Katie Reus offers a sinful holiday treat, a great (and dangerous) read…plus an ARC! Back to Blog
The winner of MIAMI, MISTLETOE, AND MURDER is…Kai W, and the winner of the Mating Instinct ARC is Savannah Miller. Congratulations, ladies!
Ready for more holiday fun? Cause best-selling author KATIE REUS (and all-around awesome person) is here with a delicious holiday treat for you…and she has giveaways, too. Welcome, Katie!
Happy release day to Cynthia! I’m so excited about her release of Angel in Chains! Since she’s invited me here for her release day party I’m going to share some holiday awesomeness with you guys. Every year my mom bakes a bunch of to-die-for pies and cakes, but my favorite is her bourbon chocolate pecan pie. Pecan pie by itself is amazing and practically a must for the holidays if you live in the South, but add in chocolate and bourbon…omg, my mouth is watering right now. So how do you make this goodness, you ask?
What you’ll need:
1 pie shell
1 cup white sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup butter (one stick)
1/4 cup bourbon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 large eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chip morsels
1 cup chopped pecans
How to Prepare:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
2. In a small saucepan combine sugar, corn syrup, and butter. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until butter or margarine melts and sugar dissolves. Cool slightly.
3. In a large bowl combine eggs, bourbon, vanilla, and salt. Mix well. Slowly pour sugar mixture (#2) into egg mixture, whisking constantly. Next, stir in chocolate chips and pecans.
4. Pour mixture into pie shell.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 55 minutes, or until set. Serve warm or chill. Optional: add a dollop of whipped cream when serving.
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Hope you guys can use this! Since Cynthia has been awesome enough to have me here, I’d love to give away some stuff. Just leave a comment telling me your favorite holiday dessert and be entered. One random commenter will win a copy of Miami, Mistletoe & Murder, my recent romantic suspense holiday novella (International). And another random commenter will win an ARC of Mating Instinct, book 3 in the Moon Shifter series (out in March 2013, US only).
A little about Katie: I’ve been reading romance since a young age—ever since I discovered my mom’s hidden stash. Luckily the addiction stayed with me into adulthood. I’m the author of the Moon Shifter series for NAL/Signet Eclipse and I also write paranormal romance and sexy romantic suspense for Carina Press and Harlequin Nocturne. To learn more about me please visit my website, my blog, facebook or find me on twitter @katiereus.
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My favorite is pecan pie! When I saw your recipe was chocolate bourbon pecan pie, I said OMG!!! I just gotta taste that. So if I win can you send me a pie????
I love pecan pie!!!
It’s not really a dessert, but my Mother always made peanut brittle during the holidays. I miss it!
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Hi Katie! Probably my fav holiday desert is Pumpkin Pie, or pumpkin anything!! Can’t wait to read the new book and thanks for the awesome giveaway!
My favourite would be cheesecake!
My maternal grandmother used to make a wonderful cranberry bread made with OJ and nuts, that was so tangy and sweet, with just the right cranberry bite, that we used to eat with cream cheese. And my cousin’s other grandmother used to make this delicious peanut butter fudge, that really tasted of peanut butter. I’ve never been able to duplicate either recipe, or buy them. They were so much a part of my childhood holidays, and I really miss them both- the recipes and the grandmothers.
my favorite would be sugar cookies with icing. I used to make with my mom and my son made with me until they got to big.
My family has made Scottish shortbread at Christmas forever. Flour, butter and sugar… you cant go wrong.
I love the Moon Shifter series and my favourite dessert is cheesecake. Thanks!
Pumpkin pie congrats ompnbook
My favorite holiday item is Peppermint Bark…Yum! I’m also loving Starbucks White Mocha Peppermint Lattes & Frappes! :o))
Ris a l’amande (hope I spelled it right), a cooked rice sugar and milk mixture that is then lightened with lightly sweetened whipped cream and then served with a boozy cherry sauce.
A friend used to make special Christmas cookies with icing…those were my favorite dessert!
Strange But True: I LOVE Pecan Pie But not the pecans. I pick them off w/fork So someone can eat them, But it drives my family Nuts (no pun intended lol) So if I break down and make one I make 2. One w/o nuts and one with 🙂 Never had one w/chocolate tho. Makes me Very Afraid, But That Just Makes It Better LOL
I’m seeing even more delicious answers! And thanks Savannah for the new recipe, that’s super easy (and looks yum!). I probably shouldn’t be reading about all this yumminess without any chocolate in the house, lol! Thanks everyone for giving your fave desserts 🙂
I know it sounds boring but my favorite is homemade chocolate chip cookies 🙂
PEANUT BLOSSOM COOKIES!!
I ‘liked’ you in Facebook, Katie. Happy, Happy!!
My fave holiday treat is pb fudge. My mother in law makes the best fudge
i tend to make pumpkin pie for the holidays.. cookies are to die for though, my (soon to be) mother in law makes lemon meringue pies.. YUM
Now this sound divine. I love Pecan pie and to add a bit of a twist to it…yum! I just started making Apple Pies from scratch so that is what I have been charged with for the holiday season
Thank you :)!!