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When Are Eggs a Work of Art?
Or Just Food, or Just Work? Jake Molina starting young…
When is food less about what we put in our mouths and more about a work of art? In a third world country there is no doubt about the answer, but here in the States, [...]
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Egg Recall Doesn’t Affect the Crazy Eyed Girl or Gracehill B&B!
Long Snowy Winter, Long Hot Summer, and Lightning Strikes Again
Rear Patio Gracehill Bed and Breakfast
It’s been a heck of a year; the worst winter we have experienced since building Gracehill and the hottest, driest summer on record since… who knows, it keeps going further back with each week that passes. Our elevation gives us a little relief with temps 5 to 10 degrees cooler [...]
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Breakfast- Blueberry Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast
Blueberry Cream Cheese French Toast
1 8oz package of cream cheese, room temp
1 loaf of dense bread
1 c fresh or frozen blueberries
12 eggs
½ c maple syrup
2 cups half and half or whole milk
Blueberry Sauce: (or just use syrup)
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 c sugar
1 c water
1-cup blueberries
1 tbsp butter
A 1/6th Slice of Blueberry Cream Cheese French Toast
Trim crusts [...]
Coffee Cake- Pear Tart Pastry
Pear Tart
Crust:
1 1/3 c all-purpose flour
3 tbsp sugar
¼ tsp salt
7 tbsp cold butter cubed
2 to 3 tbsp cold water
Filling:
¾ c sugar
¼ c all-purpose flour
grated lemon peel from one lemon
½ to ¾ tsp ground cinnamon
4 medium ripe pears, peeled and sliced
1 tbsp butter
½ c silvered almonds
Glaze:
¼ c powdered sugar
1 ½ tsp milk
¼ tsp vanilla extract
In a [...]
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Quiche- Spinach and Mushroom
Spinach Mushroom Quiche
1 bottom piecrust
1 quart of fresh spinach, rinsed well
8 medium mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
4 eggs
1 1/3 C half and half
3 slices of pasteurized swiss cheese
3 slices of regular hard swiss cheese
1 tsp butter
salt and pepper to taste
Mix and roll out a piecrust and form on the bottom of a pie shell (my favorite, [...]
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Coffee Cake- Raspberry (or Blueberry) White Chocolate Streusel
Blueberry White Chocolate Streusel Coffee Cake
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
¼ cup butter, softened
½ cup half and half (may sub milk)
1 egg
2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries (a little tarter) or blueberries
½ cup white chocolate baking chips
Streusel:
½ cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
¼ cup butter
Glaze:
Powder Sugar with enough milk to liquefy.
Heat oven [...]
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Gracehill Gazette July-Aug 2010 (3)
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Coffee Cake- Cranberry Orange Pecan
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A guest of mine, Brian Kerestes, took one of our recipes, the Blueberry Almond Pound Cake, and adapted it for the holidays. He eliminated a few things and added a few. After trying it, I came up with three suggestions of my own which I have shown in parenthesis. One [...]
Coffee Cake- Blueberry Almond Sour Cream
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Blueberry Almond Coffee Cake
For the Filling:
8 oz can of almond paste, chilled
1 ½ C of blueberries
2 T flour
2 t grated lemon zest
For the Cake Batter:
2 C all-purpose flour
2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
¼ t salt
1 ½ sticks butter (12T) room temperature
1 ¼ cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 t vanilla extract
1 [...]
Fruit- Lemon Crème with Blueberries and Granola Parfait
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Blueberries, Granola and Lemon Creme
1 ½ C sugar
¼ C cornstarch
¼ C flour
1 ½ C water
1 C orange juice
½ C lemon juice
4 egg yolks
4 Tbsp butter, softened
2 Tbsp lemon zest
2 C whipping cream
Blueberries
Granola
In a 3 to 4 quart pot mix together sugar, cornstarch and flour. Blend in water, orange [...]
Gracehill Gazette May-June 2010 (2)
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Scottish Festival and Highland Games held in Galinburg, TN, May 14th-16th, 2010
Gatlinburg, Tennessee Scottish Festival
Scottish Games
The 29thannual Gatlinburg Scottish Festival is a lot more than just a 2-½ day runner up to the week long Grandfather Mountain Highland Games held July 8-11, on Grandfather Mountain near Linville, NC.
The Gatlinburg, Tennessee games, held May 14-16, 2010 at Mills Park, 1230 E. Parkway, on the northeast side of [...]
