Two friends eating and drinking their way through Gold –Book 5 of the Plated Prisoner series by Raven Kennedy!

SPOILERS FOR THE SERIES

Recipes for food and cocktails mentioned in this episode:

Cranberry White Chocolate Blondies

Ingredients:

• ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup brown sugar (lightly packed)
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ cup dried cranberries (I like to soak my dried cranberries, I used cranberry juice cocktail tonight because I had it for the mule but whatever
• ½ cup white chocolate chips

Instructions:

Prep: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease or line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment.

Mix wet ingredients: In a bowl, whisk butter and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla.

Add dry ingredients: Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt until just combined.

Fold in mix-ins: Add cranberries and white chocolate chips.

Bake: Spread batter evenly into the pan. Bake 20–25 minutes, until golden and set.

Cool & cut: Let cool fully before slicing into squares.

Wine/Cocktail Pairing: Malina’s Winter Mule (a C&C original)

Ingredients:

2 oz vodka (because subtlety is dead, much like Malina’spatience)

½ oz cranberry juice (blood, guilt, and sass, shaken together)
½ oz lime juice (that acidic edge that cuts through her ‘queen mode’)

Top with ginger beer (for the bite — she’s not here to coddle anyone)

Garnish with sugared cranberries or a lime wheel (because even a Cold Queen likes a little sparkle)

Flavor commentary:

This drink is crisp, tart, and packs a kick — the kind of mule that doesn’t just buck you off, it builds a whole damn ice wall around your city while doing it.

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