Karen’s Killer Fixin’s
**AUTHOR SPECIAL**
with NORA PAGE!

Welcome to my Friday bonus feature called Karen’s Killer Fixin’s **Author Special**!! Today, in lieu of one of my own recipes, I’m going to introduce you to a new author who will share one of her favorite recipes. Not only will you and I occasionally learn how to make something new and delicious, but we’ll get a chance to check out some wonderful authors. Introducing author, NORA PAGE, and her favorite recipe for CLEO’S BACON & CHEDDAR BUTTERMILK BISCUITS!!

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READ OR ALIVE
A Bookmobile Mystery Book 3
BY NORA PAGE

Blurb

Wrongful accusations have librarian Cleo Watkins and her loved ones booked for trouble.

It’s springtime and septuagenarian librarian Cleo Watkins is celebrating new blooms and old books. To her delight, the Georgia Antiquarian Book Society has brought its annual fair to Catalpa Springs in honor of Cleo’s gentleman friend, respected antiquarian bookseller and restorer, Henry Lafayette. However, trouble rolls in with the fair when a flirtatious book scout makes the rounds, charming locals out of prized books.

Among the conned is Cleo’s cousin, Dot, who handed over a signed, first edition of Gone with the Wind. With no proof the scout took the valuable book, Dot is at a loss. And when the deceitful man is found murdered the very next morning, Dot becomes a prime suspect. To Cleo’s dismay, so is Henry. The scene of the crime is behind Henry’s shop and his bookbinding tool is the murder weapon. As evidence stacks up against Henry, the police aren’t alone in questioning his innocence. Even friends and family ask Cleo how well she truly knows her gentleman friend.

Although books are at the heart of the crimes, Cleo feels dizzyingly out of her depths. Someone is setting up the people she holds dearest. With the authorities on the wrong trail, Cleo has no choice but to catalog the evidence herself. Along with her trusty bookmobile cat Rhett Butler, it will be up to Cleo to book the real killer for good.

READ OR ALIVE
A Bookmobile Mystery Book 3
BY NORA PAGE

Excerpt

Bookmobile Mysteries Author Nora Page enjoys rainy weather, the perfect biscuit, and quiet evenings in with her husband and cat. You can often find her in the company of books. This is her third Bookmobile mystery.

Links to Nora’s website, blog, books, etc.

I hope you enjoy the recipe Nora is sharing today on Karen’s Killer Fixin’s. Happy Eating!

Karen

P.S. We’re at 443 recipes and counting with this posting. Hope you find some recipes you like. If this is your first visit, please check out past blogs for more Killer Fixin’s. In the right-hand column menu, you can even look up past recipes by type. i.e. Desserts, Breads, Beef, Chicken, Soups, Author Specials, etc.

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Note from Nora: One of Cleo’s favorite foods—and mine too—is a good biscuit. I think she’d like this recipe for bacon cheddar biscuits, perfect for any meal or a meal in themselves.

CLEO’S BACON & CHEDDAR BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Makes about a dozen biscuits.

• 2 c all-purpose flour
• 1 T baking powder
• 2 t granulated sugar
• ¾ t salt
• ¼ t baking soda
• ¼ t black pepper
• 8 T unsalted butter, cubed and chilled
• ¾ c shredded cheddar cheese
• 3–4 slices of bacon, cooked, crisped, and crumbled
• ¼ c chopped chives or green onions
• ¾ cup (180 ml) cold buttermilk

Preheat your oven to 420°F with a rack in the middle

In a large bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients.

Cut in the cold butter using a food processor, a hand-held pastry blender, or your fingertips.

Lightly mix in the cheddar, bacon, and green onions.

Pour in the cold buttermilk. Mix gently with a fork and then turn out onto a flour-dusted counter. Knead and pat this mixture together. Flatten into a rectangle. Fold the rectangle like a letter (in three, folding in from the short ends). Roll out and repeat the folding process twice more. Folding helps make flaky layers.

Roll to a ½ to ¾ inch thick rectangle and cut using a biscuit cutter (2½ inch round) or simply cut into diamonds or squares. Press straight down when you cut. Avoid twisting or sawing, which could hinder rising.

Arrange biscuits on a cookie sheet. Brush the top of each biscuit with a little buttermilk. Bake about 15 to 18 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool for a few minutes before serving.

Enjoy at any meal, with anything (says Cleo).

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**SPECIAL GIVEAWAY**: Nora is giving away a paperback copy (U.S. Only) of either BETTER OFF READ (Book 1) or READ ON ARRIVAL (Book 2), winner’s choice, to one lucky reader who comments on her Karen’s Killer Fixin’s blog. Good luck!

Thanks, Nora, for sharing your book with us!

Don’t miss the chance to read this book!