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Herring Appetizer

## Book Reference

Sugar Cookie Murder

THIS DISH MUST BE MADE 3 DAYS IN ADVANCE

*Reverend Knudson's grandmother, Priscilla, brings this herring appetizer to every potluck dinner. The one time she decided to bring something else, twenty-six people, including her grandson, made her promise never to do it again.*

### Ingredients

* Glass jar that will hold one quart
* 2 twelve-ounce jars marinated herring fillets
* 3/4 cup crinkle-cut frozen carrots
* 2 small red onions
* 2 teaspoons whole allspice
* 2 teaspoons whole yellow mustard seeds
* 6 to 9 small sprigs of fresh dill

#### Pickling liquid

* 3/4 cup white vinegar
* 1/2 cup water
* 1/2 cup (*granulated*) sugar

### Directions

* Bring the vinegar, water and sugar to a boil in a saucepan, stirring constantly until the sugar is dissolved. Take the saucepan off the heat and set the liquid aside to cool to room temperature.
* Open the jars of herring and drain them in a strainer. Pick out the herring fillets, rinse them in cold water, and throw everything else away.
* Cook the carrots according to the package instructions, but make sure they're still firm and not soft.
* Peel the red onions and cut them into thin slices.
* Arrange one-fourth of the onions in a thin layer in the bottom of the 1-quart glass jar. Top them with a third of the herring. Top the herring with a third of the carrots. Place 2 or 3 dill springs on the top and scatter on a third of the allspice and a third of the mustard seeds. Repeat the sequence until all the ingredients have been used, ending with a top layer of onions.
* Pour the cooled pickling liquid into the jar. It should just cover the contents. If there's not enough pickling liquid, top off the jar with a little white vinegar right out of the bottle.
* If the jar has a cover, put it on. If it doesn't, put a double layer of plastic wrap on the top and secure it with a sturdy rubber band.
* Refrigerate the herring for 3 days before serving.

Yield: Makes about 4 cups and is perfect to take to a potluck dinner. An average serving is a 1/3 cup so it will serve at least 12 people (*maybe half that if they're Scandinavian.*)

## Hannah's Note

*Mrs. Knudson says to tell you that she found a pretty straight-sided glass jar at a yard sale for a dime, and it's perfect for her herring. She also says to tell you that when she brings herring to a potluck, she makes a triple batch.*

## Conversion Charts

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Hal & Rose's Cafe

## Book Reference

Frequently mentioned in the Novels

Located across the street from the Rhodes Dental Clinic in an old-yellow brick building that was originally built in the 1940's, Harold and Rose McDermott were the second owners. The previous owners had hung a sign above the cash register, “Good Cheap Food,” and Rose lived up to that promise.

The second floor is a six-room apartment that the McDermott's live in.

The café's back room is Hal's “private banquet facility” and runs a poker game that starts when the café opens in the morning and doesn’t end until Rose doused the lights and tells everyone that it is closing time. The room in back was Hal’s domain. He loved to play poker, and he called the back room his “private banquet facility.” As far as Hannah knew, there had never been a banquet served behind the curtained door, but there had been plenty of beer and coffee, and the cigar humidor was always well stocked. Any local poker player was welcome to join the game. The “private” designation was Hal’s way around the law that prohibited smoking or gambling in a public restaurant.

**Hal & Rose's Café** in Lake Eden is mentioned in Gingerbread Cookie Murder. Anyone can join the crowd of patrons to play a hand of poker in the back room.

## References

1. ↑ Fluke, Joanne. Strawberry Shortcake Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 2) (p. 106). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Fluke, Joanne. Strawberry Shortcake Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 2) (p. 108). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
Florence Evans

## Books

Is frequently mentioned in the Novels

**Florence Evans** owns the Red Owl Grocery Store.

## Appearance

### Key Lime Pie Murder

She is near-sighted and can't throw a straight enough baseball and dunk Hannah at the Tri-County Fair booth, for which Hannah is most grateful.

### Fudge Cupcake Murder

With Florence's help, Hannah finally discovers the "secret" ingredient in the Fudge Cupcakes.

Florence was instrumental in solving the riddle of the missing ingredient, when she insisted on showing Hannah the new syrups that she has gotten in the store. Hannah saw the bottle of Raspberry syrup that came in the same bottle that Alma Koester had in abundance.
Hannah's "Hot" Brownies

## Book Reference

Sugar Cookie Murder

*I really have to apologize for this recipe. I don't usually use packaged mixes, but the thought of putting hot peppers into my very best brownies made me queasy. At the time, I figured this was good enough to be on the front lines of the Brownie Wars. I wouldn't have put this in the cookbook, but Mike and Bill, along with seven other deputies, begged me to do it.*

### Ingredients

* 1 package brownie mix *(any old kind will do)*
* 4-ounce can diced jalapeño peppers

### Directions

* Preheat the oven to whatever it says on the package of brownie mix.
* Prepare the pan and the brownie batter according to the package directions.
* Drain the liquid from the can of jalapeño peppers. *(This could have a side benefit of clearing out your drain.)*
* Dump the peppers into the brownie batter and stir them around.
* Pour the batter into the pan and bake according to the package directions.

