Looking Out The Window: Celebrating The Christmas Season With Carol James And Her New Novella, Mary's Christmas Surprise. Carol Will Give Away an eBook.

A Warm Welcome to Carol James

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Carol shares a Bible verse to nourish our souls and a recipe to whet our appetites. 

One of Carol's favorite Bible verses is Psalm 91:1-2

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High

    will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,

    my God, in whom I trust.”

One of Carol's favorite recipes is her mother’s Cookie Canes

My mother had the gift hospitality. Not only did she enjoy cooking and entertaining, but she was good at both. One of my favorite possessions is her recipe book. I love looking at the stained pages and wondering how old I was when those markings were made.

Some of my fondest holiday memories are the times she and I made Christmas cookies together. My favorites were her cookie canes, maybe because my special job was using a hammer or meat cleaver to crush the peppermint sticks for the topping. (What child wouldn’t love such a noisy activity?)

Her cookie canes were her masterpieces, and over the years, she probably made thousands to give as gifts. I hope you will enjoy the recipe.

Lillian’s Cookie Canes

Mix together:

1/2 cup of shortening 

1/2 cup of butter

1 cup of confectioner’s sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

Sift together:

 2 1/2 cups of flour and 1 tsp salt 

Stir flour mixture into butter mixture. Divide the dough into half. Color one half red, then chill the dough. Roll a small portion of each color into a “rope” about 4-5” long. Twist the red and white ropes together, and then shape into a cane. Bake at 375 on an ungreased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes.

While the cookies are baking, mix 1/2 cup granulated sugar with 1/2 cup crushed peppermint sticks.

Remove cookies from oven and sprinkle immediately with the peppermint stick and sugar mixture. Cool and store in an airtight container.

Fun! And they sound yummy too!

About Mary's Christmas Surprise

Mary Sherman’s Christmas is nothing like she’s planned. Her fiancé has called off the engagement just days before Christmas, and her parents have gone on an anniversary cruise around the world.

Suddenly alone for the holidays, Mary returns to the comfort of her childhood home to spend Christmas in her parents’ empty house. There’s only one problem. The house is not empty. Unbeknownst to Mary, her parents have taken in a boarder, a handsome carpenter named Jake Wolesky.

Mary's Christmas surprise may make this the best holiday ever.

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Bio: 

Carol James is an author of inspirational fiction. She lives in a small town outside of Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, Jim, and a perky Jack Russell "Terrorist," Zoe.

Having always loved intriguing stories with happy endings, she was moved to begin writing to encourage others as she'd been encouraged by the works of other authors.

Her upcoming novel, The Waiting, will be available January, 2019.

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