BOOK TOUR

I'm so excited today to be hosting author

Mary Lee Ashford 

during her 

RISKY BISCUITS

book tour! And I'm thrilled to be doing it on 

Cozy Food Friday!

Former magazine editor “Sugar” Calloway’s life has taken a delicious twist since she launched a community cookbook publishing business with blue-ribbon baker Dixie Spicer. Now these amateur sleuths must solve a small-town murder—without getting burned . .

Sugar and Spice Cookbooks’ newest project is a fundraiser organized by the St. Ignatius Crack of Dawn Breakfast Club, famous for their all-you-can-eat biscuits and gravy events. But when a group member is found dead, Sugar and Spice’s priorities change from raising dough to figuring out who put murder on the menu.

The return of former badboy Nick Marchant has stirred the town’s gossips too. Add a few grudges and some old-fashioned greed over a land deal into the mix, and it’s a recipe for mayhem. And when someone serves up a second helping of murder, Sugar and Spice need to sift the guilty from the blameless, or their next breakfast may be their last . . .

Includes delicious recipes!

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1 lucky reader will win a print or eBook copy of

RISKY BISCUITS!

Enter using the Rafflecopter form at the end of this post.

Winner will be chosen after August 14 at the end of the tour.

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So Easy Cheddar Chive Biscuits

Mary Lee Ashford

photo property of Love&OliveOil.com

In the Sugar and Spice Mysteries Sugar Calloway is the business savvy in the community cookbook business and Dixie Spicer is the cooking talent. Dixie has spent years perfecting her recipes and has won many a blue ribbon at the Iowa State Fair. Though Sugar appreciates good food (and is always ready to taste test Dixie’s cooking, when she cooks, she tends to go for what’s fast and easy.

Because of that Dixie has named this recipe, Cheddar Biscuits So Easy Even Sugar Can Make Them, though you may want to file them as – So Easy Cheddar Biscuits.  Whatever you call them, they are melt-in-your-mouth delicious!

Ingredients:

1 cup buttermilk (chilled)

8 tablespoons butter

1 teaspoon sugar

½ teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons baking powder

¾ teaspoon salt

1 and ¼ cups shredded cheddar cheese

¼ cup fresh chives (sliced thin)

2 cups flour

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 425 degrees 

2. Heat butter in the microwave for about 30 seconds to melt and then set aside. 

3. In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt) 

4. Add cheese and chives and stir. 

5. Mix the butter and buttermilk together. The butter needs to have cooled and the buttermilk should be cold. 

6. Add the butter and buttermilk to the dry ingredients and stir until fully mixed. Don’t over-mix but all the flour should be stirred in and the dough should not be wet. 

7. Spread some flour over your work surface. If you don’t have a pastry board a clean cutting board will work just fine. 

8. Dump the biscuit dough from the bowl and turn it to coat with flour. Fold over and knead 4 or 5 times and then pat it into a circle that’s approximately one inch thick. 

9. Cut as many biscuits as you can with a biscuit cutter. Or a glass works, too. Knead the scraps together and then cut more. 

10. Place on the sheet plan or cookie sheet about an inch apart and put them in the oven. 

11. Cook for about 10 minutes. It depends on your oven, so it’s a good idea to check them at 7 or 8 minutes because you want them to be light and flaky, not over-baked. 

12. Once you remove them from the oven, melt a little butter and brush the tops while they’re hot. You can also sprinkle a few sliced chives on top if you like.

For more biscuit recipes, check out the Risky Biscuits section on Mary Lee Ashford’s Pinterest page.

https://www.pinterest.com/maryleeashford/risky-biscuits-book-2/

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MY REVIEW

Go ahead and spend your dough, because there’s nothing risky in buying this book. It’s a delicious investment of your time.

Reading RISKY BISCUITS is the best thing I have done for myself in weeks. The minute I opened the book, I was off to St. Ignatius and a day of truly enjoyable cozy reading.

Lead characters Sugar & Spice are back, and they are as delightful as ever. I’d love to sit down and have a chat with them. If pesky murders wouldn’t keep getting in the way of course.

Author Mary Lee Ashford knows how to pull a reader in and keep them transfixed. RISKY BISCUITS is a well written story, with a mystery that made me feel like I hand been put through the mixer, in a good way! My head was spinning by the time of the reveal. I was so surprised!

I can’t wait to see what Sugar & Spice are up to next!

About Mary Lee Ashford

  

  Mary Lee Ashford is a lifelong bibliophile, and avid reader, and supporter of public libraries. In addition to writing the Sugar & Spice mystery series for Kensington Books, she also writes as half of the writing team of Sparkle Abbey, author of the national bestselling Pampered Pets mystery series from Bell Bridge Books. Prior to publishing Mary Lee won first place in the Daphne du Maurier contest, sponsored by the Kiss of Death chapter of RWA, and was a finalist in Murder in the Grove’s mystery contest, as well as Killer Nashville’s Claymore Dagger contest. She is the founding president of Sisters in Crime – Iowa and a current board member of the Mystery Writers of America Midwest chapter, as well as a member of Novelists, Inc., Romance Writers of America, Kiss of Death the RWA Mystery Suspense chapter, Sisters in Crime, and the SinC internet group Guppies. Mary Lee has a passionate interest in creativity and teaches a university level course in Creative Management to MPA candidates, as well as presenting workshops and blogging about creativity. She loves encouraging other writers and is a frequent presenter on a variety of topics at workshops, conferences, and writers’ groups. In her day job, Mary Lee is a Deputy Chief Information Officer. She currently resides in the Midwest with her husband, Tim, and Sparkle, the rescue cat namesake of the Sparkle Abbey pseudonym. Her delights are reading and enjoying her family and especially her six grandchildren. 

Author Links 

  Website: www.MaryLeeAshford.com 

  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryleeashford1 

  Twitter: https://twitter.com/maryleeashford 

  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mary_lee_ashford/ 

  BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/mary-lee-ashford 

  Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/maryleeashford/ 

  Purchase Links 

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TOUR PARTICIPANTS
August 5 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
August 5 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST
August 6 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW, GIVEAWAY
August 6 – Ruff Drafts – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
August 6 – Baroness' Book Trove – REVIEW
August 7 – I'm All About Books – SPOTLIGHT
August 7 – Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT, RECIPE
August 8 – LibriAmoriMiei – REVIEW
August 8 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY
August 8 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST
August 9 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW, RECIPE, GIVEAWAY
August 9 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY
August 10 – Celticlady's Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 10 – Brooke Blogs – GUEST POST
August 11 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
August 11 – Laura's Interests – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST
August 12 – Cassidy's Bookshelves - SPOTLIGHT, RECIPE
August 12 – A Wytch's Book Review Blog - REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW
August 12 – My Devotional Thoughts – REVIEW, GIVEAWAY
August 13 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
August 13 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT
August 13 – The Book Decoder – REVIEW
August 14 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews - REVIEW, GUEST POST, GIVEAWAY
August 14 – I Read What You Write – SPOTLIGHT

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