*Mike likes these with milk. Bill would rather cut a big square and top it off with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Lonnie likes his with plain coffee (and that makes me think that he might be the right guy for Michelle).*

## Conversion Charts

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Good Doggie Cake

**Good Doggie Cake** is the nineteenth and final recipe featured in Apple Turnover Murder.

## Ingredients

* 1/2 pound lean ground beef
* 1/2 pound ground chicken
* 1/2 pound ground turkey
* 8-ounce package cream cheese
* 4-ounce package liverwurst

## Directions

* Preheat oven to 350 F., rack in the middle position.
* You will need 3 pie plates, or 3 layer cake pans to make this cake. ***(I used disposable pie pans.)***
* Spray the 3 pans with Pam or another nonstick cooking spray.
* Press the half-pound of lean ground beef into the bottom of the first pan, spreading it out evenly.
* Press the half-pound of ground chicken into the bottom of the second pan, spreading it out evenly.
* Press the half-pound of ground turkey into the bottom `of the third pan, spreading it out evenly.
* Bake the ground meat in the 3 pans at 350 degrees F. for 25 to 30 minutes.
* Use a turkey baster to suck out the grease and dispose of it. Let the meat cool completely in the pans.
* When the meat is cool, it’s time to make the frosting. Place the cream cheese and the liverwurst in a medium-sized, microwave-safe bowl. Heat them together on HIGH for 30 seconds.
* Stir the cream cheese and the liverwurst together into a paste. If it’s still too solid to stir, give it another 20 seconds on HIGH in the microwave.
* Take one disk of meat out of its pan and place it on a cake plate. Spread a little of the frosting on top.
* Take another disk of meat, put it on top of the first, and spread a little more frosting on top.
* Take the third disk of meat, put it on top of the second, and spread a little more frosting on top. Cover this disk completely with frosting since it’ll be the top of your cake.
* Use a spatula or frosting knife to spread frosting on the sides of your cake.
* If you’d like to decorate your cake, use little Milk Bones. They come in colors. Arrange them artistically on top of the cake. ***(Actually your lucky doggy recipient won’t really care if they’re artistic or not.)***
* Keep this cake REFRIGERATED until you serve it to your favorite canine.

## Yield

Enough for the “good doggy” and five furry friends.
Jon Walker

**Jon Walker** a full-blooded Chippewa.

## Biography

He was a full-blooded Chippewa Indian, born at Red Lake Reservation. When it had been time for Jon to start high school, his family had moved to Lake Eden and Jon had graduated from Jordan High. He’d gone on to college and come back to Lake Eden to buy the drugstore and take over the pharmacy.

He owns the Lake Eden Neighborhood Drugs.

### Personality

He is very humorous and good nature, often laughing at his own jokes, before people realize that he is joking.

## Chronology

In Lemon Meringue Pie Murder, he tightens up the security at the pharmacy to prevent other employees from learning anything about his clients health, after Rhonda tells everyone about one of the clients health problems. Rhonda if fired over it.

In Fudge Cupcake Murder, Jon mentions something to Hannah that helps lead her to the murder he also tells her about Corn Cookies that his mother use to make. Hannah is stumped thinking that the are made with real corn and Jon laughs at her. He finally explains that they are pumpkin cookies with a candy corn on top and that his mother made them every year for Halloween. Hannah and Lisa make them for the community Halloween party.

In Apple Turnover Murder, he has a pet name Skippy.

## Trivia

* *Explains that “Native American” was a misnomer. He’d done some research and he believed that his ancestors had come to North America from Siberia and conquered the indigenous people*.
* The name of the story keeps changing, first it was "*Lake Eden Neighborhood Drugs*" then changed to *Lake Eden Neighborhood Pharmacy]*.

## References

1. ↑ Fluke, Joanne. Lemon Meringue Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 4) (p. 163). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Fluke, Joanne. Strawberry Shortcake Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 2) (p. 58). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
Marlene Aldrich

## Books

* Cinnamon Roll Murder
* Blackberry Pie Murder
* Double Fudge Brownie Murder

**Marlene Aldrich**, a new interns at Lake Eden Memorial Hospital.

## Bio

One of Doc Knight’s new interns at Lake Eden Memorial Hospital

## Appearance

... *a slightly chubby blonde with short hair, round, gold-framed glasses perched on the end of her nose, and a smile that was as wide as all outdoors*.

## Chronology by Novel

### Cinnamon Roll Murder

Marlene had some important information about Ben that she told to Hannah.

### Blackberry Pie Murder

Doc’s intern, Marlene Aldrich, was a highly skilled lab technician. If anyone could identify that stain on the man’s shirt, it was Marlene.

She identified the stains on Keith's clothing as Blackberry.

### Double Fudge Brownie Murder

Doc has decided that he will be spending more time enjoying married life and giving up some of his responsibilities at the Hospital. He is appointing Marlene, as the new Chef of Staff and turning over his apartment at the hospital to her. They are also getting two more Interns.

*Marlene can handle anything that comes up. She’s a very capable person and everyone at the hospital likes her. Even more important, they respect her and I can’t think of anyone who would object to taking orders from her*.”

