The international phenomenon known as Twilight fever has ignited a fire in the kitchen. Delectable delights to satisfy the appetites of the humans found in the fictional book Twilight. Love At First Bite, The Unofficial Twilight Cookbook is meant to offer a satisfying array of warm, lovely dishes that anyone of any age can cook with ease and enjoyment.
Optional: 6-8oz chocolate chips such as Lily’s milk chocolate style baking chips, with 32% cocoa, stevia sweetened.
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350°F and place cupcake liners in a cupcake pan. You may also use silicone cupcake liners. If lining a baking sheet use parchment paper or cooking spray.
In a large bowl, mix together gluten-free flour, coconut and salt until the coconut is coated in the other ingredients
Stir in condensed milk, vanilla extract. Keep stirring until well combined. Next, add chocolate chips.
Using a cookie scoop, place in mounds of the coconut chocolate chip mixture in the cupcake tin liners or on the prepared baking sheets.
For large (3 Tablespoon) cookies, bake in a preheated oven for 18-20 minutes or until the tops are golden. For smaller (1 1/2 tablespoons) cookies, bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown the tops.
Cool for five minutes and enjoy. Makes about 1 ½ dozen medium sized macaroons.
1 cup old fashioned rolled oats * used Trader Joe's Oven Toasted Old Fashioned Organic Oats
1 cup of organic coconut flour *used Bob's Red Mill GF
1/8 teaspoon of baking soda
2/3 cup of brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 cup of butter
dash of tumeric
dash of nutmeg
Tomato Ginger Jam
or
Peanut or almond butter *Justin's Classic Peanut Butter Spread
Grape Jelly *Smuckers Squeezable grape jelly.
Directions: In a mixing bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, turmeric, nutmeg, and vanilla extract and mix. Next, in another bowl, reserve 1/2 of a cup of the flour/oat mixture. Cut in butter till mixture resembles coarse crumbs and press in to a slightly greased 9x9X2 baking pan. With a tablespoon place dollops of tomato ginger jam on the coarse mixture and sprinkle remaining reserved cup of the flour oat mixture on top. A variation of this is using peanut butter and grape jelly and alternating rows and dollops of the mixture.
A version of this recipe is found in my cookbook, Love at First Bite, The Unofficial Twilight Cookbook by Gina Meyers or Bite at Twilight. Can be purchased here: https://serendipitymediagroup.com/books-for-sale
Love at First Bite, The Unofficial Twilight Cookbook, Red Velvet Cake, Apple Walnut Cookies Recipes
by Gina Meyers
When you write a cookbook bestseller, it’s like hitting a homerun. Problem with hitting a homerun is you never know if you’ll hit a homerun again. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to make it past first base again, and there have been other homeruns, or at least to third base. The formula for cookbook writing success is always the same, “write what you love.” The formula for recipe formation is, “create what you are interested in.” I’ve never written a recipe that didn’t fascinate me. I didn’t make up something in the kitchen that I didn’t want to eat or drink or share. Sure there have been some epic flops, like when I was eleven and I tried to make fortune cookies from scratch, but there have been a lot of successes too–and a lot of semi-homemade tricks and tips have moved me along the culinary bases.
“Writing what you love” is a key ingredient to the success of a recipe. Recipes are meant to be shared, like a box of See’s Candies.
Red Velvet Cake
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 ounce liquid red food coloring
3/4 cup water
1 yellow cake mix, with pudding in the mix
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon butter
4 tablespoons buttermilk
1 tablespoon white vinegar
Directions: Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, mix cocoa powder, red food coloring, and part of the water to form a paste. Next, add all of the other ingredients except the white vinegar. Blend for 2 1/2 to 3 minutes with a mixer on medium speed. Then add the vinegar and mix with a spatula. Pour the batter into a bunt or round cake pan, and bake for approximately 35 minutes. This recipe can be made into cupcakes as well.
Apple Cinnamon and Walnut Cookies
INGREDIENTS:
½ cup shortening
1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup chopped California walnuts
1 cup apples – peeled, cored and finely diced
1 cup raisins
¼ cup milk
1 ½ cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
1 tablespoon butter
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ½ tablespoons half-and-half cream
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Beat shortening and brown sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and blend thoroughly.
Stir together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg.
Stir half the dry ingredients into creamed mixture. Stir walnuts, apples, and raisins, then stir in remaining half of dry ingredients and milk. Mix well.
