I’ve got a great spotlight to share with you all today on Susan Mallery’s Fool’s Gold Cookbook: A Love Story Told Through 150 Recipes. This is a fabulous cookbook that shares fantastic recipes along with a sweet love story – what could be better! I’ve gone through this wonderful cookbook and it is full of delicious, easy to make recipes and the photos are amazing. I’m a little fussy that way because I love a cookbook that has photos to go along with the recipe. I love to see the finished product! Every time I look through and see all the good recipes I get so hungry and I can’t wait to try quite a few of these recipes. In the meantime I’ve got a couple of recipes that I am able to share with my readers. These are both recipes I plan on trying soon!
Coconut Popcorn Shrimp with Mango-Lime Salsa
Shrimp
¾ cup canola oil
½ cup all-purpose flour
1 cup plain seltzer or club soda
Salt and black pepper
¾ cup panko crumbs or bread crumbs
¾ cup shredded coconut
(sweetened or unsweetened)
1 pound large shrimp, peeled and
deveined
Salsa
1 ripe mango, peeled and diced
1 red pepper, diced
½ jalapeño pepper, seeded and diced
2 scallions, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
Salt and black pepper
For shrimp:
1. Warm oil in a large, heavy skillet with at least 2-inch-high sides. In a bowl, whisk flour, seltzer, salt and pepper. In a shallow bowl, combine panko and coconut.
2. Dredge shrimp in the flour mixture, then the panko mixture. Transfer to a wire rack to dry slightly. Fry shrimp in the oil in two batches, about 2 minutes per side, until cooked through. Drain on paper towels.
For salsa:
1. While the shrimp cooks, make the salsa. In a medium serving bowl, toss mango, red and jalapeño peppers, scallions, oil, lime juice and cilantro. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with shrimp.
Tip: Panko crumbs make for a crisper crust. Find them in the Asian food section of your supermarket.
Check out the video for this recipe!
And because I love, love, love cupcakes…
Coconut Vanilla Snowball Cupcakes
Cupcakes
2½ cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose
flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons (1½ sticks) unsalted
butter, at room temperature
1½ cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
½ teaspoon pure coconut extract
¾ cup sour cream
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
Frosting
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter,
at room temperature
2–2½cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
3 tablespoons sour cream
Sweetened flaked coconut, for garnish
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 standard 12-cup muffin tins with cupcake liners.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt until combined.
3. In a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and coconut extracts; beat until blended. Reduce mixer speed to low, and alternately add dry ingredients and sour cream, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Remove from mixer; fold in coconut.
4. Drop batter into cupcake liners, filling each just over halfway full. Bake 18–20 minutes, until golden and set. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
5. For frosting: In a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter until smooth. Add powdered
sugar, vanilla and salt; beat until blended and fluffy. Add sour cream; beat just until blended. Fold in additional powdered sugar, if needed.
6. Spread the frosting on cooled cupcakes. Sprinkle a generous amount of coconut over cupcakes.
TIP: Eggs blend into cake batter best if they’re at room temperature.
ABOUT FOOL’S GOLD COOKBOOK (From Amazon.com)
New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery invites you to taste the local cuisine of her beloved fictional town and share in a year’s worth of deliciously seasonal recipes.
Fool’s Gold is known as the Land of Happy Endings, but it’s also the land of hearty appetites. Throughout the series, the residents of Fool’s Gold have found joy, comfort and good times through food. Now two local Fool’s Gold chefs will also find love through food! Join them as they flirt, fight and fall in love, one season at a time.
You’ll also find favorite recipes from popular characters in the series, such as:
Heidi’s Arugula, Corn and Cherry Tomato Salad with Goat Cheese.
Liz’s Spaghetti for the Girls.
Denise’s Summer Berry Pie.
With chapters for summer, spring, fall and winter, you can find the perfect recipe for everything from holiday get-togethers to cozy date nights, always using the freshest ingredients. And the heartwarming love story that is woven throughout is Susan Mallery at her finest.
The more than 150 recipes and dozens of gorgeous photographs in this book will inspire you to find perfection in the simple and the seasonal. And with all of Fool’s Gold with you in the kitchen, your every celebration will have a happy ending!
Buy at: Amazon, Amazon Canada, and B&N
ABOUT SUSAN MALLERY
With more than 25 million books sold worldwide, New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery is known for creating characters who feel as real as the folks next door, and for putting them into emotional, often funny situations readers recognize from their own lives. Susan’s books have made Booklist’s Top 10 Romances list in four out of five consecutive years. RT Book Reviews says, “When it comes to heartfelt contemporary romance, Mallery is in a class by herself.” Susan grew up in southern California and currently lives in Seattle with her husband and the most delightfully spoiled little dog who ever lived.
