Alana Candler, Marked for Murder:
The plot from this book all started from this idea: What if a crime scene photographer photographed something she wasn’t supposed to see? This opened up a whole list of questions: Could it be something the murderer left behind? Was there a mysterious or revealing clue left at the scene? Was someone at the murder scene who shouldn’t be there? Read the book to find out. 🙂
Recipe for Alana’s white icing:
Snow White Icing:
Ingredients:
4 Tbsp plain flour
1 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 Teas. vanilla
Combine flour and milk in a medium saucepan. Cook on medium heat until it makes a creamy sauce (like gravy but not pasty) Let it cool
Beat the butter, Crisco, sugar, and vanilla on high for four minutes. Add this mixture to the cooled flour and milk sauce until it is smooth and creamy.
Spread it on the chocolate cake and enjoy!
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Alana’s Chicken Parmesan recipe:
Chicken Parmesan:
Ingredients:
8 oz. uncooked spaghetti
Four boneless, skinless chicken breast, pounded thin
2 cups flour mixture: (2 cups flour, 2 teas. salt, 1/2 teas. black pepper)
2 eggs beaten with one TBS of water
Approx. 1/2 cup Olive Oil
Spaghetti noodles, boiled until done
(1) 8 oz package of mozzarella cheese
Tomato sauce mixture:
1 onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 bay leaf
1 teas. dried basil
2 cups flour
(2) 28 oz cans of crushed tomatoes
1 small can of tomato sauce
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Directions:
Cook Tomato Sauce: Sautee onion and garlic until soft. Add bay leaf, basil, crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce. Cook slowly until thickened. (approx. 30 minutes) Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Boil Spaghetti until done
While the tomato sauce and spaghetti are cooking, prepare the following:
Beat strips of chicken until they are a consistent thickness.
Stir together flour mixture.
Beat eggs in 1 TBS water
Heat a thin layer of Olive Oil in skillet.
Dredge chicken in flour mixture, and shake off excess.
Dip chicken in egg and let the excess drip off.
Dredge both sides of chicken in flour mixture again.
Place in hot oil.
Cook chicken until done.
Mix together the drained pasta and the tomato sauce. Spoon this mixture on top of each piece of chicken on the plate, and sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top.
Enjoy!