Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Nutmeg Cookies from Sifting Through Clues by author @DarylWoodGerber


From Daryl:

These tasty morsels are a recipe from Sifting Through Clues, the latest Cookbook Nook Mystery.  Often, at the back of the book, I include recipes and I let the characters speak about the recipe. Jenna, the protagonist in the series, when not dining at her own restaurant, the Nook Café, likes to go to Latte Luck Café. She and her pal Bailey enjoy sitting down to a good cup of coffee and a treat. Jenna, who is a foodie but not a skilled cook, although she has been learning to be more daring, adores simple recipes, so this one was right up her alley.  I'll let Jenna tell you the rest...


From Jenna:


I cajoled this recipe out of the baker at Latte Luck Café and am so glad I did. These are perfect for any time but especially good as a holiday gift. They also freeze well. By the way, I prepared two different baking sheets—one that was buttered, one that was lined with parchment paper. The one that was buttered created a darker, crisper cookie. I'm sharing two versions: regular and gluten-free.

Nutmeg Cookies

(Yield: 24-26 cookies)

1 stick butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar plus 1-1/2 tablespoons sugar
2 egg yolks
1 cup flour, sifted
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon nutmeg, more if desired

In a medium bowl, cream together butter, sugar, and egg yolks.  Add sifted flour, cream of tartar, and nutmeg. Mix together.

Drop by spoonfuls on cookie sheet. 8 to a cookie sheet. They will spread.

Bake at 375 deg. 10-12 minutes maximum.  Should be lightly brown around edges when removed from oven.

Let cool 1 minute, then remove from tray and set on paper towels to cool. These get very crisp. They make great freezer cookies.

Nutmeg Cookies

(Gluten-free version)
Yield: 24-26 cookies)

1 stick butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar plus 1-1/2 tablespoons sugar
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup sweet rice flour
1/2 cup tapioca starch
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon nutmeg, more if desired
1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum

In a medium bowl, cream together butter, sugar, and egg yolks.  Add sifted flour, cream of tartar, nutmeg, and xanthan gum. Mix together.

Drop by spoonfuls on cookie sheet. 8 to a cookie sheet. They will spread.

Bake at 375 deg. 10-12 minutes maximum.  Should be lightly brown around edges when removed from oven.

Let cool 1 minute, then remove from tray and set on paper towels to cool. These get very crisp. They make great freezer cookies.






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What's it about?


Book clubs from all over have descended on Crystal Cove to celebrate the library’s Book Club Bonanza week, and Jenna Hart has packed the Cookbook Nook with juicy reads and tasty cookbooks. But she’s most excited about spending an evening with the Mystery Mavens and their moveable feast, when they will go from house to house to share different culinary treats and discuss the whodunit they’re all reading. It’s all good food and fun for the savvy armchair detectives, until one of the members of the group is found murdered at the last stop on the tour.



As if that weren’t enough to spoil her appetite, Jenna discovers that all the evidence points to her friend Pepper as being the guilty party. And with Pepper’s chief-of-police daughter too close to the case to be impartial, Jenna knows she’ll have to step in to help clear her friend’s name before a bitter injustice sends her to jail. Sifting through the clues, Jenna unearths any number of possible culprits, but she’ll have to cook up a new way to catch the killer before Pepper’s goose is cooked.



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3 comments:

  1. Super easy.
    Does the nutmeg make them remind you of eggnog?

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  2. Libby, yes. I adore nutmeg. I even sprinkle it occasionally on sauteed zucchini. It is definitely a reminder of the holidays. :) ~ Daryl

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    1. You just reminded me that my father would grate fresh nutmeg over string beans!

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