My good friend, and
fellow author, Cindy Young Turner is taking over the blog for Day 15! She's sharing with us some awesome holiday
treats, her novel, Thief of Hope, and giving something away!
Keeping things short and sweet, here's today's Giveaway info!
The
Giveaway Today is:
An
Ecopy set which includes Thief of Hope,
and the
prequel, Journey to Hope.
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Cindy Young Turner's Facebook Page
16 Days of Christmas Giveaways: My Favorite Holiday
Treats
I’m going to share two recipes today. One
is for Gluehwein, which will always be a traditional holiday beverage for me.
We used to make it for New Year’s Eve and the production of it was half the
fun. The other recipe is for apple bread, which is still a staple of my
Christmas gifts. I started baking it because when I lived in Massachusetts we’d
go apple picking every fall and I’d come home with a huge bag of apples. Apple
bread freezes nicely and it’s so delicious. Enjoy!
Gluehwein
(Recipe from food.com, as the only recipe I
have doesn’t have any measurements. We did it all to taste. I believe
traditionally you would add a high proof rum at the end and light the drink on
fire.)
Ingredients:
3/4 cup water
( or orange juice)
3/4 cup white
sugar ( or less to taste) 1 cinnamon stick
1 orange
10 whole cloves
1 (750 ml) bottles red wine
Directions:
1. In a saucepan, combine the water, sugar, and cinnamon stick. Bring
to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer.
2. Cut the orange in half, and squeeze the juice into the simmering
water. Push the cloves into the outside of the orange peel, and place peel in
the simmering water. Continue simmering for 30 minutes, until thick and syrupy.3. Pour in the wine, and heat until steaming but not simmering. Remove the clove-studded orange halves.
Serve hot in mugs or glasses that have been
preheated in warm water (cold glasses will break.).
Apple
Bread
Makes two loaves Toss the apples and sugar and let sit while you make the batter.
In a large bowl, combine:
3 C flour2 C sugar
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1/3 C orange juice
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
4 eggs
1 C vegetable oil
Blend on low for 1 minute and on medium for
4 minutes.
Grease 2 pans and layer in each 3 batter
and 2 apple.Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour, 5 minutes.
Okay,
those sound like amazing Holiday Treats. I've totally written them down to try!
Now, let's learn about more about Thief of Hope!
Sydney, a street urchin and pickpocket in the town of
Last Hope, has managed to evade the oppressive Guild for years, but there is no
escaping fate when she's sentenced to death for associating with the
resistance.
And now for a little more on Cindy! If you want to learn even more
about her and books, click on the links below.
Cindy Young-Turner has been writing
for most of her life. At age twelve, she won her first writing contest, a local
contest in her small hometown in Massachusetts calling for stories written in
the style of Edgar Allan Poe. Thus began her love of stories that are dark and
fantastical. She believes genre fiction can be just as well written and
valuable as literature. The universal themes of love, hate, revenge, and
redemption are present regardless of whether characters live in the distant
future, on other planets, or in fantastical realms.
By day she edits and does business
development for international development projects. In her free time, she works
on inspiring her characters to fight for change and justice in their imaginary
worlds. Her published works include the fantasy novel Thief of Hope and a short
prequel, Journey to Hope.
19 December 2013 at 16:31
Thanks for having me today, Avery! Happy holidays!