## References

1. ↑ Fluke, Joanne. Devil's Food Cake Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 14) (p. 324). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Fluke, Joanne. Blackberry Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 17) (p. 86). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Fluke, Joanne. Double Fudge Brownie Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 18) (p. 24). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
Molasses Crackles

## Book Reference

Strawberry Shortcake Murder

**Molasses Crackles** is the sixth recipe featured in *Strawberry Shortcake Murder*

## Ingredients

* 1 1/2 cups melted butter *(3 sticks--3/4 pound)*
* 2 cups white sugar
* 1/2 cup molasses *(use Brer Rabbit green label or a very dark molasses)*
* 2 beaten eggs *(just whip them up with a fork)*
* 4 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 3 teaspoon cinnamon\*
	+ I use 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon cardamon when I want a deeper, richer flavor
* 1 teaspoon nutmeg *(freshly ground is best)*
* 4 cups flour *(there's no need to sift it)*

## Directions

* Do not preheat oven yet. Dough must chill before baking.
* Melt butter in a large microwave-safe bowl. Add sugar and molasses and stir. Let it cool slightly. Then add the beaten eggs, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg, stirring after each addition. Add flour in one-cup increments, stirring after each one. The dough will be quite stiff.
* Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. *(Overnight is fine too).*
* Preheat oven to 350°F, rack in the middle position.
* Roll the chilled dough into walnut-sized balls. Put some sugar in a small bowl and roll the balls in it. Place them on a greased cookie sheet (12 to a standard sheet). Press them down just a little so they won't roll off when you carry them to the oven.
* Bake for 10-12 minutes. They'll flatten out, all by themselves. Let them cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet and then move them to a wire rack to finish cooling.

## Hannah's Note

*Molasses cookies freeze well.  Roll them up in foil, put them in a freezer bag, and they'll be fine for 3 months or so. (You'd better lock your freezer if you want them to last that long.)*

## Trivia

**These were Dad's favorite cookies. He used to ask me to bake them on Sunday morning, so he could eat them while he read the paper. Mother is also crazy about them, even though they don't have chocolate.**

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Holiday Jell-O Mold

Sugar Cookie Murder

**Andrea's* recipe again. She collects Jell-O recipes.*

### Directions - Part 1

* Spray a Bundt cake pan *(8 cups)* or other 2-quart mold with Pam or other non-stick spray. Set aside.
* Stir Jell-O powder into boiling water until dissolved. Add cold water and set aside to let cool.

### Ingredients - Part 2

* 1 teaspoon salt
* 2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
* 2 medium-sized fresh avocados, mashed
* 1/3 cup sour cream
* 2 or 3 drops green food coloring

### Directions - Part 2

* Combine salt, lemon juice, mashed avocados, and sour cream. Stir until smooth. Add food coloring and mix thoroughly.
* Stir avocado mixture into cooled lime Jell-O and pour into Bundt cake pan. Refrigerate until firm. *(2 to 4 hours--overnight is fine too.)*

### Ingredients - Part 3

* 1 and 1/3 cups boiling water
* 1 large package *(8 ounces)* cranberry or raspberry Jell-O
* One 8 1/2-ounce can crushed pineapple with juice
* Two 16-ounce cans whole-berry cranberry sauce *(2 1/4 cups)*
* 1 Tablespoon prepared horseradish

### Directions - Part 3

* Dissolve Jell-O in boiling water. Add pineapple, cranberry sauce, and horseradish. Mix thoroughly. Refrigerate until syrupy. *(Approximately one hour.)*
* Spoon cranberry mixture carefully over the avocado mixture. Refrigerate until firm. *(At least 4 hours - overnight is fine, too.)*
* Unmold on a pretty platter to serve.

## Hannah's Note

*Andrea complains that this recipe is too complicated for her, but if we beg, she makes it every year for Thanksgiving and it's wonderful with turkey. She does the lime Jell-O layer the night before and the cranberry Jell-O layer on Thanksgiving morning.*

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Father Coultas

## Books

* Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
* Candy for Christmas
* Sugar Cookie Murder
* Red Velvet Cupcake Murder

## Bio

**Father Coultas** is the Lake Eden Catholic priest.

## Chronology of Novels

### Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

Lisa Herman told Father Coultas that it was good for her father to get out and socialize with his friends when he joined the Seniors' Group at Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church for lunch: "If God gave Dad Alzheimer's, He's got to understand when Dad forgets what church he belongs to."

"Hannah figured it must be a truly massive pileup. It would take a disaster of that magnitude to get all three local clergy into a common car. Father Coultas hadn't spoken to Reverend Knudson since the Lutherans had beaten the Catholics at softball, and Reverend Strandberg had been privately denounced by the other two as a Bible-thumping zealot."

### Candy for Christmas

Father Coultas and Cyril Murphy were eating fried eggs and double orders of bacon for breakfast at Hal & Rose's Cafe, "something Cyril's wife and Father's housekeeper wouldn't let them have because they were supposed to watch their cholesterol."

