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My first novel featuring Emily Dickinson as sleuth is Because I Could Not Stop for Death, which comes out on September 20, 2022. The title was inspired by one of Dickinson’s most famous poems. However, an interesting fact that many don’t know about the famous poet is that she was better known as a baker in her lifetime than as a writer. In fact, only a handful of her poems were published when she was alive, but she won multiple awards with her baking.
Since writing the series, I have found so many things that I have in common with Dickinson, and baking is one of them. I love to bake. I haven’t won anything for my baking, but maybe I will enter one someday just like Emily did.
You can learn even more lesser known facts about Dickinson in my novel. I hope you will check it out!Below is my original recipe for Pumpkin Spiced Zucchini Bread that I think Dickinson would have approved of. It's super easy, and I promise the pumpkin spice makes all the difference! Enjoy!
INGREDIENTS
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of pumpkin spice
1 teaspoon of nutmeg
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of baking soda
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2-2 1/2 cups grated zucchini
1 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
- Spray an 8x4 inch pan with baking spray.
- Mix flour, salt, baking powder, soda, nutmeg, and pumpkin spice together in a large bowl.
- Add eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla, brown sugar, an white sugar to flour mixture.
- Beat mixture together until smooth.
- Add zucchini and mix well.
- Add chopped walnuts and mix well.
- Put mixture into pan.
- Allow to cool and enjoy!
About the Author
Amanda Flower is a USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author of over forty mystery novels. Her novels have received starred reviews from Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Romantic Times, and she had been featured in USA Today, First for Women, and Woman’s World. She currently writes for Penguin-Random House (Berkley), Kensington, and Sourcebooks. In addition to being a writer, she was a librarian for fifteen years. Today, Flower and her husband own a farm and recording studio, and they live in Northeast Ohio with their four adorable cats.
- Beat mixture together until smooth.
- Add zucchini and mix well.
- Add chopped walnuts and mix well.
- Put mixture into pan.
- Bake for 60 minutes.
- Allow to cool and enjoy!
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