Victoria Bed and Breakfast Recipes

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Crustless Quiche

2 eggs
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup milk
8 oz. of ham, sausage or bacon, in small pieces
8 oz. of cheese; cheddar or Swiss
2 TB Bisquick
1/3 cup chopped green onion; optional
1/2 cup mushrooms, optional

Beat eggs well, stir in other ingredients. If using sausage or bacon, brown meat & drain before adding. Bake at 350 for 40 to 50 minutes in quiche pan or pie plate. Garnish with parsley & cherry tomatoes, slice & serve.

 

French Toasts:

• Blueberry Stuffed French Toast
• Strawberry Stuffed French Toast

Egg-cetera:

• Baked Eggs in Cheesy Wild Rice
• Crustless Quiche
• Ham & Egg Casserole
• White Peaks on Toast

Breads and Cakes:

• Cream Cheese Muffins
• Judy's Cheese Coffeecake
• Lemon Yogurt Bread
• Sourdough Banana Nut Bread

Beverages:

• Hot Mulled Cider

Fruit:

• Baked Apples

Pancakes, Waffles and Rolls:

• Buttermilk Pancakes
• Swedish Oven Pancake (Ugnspannkaka)
• Victorian Desert Pancakes
• Sourdough Pancakes or Waffles
• Meriwether House Refrigerator Roll Dough

Strawberry Stuffed French Toast

8 cups thinly sliced fresh strawberries
1 cup sugar
1 T. lemon juice
4 oz. fat free cream cheese, softened
3 T. pecans, chopped
1 loaf French bread
Egg substitute for 6 eggs
1/3 cup skim milk
1/4 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. salt
1/2 t. vanilla
Pam for frying

Mix sliced strawberries, sugar and lemon juice. Microwave on high for 6 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes. With slotted spoon, take out 1/4 cup reserved strawberries, cream cheese and pecans. Slice bread 2 inches thick. Slice a pocket in center of each piece. spread about 1 T. of the cream cheese mixture inside each pocket. Mix eggs, milk, cinnamon, salt and vanilla. Dip bread slices in the mixture and let soak. Spray pan with cooking spray and Fry until both sides are golden brown. Serve with warm strawberry syrup mixture. Makes 6 servings.

Egg-cetera:

Baked Eggs in Cheesy Wild Rice

1/4 cup butter
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1/2 to 3/4 cup chopped green pepper or celery
3 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
2 cups half-and-half
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
4 cups wild rice (about 1 cup uncooked)
8 eggs
Add onion if desired

To make cheese sauce: Melt butter in skillet. Sauté mushrooms, green pepper or celery for 3 to 4 minutes. sprinkle in flour, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until well blended. Slowly stir in cream, cooking and stirring constantly, until mixture begins to thicken. Stir in cheese. Cook, stirring constantly, until cheese melts. Remove from heat. To make casserole: Stir half of cheese sauce into cooked rice. Spread rice mixture in buttered shallow 7 by 11-inch casserole. Make 8 indentations in rice. Spread spoonful of remaining cheese in each indentation. Break 1 egg into each indentation. Bake, uncovered, in 350-degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until eggs are cooked as desired. Testing results: Yes, a 7 by 11-inch pan seems small, but the secret to success is adequate depth. The wild rice has to be piled high to accept wells deep enough to contain sauce and eggs. Otherwise, egg white covers the entire top of the pan and baked to an elastic sheet.
Buzz Schultz of the Finish Heritage Homestead in Embarrass, MN, says this is a favorite of overnight B&B guests. Add a little onion, he suggests. After making it as listed above, I agree. Freshly ground pepper and a touch of salt atop the eggs are essential, too. Be sure to butter the baking pan thoroughly. Mine is still soaking in my kitchen; just an overnight bath didn't loosen baked-on cheese and egg. Makes 8 servings.

Ham & Egg Casserole

1 dozen eggs
1- #2 can chopped tomatoes, drained
1 lb. grated Velveeta cheese
1 cup sour cream
1 green pepper, diced
3/4 lb. diced ham
1/4 cup oleo, melted
Salt & pepper

Blend eggs and all other ingredients together. Bake in 9x13 pan for 1 hour at 350 degrees until done in the center. Can be made the evening before.