## References

1. ↑ Fluke, Joanne. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 1) (Chapter 1). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Fluke, Joanne. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 1) (Chapter 17). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Fluke, Joanne. Candy for Christmas (Hannah Swensen series Novella) (Chapter 9). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
Marguerite Hollenbeck

## Bio

**Clara and Marguerite Hollenbeck** are retired elderly unmarried sisters who live in the condo complex across from Hannah.

The spinster sisters like to attend Bible Teachers Conferences at Bethany Lutheran College. Marguerite taught kindergarten for 40 years and Clara worked 42 years as a court reporter for the Winnetka County Courthouse.

They volunteer their services at Lake Eden Memorial Hospital.

## Chronology by Novel

### Blueberry Muffin Murder

Mrs. Canfield lives in the first floor condo, below theirs's.

### Key Lime Pie Murder

They adopt a cat that they name Cuddles. Moishe sees the cat in the window from Hannah's condo and is fascinated. But every time Hannah looks there is nothing there except a closed curtain. Finally, Norman figures it out.

But Clara is terribly allergic and they have to give her up. They are both heart broken over it, but Norman offers to adopt Cuddles and tells Marguerite that she is welcome to come out and visit her any time she wants.

Marguerite has even taken Cuddles with her on vacation.
Irma York

**Sons**: Reggie, the rest unnamed

## Bio

Married to Gus York. There oldest son, Reggie, is a pilot for Worldways Airline.

## Chronology by Novel

### Christmas Cupcake Murder

Irma hires Hannah to cater desserts for a holiday party. Hannah has Joe Smith help her with serving and Irma's Aunt Carolyn recognized Joe, but an older man maybe his father. When they find some additional clues to Joe's past, they run them by Irma and her Aunt to see if they will trigger more memories for her.
Lake Eden Winter Carnival

## Description

In an effort to attract tourists during the dead Winter months, the first Winter Carnival was held in February. After the first year when it was held in February, it was decided that they would hold the future ones in January.

## Book Reference

### Books

Blueberry Muffin Murder

**Lake Eden Winter Carnival** is a small community winter event in the middle of a cold snowy February. The whole not-so-sleepy town participates in the creation and the events. Hannah refers to it as a "mini-Winter Olympics", where kids can join in the contests and adults the competitions of skating, ice fishing, dog-sledding, snowmobiling. Of course, there's got to be a prince and princess crowing and who wouldn't want a ride in a "shuttle sleigh ride"? Mayor Bascomb is head of the carnival's committee but his wife, Stephanie, leads the way! All this fun takes place in Blueberry Muffin Murder.

Guest Celebrity - Connie Mac American's Sweetheart, Celebrity TV Cooking show host

**Events** -

* Dog Sled Races - Won by Otis Cox
* Snowman building contest:
	+ 1st place - Team Calvin Janowski
	+ 2nd place - Team Tracey Todd for their "Snowwoman"

After the first year when it was held in February, it was decided that they would hold the future ones in January.

## References

1. ↑ Fluke, Joanne. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 1) (p. 59). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Fluke, Joanne. Blueberry Muffin Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 3) (p. 221). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
Lemon Glazed Chicken Breasts

Coconut Layer Cake Murder

## Ingredients

* 6-ounce can frozen lemonade concentrate, undiluted
* ½ teaspoon ground ginger
* ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
* 1 teaspoon dried parsley ***(or fresh finely chopped if you have a kitchen herb garden)***
* 6 six-ounce boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
* ¼ cup water
* 2 Tablespoons cornstarch

## Directions

* Prepare a 4-quart crockpot by spraying the inside of the crock with Pam or another nonstick cooking spray.
* Open the can of frozen lemonade concentrate and put the contents in a shallow bowl that's large enough to hold one of the chicken breast halves.
* When the lemon concentrate has thawed, stir in the half-teaspoon of ground ginger.
* Stir in the quarter-teaspoon of ground black pepper.
* Stir in the teaspoon of dried parsley ***(or the fresh chopped parsley if you used that)***.
* Dip each piece of chicken breast in the shallow bowl, coating both sides with the mixture.
* Place the dipped chicken in the bottom of the crock.
* Give the dipping mixture another stir and then pour it over the chicken breast halves in the crock.
* Turn the slow cooker on LOW and cook your chicken for 7 to 9 hours or on high for 4 hours.

* Remove chicken and turn the crockpot with the glaze inside to HIGH and mix the water and the cornstarch together in a small bowl, add the water and cornstarch mixture to the crock, and stir it in.
* Cook the glaze on HIGH for 15 to 30 minutes or until bubbly and thickened like gravy.
* Serve the chicken over cooked rice or any kind of cooked pasta you wish to use.
Hole in One

## Book Reference

Fudge Cupcake Murder

**Hole in One** is the ninth recipe featured in Fudge Cupcake Murder

## Ingredients

* One slice of bread *(any kind)*
* One egg
* Softened butter
* Biscuit cutter or juice glass

## Directions

* Spray a frying pan with non-stick spray and set it aside.
* Butter the piece of bread on one side. Put it butter-side-down in the frying pan. Butter the side on top. *(Using a rubber spatula makes this easier.)*
* With a biscuit cutter or the rim of a juice glass, stamp a hole in the center of the slice of bread. Put the circle you've cut out next to the slice of bread in the pan.
* Put the pan on medium heat and wait until the bread starts to fry. Then crack an egg and drop it into the hole in the bread. *(If you're really hungry, you can use two eggs.)* Add salt and pepper to the egg if you wish. When the egg has cooked on the bottom, flip the whole thing, bread and all, with a pancake turner. Also flip the cutout circle of bread. Fry until the egg is done the way you want it.

