Anchorage Alaska Fur Rendezvous

Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast Club members like to share information on upcoming events that our guests would enjoy on their visit to Anchorage. The Anchorage Fur Rendezvous begins February 26 and continues through March 7 of this year. The Fur Rondy is a great way to get out of our houses and enjoy our winter.

The Fur Rondy is a tradition that dates back to the early 1900s when trappers and miners emerged from the Alaska wilderness to trade, socialize and compete in survival-type games.

This year’s ten-day celebration includes a family friendly melodrama (Pirates of the Aleutians: Saloon Girls Gone Wild!), Alaska Native tribal gatherings, World Champion Sled Dog Races, craft markets, the Miners & Trappers Bill, and fur auction. Other events include snowshoe softball tournament, outhouse races, ice bowling and the newly popular Running with the Reindeer—Pamplona style.

Several of our members are close to Downtown, including Big Bear B&B, Camai B&B, Your Home Away From Home B&B and Calla House B&B.

Anchorage B&B Club waffle recipe

The Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast Club members enjoy sharing recipes such as this waffle recipe with their guests. This waffle recipe was shared with Marge at the Teddy Bear House from Lynn's Pine Point B&B which is now closed. Marge has been preparing this recipe and pleasing her guests with it for about 15 years.

Norwegian Sour Cream Waffles with Apple Pecan Topping (serves 4)

2 cups sour cream
2 fresh eggs
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
3 tablespoons water

In a large bowl beat sour cream until fluffy. In a separate bowl beat eggs until light, combine with sour cream and beat again. Sift dry ingredients, fold into sour cream/egg mixture-add water. Bake according to waffelmaker directions. Serve with maple syrup and (or) apple pecan topping.

Apple Pecan Topping

2 tablespoons butter
¼ cup brown sugar
2 large apples cored and sliced ( granny smith)
¼ cup chopped pecans
½ teaspoon cinnamon

In skillet melt butter and brown sugar. Add apples, cinnamon and pecans. Cook until apples are tender- about 3-4 minutes. Keep warm.


We hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we have. We have several other recipes on our website.

Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club recipe

The Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast Club met and enjoyed several new breakfast dishes. Memebers attending this February meeting were Big Bear B&B,Calla House, Your Home Away from Home B&B, Teddy Bear B&B, Alaskan Frontier Gardens B&B, and Camai B&B. Summerset B&B's owner is in Viet Nam working. Last year she helped build a home for an older woman.

The recipe was shared with Caroline at Camai Bed and Breakfast from Heather Swanson, a friend in Juneau, Alaska. The recipe is

Stuffed Biscuits

Ingredients:
1 tube of jumbo flaky biscuits
4 eggs
1 tbs half and half
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup cooked sliced mushrooms
3/4 cup Mexican mix of shredded cheese
1 tbs. dried minced onions
1/2 cup crumbled cooked bacon
1/4 tsp. salt

Preheat oven to 350.
Spray muffin tin with Pam.

Whisk eggs, half and half, salt, dried onions.
Add cooked bacon.

Split each of the eight biscuits in half. Put bottom half in muffin tin. Press each to form "cup" in tin. Set aside top half.

Into each "cup" layer in order:
few cup of pieces of tomato
pinch of cheese
1 tbs. egg/bacon mixture
few more pieces of tomato
another pinch of cheese

Seal each "cup" with top half of biscuit.

Bake 17-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool 2-3 minutes.

These can be cooked the night before and warmed in the morning.

Make them at home or enjoy them at an Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast Club member's bed and breakfast!

Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club February Meeting

In honor of Valentine's Day, Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club's members will meet at Camai Bed and Breakfast this Saturday. During our winter meetings we like to share and try new recipes. Mostly we enjoy having fun together and talking about ways to improve our bed and breakfasts while helping each other.

Along the fun lines we have molded glycerin bathroom soaps for our business. Carol at Big Bear Bed and Breakfast now uses a mold her husband cut to make Big Bear soaps. One spring we took a road trip to Homer. That was one long weekend pajama party complete with a great view of the Homer Spit. We love sharing breakfast recipes. At our December meeting Marge at Teddy Bear Bed and Breakfast gave each of us a booklet of brunch recipes. Marge prepared several of them for us to enjoy.

Mostly we enjoy helping one another make each of our Anchorage Bed and Breakfasts the best it can be for our guests.