Pumpkin Spice Pull Apart Bread with Vanilla Glaze: A Guest Post by Laurie Buchanan
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Pumpkin Spice Pull Apart Bread with Vanilla Glaze: A Guest Post by Laurie Buchanan
I’m married to a hobby chef and wine connoisseur, and we live in the Pacific Northwest. That works out well because I write the Sean McPherson novels—fast-paced thrillers set in the Pacific Northwest, featuring a trifecta of malice and the pursuit and cost of justice. And food!
The location is the Pines & Quill writing retreat (a figment of my imagination) located in the Fairhaven Historic District of Bellingham, Washington.
Pines & Quill hosts four different writers in residence every month. Each author resides in a secluded cottage where they write during the day, and then they gather in the evening at the main house, where they enjoy a meal together and discuss the day’s achievements and roadblocks.
The meals and wine pairings served by Niall MacCullough, one of the two Pines & Quill owners, are incredible! Here’s what two readers had to say:
“Buchanan transports the reader into the world of Pines and Quill, a place of gourmet food, literature, and tranquility. But don’t relax too much! Evil and deception lurk in the woods and the quaint cottages. A thoroughly enjoyable read!” —LAURIE STEVENS, author of the Gabriel McRay Series
“Amidst the mystery is sumptuous food cooked by the resident chef, a surprising murder just as the book begins, and a sweet dog who trots along aiding and abetting the romance and suspense throughout the page-turner.” —PAMELA S. WIGHT, author of romantic suspense
From an author’s perspective, it’s exciting to have a novel released each spring. You may have noticed that the titles are four-syllable “I” words. Why? You ask. I wanted a “signature” that would set them apart—think Sue Grafton and the alphabet series. Here’s the lineup so far:
2021 Indelible: A Sean McPherson Novel, Book One
2022 Iconoclast: A Sean McPherson Novel, Book Two
2023 Impervious: A Sean McPherson Novel, Book Three
2024 Iniquity: A Sean McPherson Novel, Book Four
2025 Illusionist: A Sean McPherson Novel, Book Five
Here is a to-die-for (pun intended) autumnal recipe from Illusionist, book five in the award-winning Sean McPherson series:
Pumpkin Spice Pull-Apart Bread with Vanilla Glaze
Ingredients for Pumpkin Spice Pull-Apart Bread:
Nonstick cooking spray
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup canned pumpkin pie mix, not plain pumpkin
2 Tablespoons butter, melted
1 16 oz. tube Pillsbury Grands Flaky Layers Biscuits
Ingredients for Vanilla Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon milk, any kind
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
For Pumpkin Spice Pull-Apart Bread:
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and spray lightly with nonstick cooking spray.
Mix sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a shallow dish and set aside.
Remove biscuits from the tube and slice each in half, creating 16 rounds.Spread pumpkin pie mix on top of each round.
Top each with melted butter and sprinkle with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Stack biscuits in 4 piles of 4 biscuits each.
Place stacks on their sides in a row in the prepared pan, making sure sides without filling are on both ends, touching the pan.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the bread is fully baked throughout.
For Vanilla Glaze:
• Mix all the glaze ingredients (listed above) in a medium bowl and drizzle over warm bread.
Pumpkin Spice Pull Apart Bread with Vanilla Glaze: A Guest Post by Laurie Buchanan
About the Author
I love to travel and take walks—long walks! I walked across Scotland, a 211-mile journey from the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. At the mid-point, I climbed Ben Nevis, the highest point in the British Isles. My Achilles’ heel? Red licorice. I adore it! Learn more at my website https://www.lauriebuchanan.com
Indelible and Iconoclast are available now:
INDELIBLE: An ex-cop haunted by survivor’s guilt. A killer who won’t let him forget.
ICONOCLAST: A whale-watching cruise goes terribly wrong. Two lovers on deck, one sniper on shore, no way out.
Pumpkin Spice Pull Apart Bread with Vanilla Glaze: A Guest Post by Laurie Buchanan