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A Spring Weekend Getaway, Golfing, Massages, & Shopping
Laurel Valley Golf Course & Country Club, Townsend, TN
If you need to feel righteous about golfing while your beloved “makes do” with a massage and a half-day shopping the Pigeon Forge outlets, this is the event for you. For the eleventh year, Friends of the Mary E. Tippitt Memorial Library are hosting their Golf Tournament [...]
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Gracehill Gazette March-April 2010 (1)
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Road Closures & Piecing the Puzzle
Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail in early spring
Pieces of the Puzzle
New Years Day 2010. Looking far too cheery for the morning after! Allen, Jodi, Ashley, and Craig
While the Cades Cove loop road or Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail are big draws for our guests at this East Tennessee Bed and Breakfast, the Great Smoky Mountain [...]
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Side Dish- Baked Beans
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Bush Beans
Cattleman’s BBQ Sauce
Brown Sugar
Molasses
Little Bit of Mustard
Chopped Onion
Slices of Bacon Chopped into ½ or 1 inch pieces
Mix together and pour into a casserole dish. Place on top raw pieces of onion and sliced pieces of raw bacon. Bake in low oven 325 degrees till it bubbles, then take the [...]
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Side Dish- Escalloped Pineapple
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1 lg can chunk pineapple drained
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 quart cubed bread
2 eggs
1 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
Cream butter, sugar, then beat in eggs. Add pineapple, milk and bread cubes and stir until mixed. Pour into a 9X13X2 pan that’s been sprayed with vegetable spray. Bake at 350 for about 1 [...]
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Coffee Cake- Graham Cracker Streusel
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Streusel:
Use one package of graham crackers, (9 full ones)
1 cup brown sugar
1 stick and 3 T melted butter
1 1/2 cups pecans
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Put your graham crackers in a Ziploc bag, close it and roll with rolling pin until crushed, put in large bowl. Add other dry ingredients. Melt butter pour [...]
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Fruit- Pineapple Slice
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Whole fresh pineapple with a good looking top
Shredded coconut
Ground cinnamon
Sliced almonds
Maraschino Cherry with stem
Cut the green top off of the pineapple. Then slice it in half long ways, then quarters, then into eights. Place green spear at the top of the plate. Cut the pineapple into halves long ways, [...]
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Breakfast- Ham Enchiladas
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2 C chopped cooked ham
½ C chopped onion
½C chopped green or red peppers
1 T olive oil
8 flour tortillas
2 C shredded cheddar cheese
4 eggs
2 C half and half
1 T all-purpose flour
¼ t garlic powder
½ t hot sauce
Garnish:
1C shredded cheddar cheese
salsa
sour cream
8 sprigs of rosemary
In a skillet with the olive oil sauté [...]
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Side Dish- Fresh Tomato/Basil/Onion Salad
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Basil Onion Tomato Salad
4 medium tomatoes
¼ medium onion
fresh basil leaves
¼ C. olive oil
¼ C. rice vinegar
¼ tsp garlic salt
1 tsp. Sugar
Whisk together olive oil, vinegar, garlic salt and sugar. Chunk tomatoes, and slice onions very thin. Snip with scissors the basil into 1/2 inch pieces. Layer the tomatoes, onions, and [...]
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Breakfast- Apple Pork Pie
Kathy’s Note: What is nice about this recipe is you can make as little or as much as you would like. Plus it freezes well. You can make an 8″ pie (serves 6 easily) or 9 to 10″ pie (serves 8 to 10 easily) or little individual oval Pyrex ramekins. Once made, they can be [...]
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Coffee Cake- Apricot Almond Tart
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Apricot Almond Tart
½ of 8 oz can of almond paste
3T and 1½ t sugar, divided
3 oz cream cheese, cut into ½ inch cubes
1 large egg yolk
1 t vanilla extract
1- 15 oz can of lite apricot halves (or those in heavy syrup)
¼ cup apricot jam, heated in microwave
Pie crust dough, see [...]
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Pancakes- Lemon Cheese Blueberry
A Pancake Contest Winner with BedandBreakfast.com
2 cups of flour (sift before measuring)
1 teaspoon of salt
1/4 cup powdered sugar
3 teaspoons of baking powder
¼ cup butter very soft
3 eggs
1 ¾ cup half and half (goat milk may be substituted for lactose intolerant guests)
8oz of goat cheese
1 tsp lemon extract
2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries (read second tip below [...]
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Coffee Cake- Almond Bundt
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Almond Bundt Cake
A Slice of Almond Bundt Cake
Filling:
8oz package of almond paste, chopped
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 stick of butter
Cook almond paste, powdered sugar and butter over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth, remove from heat. Set aside. Do this first so it can cool down.
Cake:
3 cups flour
1 ½ t baking [...]
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