St. Patrick’s Day Recipes From Mystery Author Isis Crawford & Giveaway

Mar 5, 2016 | 2016 Articles, Food Fun, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Isis Crawford

This week we have recipes from mystery novel A Catered St. Patrick’s Day by Isis Crawford, perfect for your St. Patrick’s Day celebration. At the end of this post are details on how to win a copy of the book & a link to purchase it!

Caramel Beer Sauce

I know the following recipe sounds weird, but it tastes delicious and deserves a place in your repertoire. This sauce goes well over ice cream, pound cake, or sautéed fruit such as apples, bananas, and peaches. I don’t know where the recipe comes from, but I’ve been using it for many years now and would like to thank the person who gave it to me.

1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1?4 teaspoon salt
1?2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup of your favorite dark beer
2 tablespoons butter
In a medium saucepan mix together brown sugar, corn-starch, salt. Whisk in vanilla, beer, add butter. Cook over medium high heat until the mixture thickens.

To serve, place warm fruit and/or a scoop of ice cream in a bowl, and pour warm caramel beer sauce over top.

Serve immediately.

Sarah Saulson’s Grasshopper Squares

A sure hit with the kids.
Cream 1?2 cup butter, 1?2 cup sugar together. Add 4 eggs,
1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup flour, and 16 ounces Hershey’s chocolate syrup in order given. Spread in buttered 13-by-9-inch pan, bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool completely.

Cream 1?2 cup butter, 2 cups confectioner’s sugar. Add 4 tablespoons crème de mint (or one teaspoon peppermint extract). Add green food coloring and spread on top of brownies. Chill or freeze a short while. Top with 6 tablespoons butter melted with 1 cup chocolate chips and spread on top. Cut into small squares and serve.

To enter to win a copy of A Catered St. Patrick’s Day, simply email KRL at krlcontests@gmail[dot]com by replacing the [dot] with a period, and with the subject line “St. Patrick’s,” or comment on this article. A winner will be chosen March 12, 2016. U.S. residents only. If entering via email please include your mailing address, and if via comment please include your email address.

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9 Comments

Lisa Brown on March 5 at 4:32am

I like the holiday theme of this book; thank you for the chance 🙂
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Celia Fowler on March 5 at 10:03am

I love this series and its characters~ I would love to win a copy of A Catered St. Patrick’s Day! bobandcelia@sbcglobal.net
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Dianne Casey on March 5 at 1:23pm

I love this series and would really enjoy reading “A Catered St. Patrick’s Day “. Could also use some new recipes for St. Patrick’s Day.
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Kathleen Costa on March 5 at 2:08pm

I entered by email, hoping to be lucky. Here I am commenting to support KRL Magazine and the book/giveaway. I am a “born again” Irishman…woman. I have always been fascinated by all things Irish: beer and whiskey, corned beef and cabbage, jigs, castles. Okay, I have also been accused of spewing “blarney!” My brother was born on St Patrick’s Day, too. Does that give me extra entries? That’s an example of my “blarney.”
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Linda Herold on March 5 at 11:13pm

Looks good! Thanks for the chance to win and Happy Spring!!
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Sandy Todd on March 6 at 7:18pm

Wow! Even the cover looks good enough to eat! Thank you for a chance to win.
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Linda Thorne on March 7 at 5:22pm

Sound great. Looks great. Yummy, but I sort of hope not to win I’m so backlogged. This would be a hard one for me to resist dropping other for.
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Judy Weaver on March 9 at 9:33am

Love holiday themed books. Thanks for the contest!
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Lorie on March 21 at 2:31pm

We have a winner!
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