. Slowly add 2 cups of powdered sugar, mixing as you add. Mix on high as until the frosting becomes light and fluffy. Frost the cupcakes once they are cool. Leftover cupcakes (if there are any!) are best if stored in the refrigerator.

   Yields 24 cupcakes

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Please keep reading to check out my 

installments of 

Book Beginnings on Fridays

and

The Friday 56

Both the BB and 56 are from

REST IN PEACH

(Paperback version)

Book Beginnings on Fridays is a meme hosted by Rose City Reader

Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading.

The Friday 56 is a meme hosted by Freda's Voice

Rules: *Grab a book, any book. *Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader (If you have to improvise, that's okay.) *Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grab you. *Post it.

My Book Beginnings 

Debutante Rule #032: Like a magnolia tree, a debutante's outward beauty reflects her strong inner roots . . . and that's why we never leave the house without our makeup on.

My 56 (is from page 256)

" . . . But lucky for us, he was willin' to talk. 'Course, it's not hard to compel a confession from a man who needs medical attention."

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