White Peaks on Toast

Separate eggs, saving the yolks in one half of the shell. The shell may be supported in a cup or dish.

Add salt to the whites, a scant 1/8 tsp. per white. Beat the whites until stiff and glossy. Pile the whites on rounds or squares of toast placed on a cookie sheet. Make a hollow in each with the back of a spoon. Drop an egg yolk into each hollow. Bake in a hot oven 400 degrees F until whites are lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Serve at once with bacon or sausage on the side.

Breads and Cakes:

Cream Cheese Muffins

Filling Ingredients:
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1/8 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg

Batter Ingredients:
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Powdered sugar

Mix filling ingredients with mixer. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Oil bottoms only of medium muffin tins. Beat eggs; stir in milk and oil; set aside. Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt until well blended. Pour liquids, all at once, into flour mixture; stir until moistened. Fill muffin cups about 1/2 full. Spoon 1 teaspoon filling onto batter. Top with batter to 3/4 full. Bake 30-35 minutes. Don't brown; should be light in color. Roll hot muffins in powdered sugar. Yields about 8.

Judy's Cheese Coffeecake

8 oz. cream cheese - softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp. flour
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
2 tbsp. sour cream
1 pkg. refrigerated biscuits
2 tbsp. jam
2 tsp. cinnamon sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Blend first 6 ingredients with mixer until smooth. Place biscuit dough into 10" pie pan--press over bottom & up sides of pan. Spread jam over dough. Pour cheese mixture over jam & dough. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 26-27 minutes until filling is set & crust brown. Refrigerate leftovers - if any.

Lemon Yogurt Bread

3 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
3 eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1½ cups sugar
2 cups lemon yogurt
2 tbsp. lemon juice (real juice)

Sift the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Lightly beat the eggs in a large bowl. Add oil and sugar; mix well. Add yogurt and lemon juice and add dry ingredients - mix well. Pour into two well-greased loaf pans. Bake at 325°F for one hour.

Sourdough Banana Nut Bread

1 cup sugar
1/3 cup Crisco oil
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup sourdough batter
2 cups flour, all-purpose, unsifted
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
3 ripe bananas, crushed
3/4 cup chopped nuts (home-grown walnuts taste best)
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix sugar and Crisco oil together. Beat in eggs. Fold in sourdough starter. Add the rest of the ingredients. Bake in a large loaf pan in center of oven, preheated at 375 degrees F for 40 to 50 minutes or until done. Be sure to grease and flour the loaf pan before adding the batter. Bread is done when inserting a toothpick and it comes out clean. Turn out on wire rack to cool. Sourdough makes this a nice, moist banana bread and guests will be pleasantly surprised with the touch of gourmet flavoring.

Beverages:

Hot Mulled Cider

1/2 gallon of fresh cider
5 cinnamon sticks
10 whole cloves
4 round slices of orange
1/4 cup of brown sugar

Put all ingredients in a crock pot except orange slices and heat on high until hot. Add orange slices and squeeze juice out of leftover part of orange into pot. Leave crock pot on warm so guest can have refills all morning. Serve cider in mugs, with a dusting of nutmeg on each serving.
 

Fruit:

Baked Apples

6 large Red Delicious or other baking Apples
1/2 cup of raisins
1/2 cup walnuts
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 tbsp. butter
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons red currant jelly
1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice or brandy
1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp. hot water

Preheat oven to 375 degrees and butter a shallow casserole large enough to hold the apples without crowding them. Core the apples and peel the upper third of each one. Using the paring knife, score each apple 1/4 inch deep around the perimeter where the flesh and remaining skin meet; this score will give the apple a place to expand without bursting. Using the paring knife, fashion the top of the apple into a crater about 1 1/2 inches wide. Take a very narrow slice off the bottom of each apple so they can stand up without wobbling and set the apples aside.

Put the raisins, walnuts, brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon into a food processor and chop very fine. Put the apples in the baking dish, packing some of this mixture into each one. In a small bowl, whisk 1 cup currant jelly with the tablespoon of lemon juice and the tablespoon of hot water. Spoon the jelly mixture evenly into the craters on top of each apple, spreading a little of it around the peeled section.

