I am so excited to have Dorothy St. James here at Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews with a Spotlight and Giveaway.
Thanks Dorothy and Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours for allowing me to join your In Cold Chocolate Blog Tour!
Please take it away, Dorothy!
Bertie’s Cheer-Me-Up Chocolate Chip Pancakes
What’s the secret ingredient? Yogurt and chocolate. When you add it to the batter, it makes a fat, tasty pancake. The chocolate, well, life is simply better with chocolate.
Perfect for a Sunday morning brunch, you’ll be going back for seconds. I love it paired with fruit. But why not try something different? Top with cream cheese and maple syrup. Those two flavors would really play well with the chocolate. And don’t forget to add a little coarse sea salt or Himalayan salt to bring out the dark chocolate’s sweetness.
One of the keys to ending up with a good dish is to start with good ingredients. You won’t enjoy the chocolate flavors if you use an inexpensive (or inferior chocolate.)
Mix together the egg and yogurt.
Combine the wet ingredients with the flour and baking soda.
Add the fair trade dark chocolate. Yum!
It’s a thick mixture. If you think it’s too thick, it can be thinned with a little milk or water. Be careful with the heat level. If the pan is too hot, the chocolate will quickly burn. It’s a delicate balancing act and one I don’t always get right.
In the end, the results are delicious.
Ingredients
6 oz Greek yogurt
1 egg
½ cup flour (gluten free flours will work with this recipe)
½ tsp baking soda
3 oz of fair trade 70% or more dark chocolate, chopped
Combine yogurt and egg in mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking soda.
Combine yogurt and egg mixture with bowl with flour mixture. Stir in chopped chocolate. Yes, the batter is thick. Heat butter in nonstick pan over medium heat. Spoon batter into pan. Turn when begins to bubble. Cook until golden brown on both sides. Makes 4 large pancakes or 8 small. Serve with maple syrup, butter, and fresh fruit.
Find this recipe and several more in my latest Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery series, In Cold Chocolate. Sea turtles, chocolate turtles, and a murder chill the eccentric residents of Camellia Beach.
About Dorothy St. James
A lover of puzzles and perhaps a bit too nosey about other people’s lives, Dorothy St. James is a former Folly Beach beach bum. She now lives in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina with her husband, precocious daughter, a slightly (OK, terribly) needy dogs, and the friendliest cat you’d ever meet. She has degrees in Wildlife Biology and Public Administration and as an urban planner, worked for many years telling the stories of small southern towns.
Author of a dozen novels, Dorothy enjoys writing both cozy mysteries and romance. Her works have been nominated for many awards including: the Southern Independent Bookseller’s Alliance Southern Book Prize, Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, Reviewers International Organization Award, National Reader’s Choice Award, CataRomance Reviewers’ Choice Award, and The Romance Reviews Today Perfect 10! Award. Reviewers have called her work: “amazing”, “perfect”, “filled with emotion”, and “lined with danger.”
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In Cold Chocolate: A Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Crooked Lane Books (September 11, 2018)
Hardcover: 350 Pages
ISBN-10: 1683317432
ISBN-13: 978-1683317432
Digital ASIN: B078M3N9TC
In
Dorothy St. James’s third delectable Southern Chocolate Shop mystery, a
new batch of chocolate and troubles of the heart cause a string of
disasters for the Chocolate Box’s new owner, Charity Penn.
The
vintage seaside town of Camellia Beach, South Carolina seems like the
perfect place for romance with its quiet beach and its decadent
chocolate shop that serves the world’s richest dark chocolates. The
Chocolate Box’s owner, Charity Penn, falls even further under the
island’s moonlit spell as she joins Althea Bays and the rest of the
turtle watch team to witness a new generation of baby sea turtles hatch
and make their way into the wide ocean.
Before the
babies arrive, gunshots ring out in the night. Cassidy Jones, the local
Casanova, is found dead in the sand with his lover Jody Dalton — the
same woman who has vowed to destroy the Chocolate Box — holding the gun.
It’s an obvious crime of passion, or so everyone believes. But when
Jody’s young son pleads with Penn to bring his mother back to him, she
can’t say no. She dives headfirst into a chocolate swirl of truth and
lies, and must pick through an assortment of likely (and sometimes
unsavory) suspects before it’s too late for Penn and for those she loves
in Dorothy St. James’s third rich installment of the Southern Chocolate
Shop mysteries, In Cold Chocolate.
About the Author
Mystery
author Dorothy St. James was raised in South Carolina. She makes her
home on the outskirts of Charleston, South Carolina with her husband, a
neurotic dog, and a fluffy cat. Though writing has always been a passion
for her, she pursued an undergraduate degree in Wildlife Biology and a
graduate degree in Public Administration and Urban Planning. She put her
educational experience to use, having worked in all branches and all
levels of government including local, regional, state, and federal. She
even spent time during college working for a non-profit environmental
watchdog organization.
Switching from government
service and community planning to fiction writing wasn’t as big of a
change as some might think. Her government work was all about the
stories of the people and the places where they live. As an urban
planner, Dorothy loved telling the stories of the people she met. And
from that, her desire to tell the tales that were so alive in her heart
grew until she could not ignore it any longer. In 2001, she took a leap
of faith and pursued her dream of writing fiction full-time.
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Dorothy St. James is the alter-ego of award-winning multi-published
author, Dorothy McFalls. She enjoys writing in several different genres.
Her works have been nominated for many awards including Romantic Times
Reviewers’ Choice Award, Reviewers International Organization Award,
National Reader’s Choice Award, CataRomance Reviewers’ Choice Award, and
The Romance Reviews Today Perfect 10! Award. Reviewers have called her
work: “amazing”, “perfect”, “filled with emotion”, and “lined with
danger.”
Author Links
Website: www.dorothystjames.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dorothystjames
Twitter: www.twitter.com/dorothymcfalls
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