Maple
Oatmeal Hazelnut Shortbread
(A Bev Irwin specialty)
(A Bev Irwin specialty)
3/4
cup hazelnuts
1
cup butter, softened
1/4
cup packed SPLENDA brand brown sugar blend
2
tbsp maple syrup
1/2
tsp maple extract
1
1/2 cups quick-cooking (not instant) rolled oats
1
cup all-purpose flour
In
food processor, finely grind hazelnuts, set aside.
In
large bowl, beat butter with SPLENDA until light, beat in maple syrup
And
maple extract. Stir in oats and flour. Roll into balls using 1 tbsp dough per
ball. Roll in nuts to coat. Flatten slightly, place about 1 inch apart on
baking sheets. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until chilled.
Bake
in 350 degree oven for about 10 min or until puffed and set. Let cool for 1
minute. Transfer to racks, let cool completely. Makes about 36 cookies.
Without Consent – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of
Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish
He probed for the next vessel,
clamping and cutting in a similar fashion. The cavity brimmed with blood and he
couldn’t see. But now, it didn’t matter. He had what he wanted. He lifted his
hand. He felt resistance. A Tiny tenuous cord stretched out of the wound.
Another vein. Grasping the scalpel, he carved through the connecting tissue and
the organ came free. For several seconds he nestled the coveted organ as if
holding a newborn robin in the palm of his hand. Its warmth seeped through his
latex gloves. Below his hand, blood surged into the gaping wound. He shot a
glance at the woman’s face. Mary Jane, her driver’s license said. How plane.
He’d call her Gabrielle. Yes, she was more beautiful than a Mary Jane.
Dr. Claire Valincourt, works the ER
at Grace Memorial Hospital. In her worse dreams she never expected to find what
she found while jogging to work one evening. A foot, sticking out of the
bushes. It was pale and white and Claire sound found, it was attached to a
body. A dead body that looked as though it might be a patient that had for some
reason left the hospital after having surgery. There was definitely an incision
going down the woman’s stomach and the incision had been stitched back
together. But why was she in the park and not still in her hospital bed. That’s
a question that the police will have to answer.
Detective Gerry Rosko got the call
that there was a body found in the park. What he never expected to find was
that the woman didn’t just have surgery within the hospital but somewhere
unknown. He learned after the autopsy that the sloppy job of her surgery had
allowed her to bleed out and she was missing a kidney. Pressure on him was to
find the killer but that pressure was increased tenfold when another victim was
found in yet another park. As with the first victim, this one had bled out and
was also missing a kidney.
Without Consent had me looking over
my shoulder as I walked my dog at night. The tension this book puts out as
Rosko tries to find a serial killer before he strikes again had me just about
biting my nails. Then when it looks like he may go after Claire I was really on
the edge of my seat. This is a good one for Criminal Minds to pick up. It’s
believable and will scare the heck out of you for at least a few days.