Susan’s website
Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads
GIVEAWAY DETAILS (US/Canada)
I have 2 copies of Fool’s Gold Cookbook by Susan Mallery to share with my readers. To enter…
- For 1 entry leave a comment entering the giveaway.
- Tweet, share on Facebook, or blog for 2 extra entries.
This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents (no PO boxes) and I will draw for the winners on September 14/13. Good luck!
Source: Giveaway copies courtesy of the publisher.
Hello to both of you. This sounds like a good book to win. I must try those Brown Sugar Oatmeal cookies. Sounds yummy. I would love for you to add my name to the drawing. Thanks! I am a follower and I also shared on my FB page and my Pinterest page, for extra entries.
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What a wonderful cover!
That Coconut Popcorn Shrimp sounds yummy….and I don’t even LIKE shrimp! Going to look for this one. Thanks for the chance to win it!
I loved recipes and I love that you have given us a little peek at this cookbook with the posting of your recipes. The cover is so inviting and I would love to delve into this mouthwatering book. Thank you for the chance!
What a fun book to read.
Both coconut recipes sound delicious! They would be great cupcakes to make for my mother in law! Thanks for the chance to win!
the recipes look great. Thanks for this great giveaway.
Thank you for the giveaway. Sounds like a great book.
What a great cookbook and story. How special. Many thanks.
It’s already making me hungry! Thank you.
Thanks for this delectable and unique giveaway.
Enjoyable post and wonderful giveaway. Thanks for this excellent review and giveaway.
Sounds like a super win, I would love to read this book.
I love the idea of combining recipes with a love story!
I’ve been collecting cookbooks lately and I love cooking by recipe. I recently tried a coconut shrimp recipe that required 18 different ingredients, some hard to find. It was amazing but I don’t think I’ll try it again because of the work involved. These recipes seem very doable and delicious!
This looks really great so I tweeted and am commenting. Hopefully the cookbook prize will find its way to Canada. Lovely!
Sounds like a wonderful book. Love the idea of story and recipe book. Would love to read.
I tweeted it and liked on facebook.
I love the combination of cookbook and story! Even the cover looks inviting!
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I also shared the giveaway on FB: https://www.facebook.com/tammycuevas/posts/10200377279533925
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I love mango salsa! I’ve got to try it with that shrimp recipe. Would love to win this. Thanks for the giveaway.
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The recipes look amazing.
I would love this! Thnaks for the giveaway!
Wow–this sounds fabulous!! I love books with recipes. Please enter me in your wonderful book giveaway. I’ll add this giveaway to my blog’s sidebar. Thank you for hosting, Darlene!
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Great giveaway!
I tweeted this and posted this on facebook.
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I want that Popcorn Shrimp for dinner, should be doable. Thanks for the excellent giveaway, I’d love to win the book.
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I also tweeted a link to this post: https://twitter.com/carlrscott/status/373532090026823680
What a scrumptious giveaway! I enjoy cookbooks, especially those with wonderful photos, and love trying new recipes. Thank you so much for sharing and for the opportunity to win!
I tweeted:
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I love cookbooks, and I love the Fool’s Gold series, so great combination! Thanks for the chances!
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I just discovered Fool’s Gold and love it. Thanks for the giveaway.
I SOOOOOO want to win this book! Thank you for the chance!
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I shared on Facebook #1
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I shared on Facebook #2
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What a book. Combining romance and cookbooks together. My favorite things. Thanks for the opportunity.
sounds like a yummy cookbook!!!
Romance and cooking? Sounds amazing! Now I’m hungry. Great post and giveaway.
Oooh, what a great contest. I love new cookbooks and have been waiting for this one to come out. I have both of Deb Macombers, Sherryl Woods cookbooks and have made many yummy recipes from them.
My fingers are strongly crossed.
Thank you so much for offering up not only 1 but 2 copies. The shown recipes look yummy.
What a lovely idea for a book.
Ann
Would love to win this cookbook – I bet there are many recipes in there that I would love to try; the featured ones look yummy. Thanks for the contest.
Love cookbooks and this one’s even better with a love story! Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
I would love to win this cookbook; always looking for new ones and with a touch of Mallery awesome.
I love cookbooks that have photos that show you how the finished product is supposed to look. The photos get me inspired to try the recipe!
I am always looking for different recipes and this book looks so good; I won’t buy a cookbook unless it has photos of the dishes – I like to see what the finished product will look like and with the pictures am always enticed to try one. Thanks for the giveaway.
I always love a new cookbook with pix. Thanks for great contest. Have been waiting for this book to come out.
tasty looking recipe
I love this series and to win the cookbook from Fool’s Gold would be amazing. Thanks so much for this opportunity to win. Good luck to everyone.
Carol L
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I love the Fool’s Gold series and love collecting cook books, so I would love to win this!!! Great giveaway!
Thanks!
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This book looks so yummy. Would love to try the Coconut shrimp.