## Hannah's Note

*Tracey loves these for breakfast. She prefers a runny yolk so that she can dip the fried bread in it. If there was ever any doubt, that would prove she's my niece*.

## Trivia

Hannah use to make them for her college friends when they were up late studying.

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Meatloaf

Sugar Cookie Murder

*This recipe is from Esther Gibson, Digger Gibson's wife.*

Preheat oven to 350°F, rack in the middle position.

* Grease *(or spray with non-stick cooking spray*) and have it ready. *(The one Esther uses is metal and the bottom measures 4 inches by 8 inches.)*
* In a large bowl, mix the cracker crumbs, beaten eggs, evaporated milk, and seasonings. Add the chopped onion and mix well. Here comes the messy part...
* Add the hamburger and mix it all up with your impeccably clean hands. *(That's right, use your hands and smoosh it all up together—this really is worth all the mess.)*
* With your hands, transfer the meat mixture to the pan you've prepared, filling it to within 3/4 of an inch of the top, except in the middle where you should mound it like a loaf of bread. If you have any meat mixture left over, shape it into patties, separate the patties with wax paper, stick them in a freezer bag and pop them in the freezer. They make wonderful hamburgers.

#### Piquant Sauce Meatloaf Topping

*Esther says this piquant sauce is the reason her family loves having meatloaf. It's really good!*

* In a small bowl, mix the brown sugar, nutmeg and dry mustard. *(Esther uses a fork to do this.)* Mix in the catsup and then spoon the sauce over the top of your meatloaf.
* Put a drip pan *(Esther has an old cookie sheet with raised sides)* under the meatloaf pan and bake it at 350°F for one and a half hours.
* Let cool in the pan for fifteen minutes, then turn it out on a carving board. Let it cool for another five minutes and then slice.

*Everyone says no one makes meatloaf better than Esther!*

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Hannah's Best Butterscotch Cookies

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## Book Reference

Gingerbread Cookie Murder

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F., rack in the middle position.

### Directions

**Hannah's Note:** *You can use an electric mixer for this recipe, or you can do it by hand. It's your choice.*

* In a large bowl, mix the softened butter, softened cream cheese, white sugar and brown sugar together until they're light and fluffy.
* Mix in the vanilla, and the baking soda.
* Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition.
* Add the flour in one-cup increments, mixing after each addition.
* Take the bowl out of the mixer. You'll have to mix in the last three ingredients by hand.
* Add the butterscotch chips to your bowl and stir them in.
* Add the white chocolate chips to your bowl and mix thoroughly.
* Add the chopped salted cashews and mix well.
* Drop the dough by mounded teaspoonfuls onto an UNGREASED cookie sheet, 12 cookies to a standard-sized sheet. (You can also cover your cookie sheets with parchment paper or baking paper if you have it.)
* Flatten the cookies a bit with the blade of a spatula or the palm of your impeccably clean hand. They'll spread out a little more in the over, but not  a lot.
* Bake Hannah's Best Butterscotch Cookies at 325 degrees F. for 8 to 10 minutes or until nicely golden on top.
* Let the cookies cool for two minutes on the cookie sheet and then remove them to a wire rack to cool completely.

**Yield:** Approximately 7 dozen delicious cookies

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Joe Smith

## Books

Christmas Cupcake Murder

**John Doe,** a befuddled stranger can't recall a thing about himself—except for his unusual knowledge of restoring antique furniture.

## Chronology by Novel

### Christmas Cupcake Murder

An amnesic homeless, near starvation man knocks on the back door of The Cookie Jar and Hannah invites him in and feeds him.

The next day Delores Swensen, Carrie Rhodes and Hannah discover him in a deserted store front and he is rushed to the hospital.
Doc said it was in time and he was keeping him in the hospital. Further examination shows that he had a blow to his head that had healed. Doc wasn’t able to determine if someone had hit him or if it was accidental.
When he was released from the hospital, he started working for Delores refinishing her antique table and helping Hannah with catering holiday parties.

Irma York’s Aunt Carolyn, thinks she might know something about Joe’s background. It was near Mud and Round Lakes, the family had a refurnishing and upholstery business.
Carolyn’s recollections resulted in another memory for Joe, about “Sara” that lived on the next farm to his and that Sara took care of Donnie and that Joe loved Sara.

The clue of the orange zest resulted in a group of them looking at all of the towns and groups cook books at the library. They discovered a German Chocolate Cake recipe that had orange zest as an optional ingredient. The cookbook was from “Sweetwater Lake Township”. They verified with Aunt Carolyn and she said yes that was it. And that she thought “Edith” was Joe’s mother.

