Welcome, Lori Wilde!

Please welcome my
friend, the superbly
talented and prolific

author Lori Wilde.

I have known Lori for
years and she is not only
a fabulous writer, but
she is also incredibly

generous with her
knowledge of the writing
craft, the business

and even her nursing background.

And today, she is sharing a recipe! Thanks, Lori!

I just discovered a delicious new white chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Ingredients

1¾ cups all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon baking soda

14 tablespoons unsalted butter

½ cup granulated sugar

¾ cup packed dark brown sugar

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 large egg

1 large egg yolk

1¼ cups white chocolate chips

Directions Preheat oven to 375°. Line baking sheets with

parchment paper. In a medium bowl, whisk flour and baking

soda together. Heat 10 tablespoons butter in a skillet over

medium-high heat until melted. Cook, stirring constantly

until the butter is dark golden brown. Pour butter into a large

bowl; add remaining butter. Stir until melted. Add sugars, salt

and vanilla. Stir until well combined. Stir in eggs.

Set aside for 3 minutes. Then stir for 30 seconds.

Repeat stirring and resting process 2 more times until the

mixture is thick and shiny. Stir in the flour mixture followed

by chocolate chips. Drop dough onto baking sheets

(3 tablespoons per cookie). Bake 10 to 14 minutes until the

cookie edges are golden brown and the centers are soft.

Cool on wire rack.

A little bit about Lori: Lori Wilde has sold fifty-two novels for

four major New York Publishing houses. She holds a bachelors degree

in nursing from Texas Christian University and a certificate in forensics.

She volunteers as a sexual assault first responder for Freedom House,

a shelter for battered women.

She has also served as the RWA National conference workshop chair and

PAN retreat chair. She is an instructor for a company who provides

online community education to over 1500 colleges and universities.

Lori is a past RITA finalist and has four times been nominated for

Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award. She’s won the Colorado

Award of Excellence, the Wisconsin Write Touch Award, The Lories,

The More Than Maggie, the Golden Quill and The BestBooks of 2006

Book Award.

Her books have been translated into 22 languages and excerpted in

Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Complete Woman, All You and Quick and

Simple magazines. She’s appeared numerous times on the Waldenbook’s

bestseller list, The Barnes and Noble bestseller list, Bookscan Top 40

and Ingram’s Top 50. She lives in Texas with her husband, Bill.

Lori will be teaching a class on High Concept starting

Feb 1 at http://storystewuniversity.com/

Thanks for joining us today, Lori! I just finished reading the

Sweatheart's Knitting Club, and I loved it. It felt like Jesse

and Flynn were long lost family. It was a delight.

For more information about Lori, check out her website:

http://www.loriwilde.com/