Bake the apples for 45 minutes, then pour the remaining 1/2 cup hot water into the baking dish and bake for another 20 minutes or so, until a paring knife inserted at the thickest point meets only gentle resistance. During the last 15 minutes of baking, baste the apples with the pan juices every 5 minutes.

Put an apple into each serving dish and scrape the pan juice into a small bowl. Whisk in the remaining 2 tablespoons of jelly, then sauce the top of each apple with the liquid. Serve at any temperature, with a dollop of sour cream or yogurt, or half and half on the side to be poured over apples as guest would like.
 

Pancakes, Waffles and Rolls:

Buttermilk Pancakes

2 C. Buttermilk
2 C. Flour
2 Tsp. Baking Powder
1 Tsp. Soda
1 Tsp. Salt (or less)
2 Eggs

Mix together in order given. Fry on moderate hot oiled griddle.

Swedish Oven Pancake (Ugnspannkaka)

1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
pinch of nutmeg
4 tbsp. margarine
2 tbsp. powdered sugar
juice of 1/2 lemon

Beat eggs. Mix together eggs, flour, milk and nutmeg. Melt margarine in oven-proof 10" skillet. Pour batter into skillet with melted margarine. Bake at 425°F for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with lemon juice. Cut pancake into 4 to 6 pie-shaped pieces. Serve immediately with a variety of toppings such as lingonberries, applesauce, fresh strawberries, peaches or fruit preserves.

Victorian Desert Pancakes

1 cup pancake mix
2 tsp. sugar
½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 egg beaten
1 tbsp. oil or melted shortening
1 to 1¼ cup milk
1 tbsp. whipped cream
fruit for filling

Combine pancake mix, sugar and cheese. Mix together egg, oil and milk. Add the liquid mixture and beat until dry ingredients are moistened. Bake on hot griddle until tops are bubbly. Turn once and bake until brown. Top each pancake with whipped cream and roll. spoon fruit filling over top of pancake rolls. Serve two to a plate with garnish and hot fruit syrup.

Sourdough Pancakes or Waffles

1 1/2 cups flour
1 tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. soda
1 tbsp. baking powder
1/4 cup melted butter
1 cup milk
3 eggs
1 cup sourdough batter

Sift together first five ingredients. Beat eggs and milk together in a separate bowl then add with sourdough to dry ingredients. Let rest about 10 minutes. Gently mix in melted butter and cook on hot griddle. For waffles separate egg yolks and whites. Beat yolks with milk and butter and add with sourdough to dry ingredients. Let rest; then fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in a hot waffle iron or on a griddle. Serves six.

Meriwether House Refrigerator Roll Dough

Set aside one cup of flour. In large bowl mix 5 1/2 to 6 cups flour, 2 tsp. salt, 1/2 cup sugar and 2 pkg. rapid rise yeast. Heat 2 cups water and 1/4 cup shortening to 125 to 130 degrees F. Stir hot liquids into dry mixture. Add one egg. Mix in enough reserved flour for desired consistency. Let rest 10 minutes and knead. Place in greased bowl and cover. Refrigerate at least 2 hours. Use as needed. Bake 12 to 15 minutes at 375 degrees.

For one dozen cinnamon rolls, roll out 1/2 of dough, cover with melted butter and brown sugar, and sprinkle with cinnamon. Roll dough up and cut into 12 pieces. Place in greased 9 x 13 pan and let rise until double, about one hour. When rolls are done prepare powdered sugar glaze and pour over top.

Blueberry Marmalade

Ingredients:

3cups blueberries, fresh / frozen
3 cups sugar
2 limes
1 lemon
1/4 teaspoon ginger, ground

1. Peel limes & lemon, being careful to take only the colored part of the peel, not the white.
2. Slice the peel into strips.
3. Put the peel into a small saucepan and cover with water. Boil for 15 minutes then drain.
4. Place the berries, sugar, juice of the limes and lemon, boiled peel and the ginger into a large non-reactive saucepan.
5. Cook over medium heat until the mixture reaches the jelling stage (220 F). Ladle into clean sterilized jars.
6. Seal according to manufacturer's instructions.

Victoria Bed and Breakfast Recipes