Norman Rhodes, Hannah, Andrea Todd and Joe drive to "Sweetwater Lake" with Mike Kingston following in his squad car. When they get there more memories surface for Joe and they discover his home and shop empty. They go to visit the neighbors and they are stunned to see Joe as everyone believes that he is dead. His car went off of a bridge but they couldn't find his body. They told him that he had to rush to town because Sara was getting ready to marry his step-brother Jake so that she could get his brother "Donnie" back under her care. They rush off to town and get to the church just in time. Jake is stunned and blurts out that "he killed him". Mike tackles and cuffs him, but the Sheriff of that county took over and they took Jake off to jail.

Since everyone was there for a wedding, Sara and Joe were married and then went to the county home to get Donnie.
Mandarin Orange Soft Sauce

Coconut Layer Cake Murder

## Ingredients

* ½ cup ***(1 stick, 4 ounces, ¼ pound)*** salted butter, softened
* 2 cups powdered ***(confectioners)*** sugar ***(there's no need to sift unless it's got lumps)***
* 2 Tablespoons ***(⅛ cup)*** Mandarin orange juice ***(saved from when you drained your cans of Mandarin oranges)***

**Hannah's 1st Note: If you didn't save the juice when you drained the cans of Mandarin oranges, you can use 2 Tablespoons of regular orange juice as a substitute. IF you don't have any orange juice, use 2 Tablespoons of milk as a substitute.**

## Directions

* Make sure the butter has softened to room temperature.
* Place the butter in a medium-size mixing bowl or in the bowl of an electric mixer.
* Beat the butter on LOW speed for 2 minutes.
* Turn up the mixer speed to MEDIUM and beat the butter until it is light and fluffy ***(approximately 2 additional minutes).***
* Turn down the mixer to LOW speed and beat as you add one cup of the powdered sugar. Beat until it is combined with the butter.
* With the mixer running on LOW, add one Tablespoon of Mandarin orange juice ***(or regular orange juice)***. Beat until it is well combined.
* With the mixer still running on LOW speed, add the final cup of powdered sugar. Beat until it is well combined.
* Add the final Tablespoon of Mandarin Orange juice ***(or regular orange juice)*** and beat the mixture until it is smooth.
* Check your Orange Soft Sauce for consistenct. It should be fairy thick, but still pourable. If it's too thin, beat in more powdered sugar. If it's too thick, add a bit more orange juice.
* Store your Orange Soft Sauce in a tightly-covered container in the refrigerator. Take it out thirty minutes or so before serving your Mandarin Orange Bundt Dessert.

Yield: Enough soft sauce to serve with your Mandarin Orange Bundt Dessert.

**Hannah's 2nd Note: If you're in a hurry and you don't feel like making a hard Sauce or a soft Sauce, some instant vanilla pudding made according to the package directions and thinned with a little additional orange juice and/or Triple Sec will work fine.**
Gloria Travis

## Books

Peach Cobbler Murder

**Gloria** is the personal assistant to the CEO of Pretty Girl Cosmetics in Macon, GA.

## Chronology

In Peach Cobbler Murder, Gloria is the personal assistant to the CEO of Pretty Girl Cosmetics and works in their headquarters at Macon, Ga. She arranged for an executive retreat to be held at the Lake Eden Inn. She arrived ahead of the rest of their party, on the day that Lisa and Herb were getting married on. She was invited to the reception held at the Inn and gave the wedding couple a gift card for a 12-person Champaign brunch that the Inn offers.

While Hannah is investigating Shawna Lee’s murder, she realizes that her and her sister look a lot of like and wonders if Vanessa may have been the target. She finds out what Vanessa’s husbands name was and later finds out from Luanne that Gloria had been engaged to Neil, just before he married Vanessa.

Gloria was suspicious of Vanessa having drugged Neil before the marriage and killed him afterwards and either had a forged will or kept him drugged enough to write a new will leaving her everything, but she didn't know how to prove it.
Hannah's Special Carrot Cake

## Ingredients

* 2 cups white ***(granulated)*** sugar
* 3 eggs
* 3/4 cup vegetable oil ***(not canola, or olive, or anything but veggie oil)***
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 3/4cup sour cream ***(or unflavored yogurt)***
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 2 teaspoons cinnamon  ***(or ½ teaspoon cardamom and the rest cinnamon)***
* 1 teaspoons salt
* 1 20-ounce can crushed pineapple, juice and all\*\*\*
	+ \*\*\* That's about 1½ cups of crushed pineapple and a scant cup of juice
* 2 cups chopped walnuts ***(or pecans)***
* 2½ cups flour ***(don't sift—pack it down when you measure)***
* 2 cups grated carrots

## Directions

* Preheat oven to 350°F, rack in the middle position.
* Grease ***(or spray with Pam)*** a 9-inch by 13-inch cake pan and set it aside.
* Beat the sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, and vanilla together in a large bowl. Mix in the sour cream ***(or yogurt.)*** Add the baking soda, cinnamon ***(and cardamom if you used it)*** and salt. Mix them in thoroughly.
* Add the can of crushed pineapple ***(including the liquid)*** and the chopped nuts to your bowl. Mix them in thoroughly.
* Add the flour by half-cup increments, mixing after each addition.
* Grate the carrots. ***(This is very easy with a food processor, but you can also do it with a hand grater.)*** Measure out 2 cups of grated carrots. Pack them down in the cup when you measure them.
* Mix in the carrots BY HAND. Grated carrots tend to get caught on the beaters of electric mixers.
* Spread the batter in your prepared cake pan and bake it at 350°F for 50 minutes, or until a cake tester ***(I use a food pick that’s a little longer than a toothpick,)*** inserted one inch from the center of the cake comes out clean.
* Let the cake cool in the cake pan on a wire rack. When it’s completely cool, frost with Cream Cheese Frosting while it’s still in the pan.

