A FRIDAY FUNNY

FREE BOOK FRIDAY

All right.  Enough of those silly kiddie cookbooks, it’s time to get down to business!  Hot & sexy business. :inbed

This week’s Free Book Friday/HER LITTLE SECRET, HIS HIDDEN HEIR giveaway is a copy of the fabulous Stud Muffins: Luscious, Delectable, Yummy (and Good Muffin Recipes, Too!) Ahhh, it’s a fabulous cookbook…&, yes, there’s plenty of blatant beefcake hidden within its pages. :sexy

To enter the giveaway for this book, simply leave a comment to today’s post that includes the code FBF—for “Free Book Friday,” of course—to let me know you’re interested in the drawing. (U.S. residents only for the prize, please, but everyone is welcome to chat.)

Winner will be announced during our Happy Sunday post on…well, you know, Sunday. Winner is responsible for contacting me with her mailing information—i.e. I will not be contacting you—so be sure to check back in or you might not even know you won! :crying (If prize isn’t claimed within 14 days, another name may be drawn or item may be tossed back into the goody bag to be re-used for a future giveaway.)

Here’s another really good recipe for you while you’re awaiting the release of HER LITTLE SECRET, HIS HIDDEN HEIR.

This one isn’t in the book, but something similar (i.e. chocolate + peanut butter = :spaghetti ) is.

And, yes, I mean the actual recipe, so if you want THE best cookie recipe I’ve got to offer, be sure to pick up the book as soon as it’s available. :howyoudoin

You’re lucky I was willing to share…& this one, too, because they are both To. Die. For. :bigwow

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BARS

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons butter
1 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325.
Line a 9” X 13” baking pan with foil, leaving some hang over sides, for lifting out bars once baked.
Grease foil with Crisco, then flour. Set aside.
In large bowl, cream butter and peanut butter until smooth.
Add sugars, eggs, & vanilla. Beat until creamy.
Blend in flour & salt.
Stir in 1 cup of chocolate chips.
Spread into prepared pan.
Bake 25 minutes or until edges begin to brown.
Remove from oven. Turn oven off.
Sprinkle remaining cup of chocolate chips over bars.
Return to oven for about 3 minutes or until chips become soft.
Spread softened chocolate to cover entire top of bars.
Cool on wire rack for about 15 minutes.
Remove from pan using foil as handles.
Once chocolate “frosting” has hardened, cut into bars.

For more great recipes & fun chit-chat, be sure to sign up for my HappyBookers YahooGroup. We’re doing a bit of a recipe swap over there, too, in anticipation of HER LITTLE SECRET, HIS HIDDEN HEIR‘s upcoming release, so you can collect or share recipes to your heart’s content. :flip

It is time again to vote for our upcoming Hunk of the Month.  And since June marks the release of my latest Harlequin Desire, HER LITTLE SECRET, HIS HIDDEN HEIR—a.k.a. the bakery book—I think it’s only fair that we make all the candidates this time fellas who are hot & sexy in the kitchen, as well as the bedroom. :inbed

(Whip me, baby!)

(I’m hot & spicy.)

(Well, butter my buns!)

(I can cook in more than just the kitchen…)