It's

Cozy Food Friday!

That means it's time to share a recipe from 

another great cozy mystery!

This week's recipe is from

MURDER WITH CUCUMBER SANDWICHES

Book 3 in the Daisy's Tea Garden Mysteries

by Karen Rose Smith

Daisy’s Tea Garden in Pennsylvania’s Amish country is known for its elegant  finger foods—but now owner Daisy Swanson has to finger a killer . . .
 
Restaurant critic Derek Schumaker, notorious for his bitter reviews, is about to visit Daisy’s Tea Garden, and Daisy and Aunt Iris are simmering with anxiety. A bad word from the culinary curmudgeon could really hurt their business, but Daisy tries to stay confident. After all, how can he resist her cucumber sandwiches with pimento spread—not to mention the cheesy cauliflower soup and strawberry walnut salad?
 
Schumaker takes a to-go order when the afternoon tea service is done, which Daisy hopes is a good sign. But when he perishes from a seizure, it looks like his food was dosed with something deadly. Considering a threat that recently appeared on his blog—and whispers of scandal in his past—Daisy has quite an assortment of suspects to sift through . . .
 
Includes delicious recipes!

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RUM RAISIN RICE PUDDING

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Ingredients

1½ cups cooked long-grain rice (I use Carolina's ~ Karen Rose Smith)

3 eggs

⅓ cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon rum (or almond, if you prefer) flavoring (I use McCormick's ~ Karen Rose Smith)

¼ teaspoon salt

2½ cups milk, warmed, but not scalded

⅔ cup golden raisins (I use Sun-Maid ~ Karen Rose Smith)

¼ teaspoon cinnamon to sprinkle on top

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Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.

2. Slightly beat eggs with mixer. Add sugar, flavorings, and salt until well mixed. Slowly stir in milk, one-half cup at a time. Stir in rice and raisins.

3. Pour mixture into a 1½-quart casserole. Sprinkle the top with cinnamon. Ready a pan with hot water. I use a 9-inch by 13-inch cake pan. The casserole must fit into the pan comfortably. Hot water should be about an inch deep. Make for 65 minutes or until knife inserted into the middle come out clean.

Remove the casserole from water. Can be served warm or cold.

4. Refrigerate leftovers

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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

MURDER WITH CUCUMBER SANDWICHES

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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

"I can't believe how hr trashed that tea room," Foster Cranshaw said, studing Daisy Swanson's office. 

My 56

"Yet honesty is the best policy, right?"

"Sometimes I'm not sure about that. Sometimes little white lies go much farther with holding onto a friendship than complete honesty."

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