## Hannah's Note

*Hannah’s 1st Note: This is a lot easier with an electric mixer, but you can also make it by hand.*

## Conversion Charts

See Baking Conversion Chart for non-USA baking conversions.
Janelle's Quick and Easy Chicken Soup

Devil's Food Cake Murder

## Ingredients

* 8 cups chicken broth OR 2 quarts water ***(that’s 8 cups)*** and 8 chicken bouillon cubes
* 6 and 1/2 cups uncooked wide egg noodles
* 2 cans ***(10 and 3/4 ounce each)*** condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
* 3 cups cubed cooked chicken
* 1 cup ***(8 ounces)*** sour cream
* minced fresh parsley

## Directions

* Bring broth OR water and bouillon to a boil in a pot that will hold 12 to 14 cups.
* Add the noodles. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the noodles are tender. ***(Read your noodle package for the time. Mine took about 9 minutes.)*** DO NOT DRAIN the noodles. They are now part of the soup.
* Turn the heat down to medium.
* Add the two cans of condensed cream of chicken soup. Stir them in well.
* Add the cubed chicken and stir it in.
* Heat everything through. This should take from 5 to 10 minutes.
* When the soup is piping hot, remove it from the heat. If you’re serving it all at once and everyone’s ready to eat, stir in the sour cream, sprinkle with fresh parsley, and ladle into soup bowls.
Holiday Rice

## Book Reference

Sugar Cookie Murder

Preheat oven to 350°F, rack in the middle position.

*This recipe is from Pam Baxter, Jordan High's Home Economics teacher. She gives it to all her students.*

## = Ingredients

* 1 pound *(approximately 2 and 2/3 cups)* uncooked mixed rice\*\*\*
	+ \*\*\*Pam uses a one-pound package of Trader Joe's California Rice Trilogy. If you can't get that, use 1 cup long-grain brown rice, 1 cup wild rice, and 2/3 cup brown Basmati rice. *(Or any other combination you wish, as long as it adds up to 2 and 2/3 cups of dry rice.)*
* 3 and 1/3 cups boiling chicken stock *(or beef stock)*
* one envelope Onion Soup *(1-ounce, I use Lipton's)*
* 1/3 cup dried onions
* 1 sixteen-ounce package frozen tri-color bell peppers *(or a sixteen-ounce package of frozen corn & peppers, or one cup fresh chopped bell pepper)*
* 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
* 1/2 cup butter *(one stick, 1/4 pound)*

### Directions

* Preheat oven to 350°F, rack in the middle position.
* Rinse off the rice in a strainer and pat it dry. Mix rice and all ingredients except butter together in a large bowl. Transfer mixture to a greased casserole dish. Cut the butter into 8 pieces and put it on top of the casserole. Cover the casserole with heavy-duty foil if it doesn't have a cover. Bake at 350°F for 2 hours. Take off the foil and bake for another 20 to 30 minutes.

## Conversion Charts

See Baking Conversion Chart for non-USA baking conversions.
Lemon Meringue Pie Murder

**Lemon Meringue Pie Murder** is the fourth book in the *Hannah Swensen Mystery* series. It was originally released in 2003.

## Short Summary

*The residents of Lake Eden, Minnesota, are planning to paint the town red, white, and blue to celebrate the Fourth of July—but the fireworks are already going off at Hannah Swensen’s bake shop, The Cookie Jar. . .*

**Lemon Meringue Pie Murder**

Hannah Swensen thought she’d finally discovered the recipe for a perfect life. But her sometime beau Norman Rhodes tosses a surprise ingredient into the mix when he phones to tell her he’s just bought a house from local drugstore clerk Rhonda Scharf—which he plans to tear down in order to build the dream home he and Hannah designed. It seems the plan has been cooking for quite some time, and Hannah’s shocked. Especially since her ring finger is still very much bare. . .

The good news is that the soon-to-be-torn-down house is full of antiques—and Norman has given Hannah and her mother first dibs. They uncover some gorgeous old furniture, a patchwork quilt . . . and Rhonda Scharf’s dead body. A little more sleuthing turns up the half-eaten remains of a very special dinner for two—and one of The Cookie Jar’s famous lemon meringue pies. Now it’s up to Hannah to turn up the heat—and get busy tracking down clues. Starting in her very own kitchen.

