It's

Cozy Food Friday!

That means it's time to share a recipe from 

another great cozy mystery!

The Cozy Chicks are back!

Every Friday in October I'll feature a recipe from 

THE COZY CHICKS KITCHEN

A Killer Collection of Recipes by the 

Bestselling Authors of the Cozy Chicks Blog 

SECOND EDITION

This fantastic cookbook contains recipes from cozy mystery favorites, 

Ellery Adams / J.B. Stanley

Lorraine Bartlett / L.L. Bartlett/ Lorna Barrett

Deb Baker / Hannah Reed

Kate Collins

Mary Kennedy

Mary Jane Maffini/Victoria Abbott

Maggie Sefton

and

Leann Sweeney

Lisa's Note: Author Duffy Brown is also a Cozy Chick and will be featured on Cozy Food Friday, however, she is not in The Cozy Chick's Kitchen. 

You can follow The Cozy Chicks blog here...

www.cozychicksblog

Today's featured recipe is from 

Lorraine Bartlett / L.L. Bartlett/ Lorna Barrett

author of the Booktown Mystery series (as Lorna Barrett), Victoria Square, and Lotus Bay Mystery series (as Lorraine Bartlett) also the adventure-fantasy series Tale Of Telenia, and the Jeff Resnick Mystery series (as L. L. Bartlett).  

On to the recipe!

APPLE FRITTERS

Artisans Alley (on Victoria Square) is located in the core of apple country along Lake Ontario shore, where scores of apple varieties grow. Can there be anything more comforting than an apple fritter (or a LOT of them) for breakfast, lunch, dinner---or just a snack? Why not try this recipe and find out?

INGREDIENTS

1 cup cake flour (sifted)

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 egg

1/3 cup milk

3/4 cup chopped peeled tart apple

4 teaspoons butter, melted

1 tablespoon granulated sugar

1 tablespoon orange juice

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

oil for frying

confectioners' sugar 

In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. 

In another bowl, beat the egg and milk. Add the apple, butter, sugar, orange juice, and vanilla; mix well.

Stir in dry ingredients until just moistened. 

In an electric skillet or deep fryer, heat 1/4 inch of oil to 375 degrees. 

Drop the batter by rounded tablespoons into the oil.

Fry until golden brown on both sides.

Drain on paper towels.

Dust with the confectioners' sugar. 

Serve warm.

Yield: 2 - 3 servings 

Please note that all food photos are from Google Images. Your version may vary in appearance.

Show of hands if you're going to be making a batch of these! I have both hands up.  ;-)

You can find THE COZY CHICKS KITCHEN and other great books written by the wonderful authors at your local bookstore or online at

Barnes and Noble 

 Amazon

Welcome to our kitchen! The kitchen is the heart of the home. This sense of warmth and companionship is what The Cozy Chicks try to invoke in our novels. And now, our cookbook will allow you to enter the heart of our cozy mystery worlds—the stories of our characters, of their authors, told through food. For a short while, our heroines have taken a break from crime solving to don aprons and wield spatulas and wooden spoons. And they’d like nothing more than to spend some time with you. THE COZY CHICKS KITCHEN is chock full of mouthwatering gems. Everything is here: main dishes, desserts, salads, soups, drinks, and did I mention desserts? Don’t miss this fabulous collection. I’ve got both the ebook version and a hardcopy. Get yours today! --Julie Hyzy, New York Times bestselling author of the White House Chef and Manor House mysteries The Cozy Chicks Are Bestselling Authors: Ellery Adams / J.B. Stanley, Deb Baker / Hannah Reed, Lorna Barrett / Lorraine Bartlett, Kate Collins, Mary Kennedy, Mary Jane Maffini/Victoria Abbott,  Maggie Sefton, Leann Sweeney

Keep reading to check out my installments of 

Book Beginnings on Fridays

and

The Friday 56

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

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

Keeping my Lorna Barrett theme going...

I'm featuring MURDER ON THE HALF SHELF

Book 6 in the Booktown Mystery series

My Book Beginnings for this week...

The overloaded luggage trolley bumped along the sidewalk, following Tricia Miles like an overgrown puppy. Ninety percent of the bags belonged to her sister, Angelica, whom Tricia trailed after. Head held high, marching along like a majorette, Angelica led the way to the Sheer Comfort Inn. When she stopped dead, Tricia nearly ran into her. "Tricia, you must keep up," she admonished.

Tricia steadied herself and the weight of the luggage nearly toppled the little metal trolley, taking her with it. "Tell me again why you've dragged me along on this little outing."

"My dear Tricia, for a little sister-to-sister bonding. It'll be just like camping," Angelica gushed, looking up at the lovely Victorian home before them and weaving an arm to take it all in. The movement made her stumble on her three-inch heels, jostling the enormous suitcase, the corner of which dug into the back of Tricia's leg. 

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.

Continuing with the MURDER ON THE HALF SHELF theme

My Friday 56...

For a moment, Tricia thought she might cry. But then she did a quick reassessment of her life and decided, The hell with romance!

Tricia Miles—owner of Haven’t Got a Clue, the best mystery bookstore in Stoneham, New Hampshire—once again plays amateur sleuth as she is unexpectedly reunited with a man from a chapter of her life she closed long ago…
 
The town of Stoneham is a haven for bookstores, but it is sadly lacking in bed-and-breakfasts. Fortunately Pippa and Jon Comfort’s Sheer Comfort Inn is about to open, and the couple has offered some locals a free night as a trial run.
 
But it won’t be so easy to sleep after Tricia makes two startling discoveries: Pippa’s murdered body in the backyard, and the fact that Pippa’s husband, Jon, is actually Harry Tyler, a man Tricia loved—and believed dead—for nearly twenty years.
 
Though Harry is the prime suspect, Tricia doesn’t believe him capable of murder, even though he’s led a life of lies. Especially when she discovers that Pippa had a few secrets of her own—some that may have been worth killing for.

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Continue reading for the answer to the 

Wednesday Whodunit!

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Answer to Whodunit Wednesday

An Alarming Jewel Heist

Solution

   "The alarm didn't catch anyone." Zach still sounded angry.

   "Yes, it did. Tell me, Zach. How long do you think the thief took to clean you out?" 

   Zach glanced around the showroom. "A minimum of five minutes, probably ten."

   "And yet, when the police got here two minutes after the alarm, the burglar was already gone."

   "Yeah." Zach scratched his head. "That's impossible." 

   "Not if the burglar was already inside. After we left, he came out of hiding and took what he wanted. He set off the alarm when he left the shop, not when he arrived." 

   "You say he. It was a man?"

   "It was Sam Wells. He was the only person we didn't actually see exciting the shop. He must have hidden in a closet or behind a counter before we left. It had to be him. No one else could have come in while we were still here, not without setting off the door buzzer." 

When I read this one, I thought, how do they know Sam really left? They weren't in the room with him to see him exit the store. But then I thought, nah, too would be to simple. 

LOL I need to learn to stop second guessing myself. 

How did you do?

Check back next week for another fun 

Whodunit Wednesday!