{"id":5153,"date":"2014-02-03T00:31:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T06:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/?p=5153"},"modified":"2014-02-02T13:20:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T19:20:10","slug":"lyns-newest-bride-rachel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/new-book-release\/lyns-newest-bride-rachel","title":{"rendered":"Lyn’s Newest Wilderness Bride–Rachel!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HC-larger-higher\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tomorrow my next book, Heartland Courtship,<\/em>\u00a0 will be released. It\u2019s the third in my Wilderness Brides series. I\u2019ve enjoyed writing this series since I set it in my home state Wisconsin. I\u2019ve learned a lot about my adopted state\u2019s history.<\/strong><\/p>\n

THREE BOOKS IN THE SERIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first book was Their Frontier Family<\/em> about Noah Whitmore, a Quaker who fought in the Civil War and Sunny, a former prostitute and single mother, coming together in a marriage of convenience. Old Saul, the aging pastor, becomes Noah\u2019s mentor as God knits these two wounded hearts into one.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The second book was The Baby Bequest<\/em> about Miss Ellen Thurston, the new schoolteacher in Pepin and Kurt Lang, a new immigrant from Germany who is raising his brother and nephew. The story revolves around a baby left on Ellen\u2019s doorstep and her insistence on keeping the child when the community is dead set against it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The third book Heartland Courtship<\/em> features Noah\u2019s cousin, Miss Rachel Woolsey who comes to Pepin to stake her own homestead and start her own business. Again the small town of Pepin doesn\u2019t know what to think of her. But even more troubling is the stranger abandoned on shore, a Southerner, a drifter, who owes his life to Miss Rachel\u2019s nursing him back to health.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Miss Rachel\u2019s primary customers are the riverboat crews and passengers who stop briefly in Pepin on the Mississippi River just north of Dubuque, Iowa. The first time she tries to sell her wares, the river men ask for bear claws. According to Louis LaMour, the Western writer, these sweet rolls were favorites in the American West. Have you ever had any?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Almond Bear Claws<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Servings: 24<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/strong>
\n 1\/3 cup almond paste<\/strong>
\n 2 3\/4 cups ground almonds<\/strong>
\n 1\/2 cup white sugar<\/strong>
\n 1 pinch salt<\/strong>
\n 2 tablespoons butter<\/strong>
\n 2 egg whites<\/strong>
\n 1\/2 teaspoon almond extract<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 teaspoons amaretto liqueur<\/strong>
\n 3 pounds puff pastry<\/strong>
\n 1 egg<\/strong>
\n 1 tablespoon water<\/strong>
\n 3 tablespoons sliced almonds, for garnish<\/strong>
\n 3 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar for<\/strong>
\n dusting<\/strong>
\n Directions:<\/strong>
\n 1. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0In a large bowl, beat almond paste with an electric mixer to break it apart. Add the almonds, sugar, and salt; continue to mix until the almond paste is no longer lumpy. Stir in the butter, egg whites, almond extract and amaretto liqueur on high speed until its as fluffy as you can get it. Set aside.<\/strong>
\n 2. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Using half of the dough at a time, roll it out on a lightly floured surface into a rectangle that is about 8 inches wide and 1\/4 inch thick. Trim the edges of the dough. Cut the dough in half lengthwise to make two 4 inch wide strips.<\/strong>
\n 3. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.<\/strong>
\n 4. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fill a pastry bag halfway with the almond filling and pipe a stripe of filling down the center of each strip. Whisk together the egg and water. Brush onto one edge of each strip. Fold each strip over the filling and press gently to seal it. Brush each piece with egg wash and sprinkle sliced almonds over the top. Cut into 3 to 4 inch pieces, then cut 1\/2 inch slits into the sealed edge to make the ”claws”. Place the bear claws at least two inches apart on baking sheets. Refrigerate and repeat with the second half of the dough.<\/strong>
\n 5. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Bake in the preheated oven until almonds are toasted and pastry is golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool and dust with confectioners’ sugar right before serving.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the mood for sweets NOW? Leave a comment to enter the drawing for a copy of Heartland Courtship.\u00a0 QUESTION: What\u2019s your favorite pastry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

To purchase, click here. Heartland Courtship (Love Inspired Historical\\Wilderness Brides)<\/a>\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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