Drop from tablespoon 1 ½ inches apart onto lightly greased baking sheet. Bake in the preheated 400 degree oven for 10-12 minuets. Remove cookies from oven, place on racks to cool slightly, and while still warm, spread with glaze.
To make glaze: Combine powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, and enough cream to make glaze of spreading consistency. Beat until smooth. Spread on warm cookies.
Get ready to take a wild trip down memory lane, Twilight fans, because the entire saga is now available to binge on Netflix. Based on the books by Stephenie Meyer, the first novel Twilight, published in 2005, introduced the everyday teenage girl Bella Swan falling in love with the sparkly vampire Edward Cullen.
Love at First Bite Cookbook, something yummy to sink your teeth into.
Mushroom Ravioli
10 ounces mushroom ravioli or cheese-filled ravioli 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 ounces shiitake mushrooms, sliced 4 ounces button (table) mushrooms, sliced 1 clove garlic, minced 1/4 cup brandy 1 cup heavy cream 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg Salt and pepper 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Directions: Prepare ravioli according to package directions; drain. Next, over medium heat, pour olive oil in a skillet and cook mushrooms until tender. Add garlic and brandy, and cook for 2 minutes. Slowly stir in heavy cream and bring to a simmer. Season with nutmeg, salt, and pepper. When cream has thickened, stir in 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese. Then, stir in cooked ravioli, and gently simmer for 1 to 2 minutes. Serve with Parmesan, garlic bread, and salad. Makes 2 servings.
Bella left Charlie a note on the table explaining again where to find dinner.
Stir Fry ala Swan ½ Tablespoon of vegetable oil 1 Tablespoon of sugar 1 pound of lean hamburger 2 teaspoons of minced garlic 1 medium onion, diced 1 medium head of cabbage shredded or cut into slightly larger than bite size pieces. 1 can (10 ¾ ounces) of tomato soup 1 can (8 ounces) of tomato sauce ¼ cup of water 1 Tablespoon of soy sauce and 1 teaspoon of salt (optional)
Directions: In a skillet, over medium heat, add 1/2 Tablespoon of vegetable oil. Next, add 1 Tablespoon of sugar, the uncooked hamburger meat, diced onion, and minced garlic. With a spatula, break apart hamburger meat and cook uncovered over medium heat until hamburger meat is thoroughly cooked. Once the hamburger meat is browned, take off the stove top and remove the excess fat. Wash the skillet out with lukewarm water and place the cooked meat with garlic and onion back in the skillet and add the cabbage, tomato soup and tomato sauce (optional: may add salt and soy sauce). Cook covered over low heat until cabbage is tender, about 20 minutes. Makes 6 to 8 servings and can be complemented with white or brown rice.
Helpful Hint: To remove excess oil from hamburger meat, scoop hamburger meat over a plate lined with paper towels, this will absorb the excess fat.
“Charlie came home with a large catch.”-Bella
Charlie’s Catch of the day Crab Cakes 1 Egg 3 Tablespoons of mayonnaise 4 teaspoons of lemon juice 1/8 teaspoon of red pepper flakes 1 teaspoon of dried tarragon 1 Tablespoon of minced green onions 8 ounces of crabmeat 1 Tablespoon of butter Round crackers, broken up into cracker crumbs
Directions: In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, mayonnaise, lemon juice, red pepper flakes, tarragon, and green onions. Gently stir in the crabmeat, and mix in cracker crumbs, adding as much as desired. Next, melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Form crab patties and place in the skillet brown both sides until the patties are golden brown. Depending upon the size of the patties, makes about four crab cakes.
Bite at Twilight (Desserts)
Time for Tea Cake Cookies (a London pre-vampire Carlisle Cookie) 1/2 cup of margarine 3/4 cup of confectioner’s sugar (powdered sugar) 1 Tablespoon of vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups of flour 1/8 teaspoon of salt Food coloring-optional Chocolate pieces, peanut butter chips, nuts, cherries.
Mix together: 1 cup of confectioner’s sugar 3 1/2 Tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract Food coloring-optional
Directions: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Thoroughly mix together margarine, vanilla, sugar, and three drops of food coloring (any color). Add flour and salt and work until dough can hold together. Mold dough by Tablespoonfuls around a few chocolate pieces, nuts, or cherries. Place cookie dough on a baking sheet approximately 1 inch apart for 10 minutes or until light brown. Once the cookies are cool, dip tops of cookies into Galaxy Icing. Decorate cookies with colored sugar, sprinkles, candies, or coconut. Yields 25 cookies.
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