Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentines Day!!!!


Yes. These are as delicious as they look! Heavy and yummy!!! I got this recipe off of the Food Network website, submitted by Sunny Anderson (thank you Sunny!!!) although I have made some alterations of my own. My daughter and I made them last night. YUM! RED VELVET CREAM CHEESE SWIRLED BROWNIES!
Here is the recipe, and I hope you have a great Valentines Day!!!
1 stick butter, melted 1 tsp. vinegar
1 cup sugar 2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
pinch salt
1 oz. bottle red food coloring
CREAM CHEESE LAYER:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
Spray an 8x8 inch square pan with PAM or Bakers Pride. Set aside.
BROWNIE LAYER: In a small pain or microwave safe dish, melt butter. Remove butter to mixing bowl and add sugar, vanilla, cocoa powder, salt, food coloring, and vinegar, in that order, mixing between additions. Whisk the eggs in a small bowl and stir into the cocoa mixture. Fold in the flour until combined. Reserve 1/4 cup of batter, then pour remaining batter into prepared baking pan.
CREAM CHEESE LAYER: Blend together the cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Gently spread the layer on top of the brownie batter in the pan. Dollop the reserved batter over the cream cheese layer. Drag a knife through the dollops, swirling with the cream cheese. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove to a cooling rack and cool completely before cutting (I put in the fridge).
Enjoy!!!!

Sunday, February 5, 2012

WINNERS!!!!

Okay, guys! Here are the winners! GI, BriBri2008, and ZOE! Congrats on winning a Pink Book! :) Email me your mailing addresses at hauntedromances@yahoo.com and I will send these right out!

Thanks to everyone for commenting, and check back here and on my FB for more contest opportunities between now and Release Day, March 6!!!

Thanks!
Elle

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Blog Contest for EVENTIDE!!

Wasssup!!??!!! The release of Eventide is getting closer and closer! March 6 is Release Day! BUT--I have in my possession THE PINK BOOK: The bound, uncorrected proofs of the full Eventide novel! Wanna win one? I will give away THREE of these books! Between now and Sunday night (AFTER SUPERBOWL OF COURSE!) at 11pm EASTERN TIME, leave a comment ONCE and I will randomly choose the winners and ANNOUNCE it HERE. Please only comment if you're truly interested (as I've had commenters in the past who have won and never claimed their book--as in never emailed me their address!) in winning a copy of this uncorrected bound EVENTIDE. Thanks and GOOD LUCK!!!! AND...if you haven't checked out my BIG KINDLE FIRE CONTEST, do so now. All you have to do is sign up for my Newsletter! That's IT! If you've already done so in the past, you are already ENTERED! Make sure you read the rules, though!