**Includes nine original cookie and dessert recipes for you to try!**

## Main Characters

* Hannah Swensen
* Andrea Todd
* Norman Rhodes
* Delores Swensen
* Rhonda Scharf
* Mike Kingston

## Other Characters

* Lisa Herman
* Herb Beeseman
* Sheriff Grant
* Doc Knight
* Freddy Sawyer
* Jed Sawyer
* Tracey Todd
* Carrie Rhodes
* Claire Rodgers

## Quotes

* “'Make sure you wear something appropriate, dear. You never know who you’ll run into and it’s always smart to look your best.'” (Delores Swensen, Chapter Seven)
* “It seemed that people could walk through life without causing a ripple, leading ordinary and uneventful lives. It was only after they’d been murdered that people took notice of them.” (Chapter Eight)
* “Conversation over coffee tended to be candid and invited confidences.” (Chapter Eleven)
* “'Good Friends are like sunshine. A day is gloomy without them.'” (Freddy Sawyer, Chapter Eighteen)
* “She skinned her hair back into a ponytail, a style she knew was probably too young for her, but she planned to drive with her windows open and she could ditch the elastic band once she got to the lake.” (Chapter Nineteen)
* “On the one hand, it was nice to have someone who was concerned about you. But on the other hand, you couldn’t ever feel truly independent. Marriage was a trade-off. You gave up some things and you gained others.” (Chapter Nineteen)

## Cover Gags

* On several covers, a slice of meringue pie is shown from the side. The meringue is shown going into the lemon portion in the shape of a skull and crossbones.
* Other covers feature a lemon meringue with blood dripping from the fork being used.

## Trivia

* This is the first pie title in the series.
Lake Eden Senior Center

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The Senior center is located at the Lake Eden Community Center as a place for seniors to go and share a meal with their friends along with additional activities.

They are frequently mentioned through out the series.
Gary Jenkins

## Bio

**Gary Jenkins** works at Shamrock Limousine Service.
When Ernie Kusak and his wife Lorna divorced after twenty years of marriage, they sold their house and Gary bought it. Lorna took her share and bought a condo but Ernie had very little of his left. Gary offered his basement bedroom to Ernie. Ernie lived there for about 6 months when he won a multi million dollar lottery.

He replaced Ernie Kusak as manager and head driver when Ernie left the company after winning a huge lottery.

Just before Ernie won the lottery, he offered to buy Gary his lottery ticket since he would be tied up on a limo job all day and would have a chance. He later told Gary that he never got around to buying any lottery ticket that day. Gary believed him until he visited Ernie at his condo and save a picture of a framed lottery ticket and it was the same numbers that he always chose, the ones he gave Ernie to use for his lottery ticket.

Ernie was so mad about it that he killed Ernie.

## Chronology by Novel

### Gingerbread Cookie Murder

Delores Swensen is helping Gary find craftsman style furniture for his house and they started to date. One night, just when Hannah has almost all of the clues and they were pointing directly at Gary, the man that her mother is dating. She calls her mother to find out the last bit of info that she needs before taking it all to Mike and Bill, but Delores isn't answering her phone. Hannah checks with Andrea and Andrea can see Delores' car in front of Gary's. Hannah goes right over and she manages to clue in Delores that something is wrong,

Gary realizes that Hannah has figured it out and pulls a gun on them, but Delores hits him with a Champaign bottle, knocking him out cold. Then calls Bill who lives right across the street.
Youngsters

The **Youngsters** formed in and met in Season 13 in the episode Play Date. Jacob and Miranda already met in Adoption

## Members

Jacob VegazMiranda Fenty-JamesDean LynchChloe VegazBailey LynchConnor Lynch
## Members

* Jacob and Miranda(close friends)
* Dean and Jacob (best friends)
* Chloe and Jacob (cousins/close friends)
* Bailey and Jacob (cousins/close friends)
* Connor and Jacob (cousins/best friends)
* Dean and Miranda (close friends)
* Chloe and Miranda (best friends)
* Bailey and Miranda (best friends)
* Connor and Miranda (close friends)
* Chloe and Dean (close friends)
* Bailey and Dean (cousins/close friends)
* Connor and Dean (cousins/best friends)
* Bailey and Chloe (cousins/best friends)
* Chloe and Connor (couins/close friends)
* Bailey and Connor (twins)
French Crumble

Christmas Cupcake Murder

Topping for an 8-inch or 9-inch fruit pie.

This pie topping recipe is for the Blue Apple Pie recipe in Christmas Cupcake Murder.

## French Crumble Ingredients:

* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 1/2 cup cold butter
* 1/2 cup brown sugar ***(firmly packed down)***
* 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

## Directions

* Put the flour into the bowl of a food processor with the steel blade attached. Cut the stick of butter ***(1/2 cup, 4 ounces, 1/4 pound)*** into 8 pieces and add them to the bowl. Cover with the 1/2 cup of firmly packed brown sugar and sprinkle in the cinnamon.
* Process with the steel blade in an on-and-off motion until the resulting mixture is in uniform small pieces.
* Remove the mixture from the food processor and place it in a bowl.
* Pat handfuls of the French Crumble in a mound over your pie. With a sharp knife, poke several slits near the top to let out steam.
* Bake your pie at 350 degrees F. approximately one hour, or until the top crumble is a nice golden brown and the apples are tender when you pierce them with the tip of a sharp knife. If they're not, bake your pie in 10-minute increments until the apples are cooked.