Breakfast Berry Recipes

Sample the breakfast berry recipes from Anchorage Alaska bed and breakfasts.

Both wild and cultivated berries are big and plentiful this year. Anchorage had great weather the last week of May which is a deciding period for the berries. We have had lots of rain since then. In July we had double the average of rainfall and set a record for number of rainy days.

Here is a recipe from Alaskan Frontier Gardens for breakfast or desert:

Apple Berry Crunch Delight


3 Granny smith apples (pealed and cored)
1 cup Cranberries or mixed fruit
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cups white sugar
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup granola
1/4 cup almonds or pecans
1 cube butter

Mix additional 1/8 cup of flour with 1/8 cup of sugar (brown) with cinnamon
and nutmeg. Add apples and slowly turn.

Mix flour, sugar (white) and granola

Layer apple mixture to lightly greased pan (8x8) add half flour/sugar
mixture, add berries, layer remaining flour/sugar mixture

Top with cut pieces of cubed butter

Bake at 375 degrees for 50-55 minutes You may need to cover for last 10
minutes.


Here is another breakfast recipe from Camai Bed and Breakfast using blueberries:

Berry Breakfast Bread or Muffins

2 cups cooked steel-cut oats
½ cup uncooked rolled oats
1/3 cup melted butter
1/3 cup of applesauce
1 egg
1/3 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tbsp cinnamon
1 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup blueberries fresh or frozen
¼ cup additional blueberries for topping
1/4 cup uncooked rolled oats

Preparation

Melt the butter and mix it in with the warm cooked oatmeal. Add the applesauce.

In a separate bowl, combine the egg and honey. Add it to the other wet ingredients.

Combine the sugar, cinnamon, flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a third bowl. Mix well and then add to the wet ingredients. Stir until all traces of the dry ingredients are gone (do not over mix).

Pour into loaf tin, or spoon into muffin tins (2/3-3/4 full). I was able to make 12 regular sized muffins.

Top with berries and raw oats. Bake at 350 F for 25-30 minutes.

Breakfast Recipes, Anchorage B&B

Here are some of the breakfast recipes of tasty dishes served at Teddy Bear Bed and Breakfast, Camai Bed and Breakfast, and Big Bear Bed and Breakfast this summer. Marge, Caroline and Carol invite you to enjoy them in your own home and hope that you will stay with us when you visit Anchorage, Alaska.

Grilled Croissants with Orange Carmel sauce
Recipe that Marge at Teddy Bear B&B serves

7 large eggs
1 1/2 cups half and half
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
8 butter croissants, sliced in half lengthwise
1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
2 tlbs unsalted butter
2 tbsp sugar

Orange Carmel Sauce
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup orange juice

CROISANTS PREPARATION
1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Set aside.
3. Melt butter in a skillet over med-high heat. Dip each croissant half in batter
until thoroughly soaked. Cook in the skilled until golded brown, 2-3 minutes on
each side. These can be kept warm in a 200 degrees F. oven.

ORANGE CARMEL SAUCE
1.Cook sugar in a sauce pan over medium heat until it begins to melt. Continue to
cook, stirring occasionally with a fork , until melted into a deep carmel.
2. Remove from heat and carefully pour the orange juice into the camel. Return to the heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved. Let cool to warm.

FINAL ASSEMBLY
1. Drizzle croissants with warm sauce and maple syrup. Makes 8 servings.

Camai Bed and Breakfast’s Quinoa a la Pinky is a great vegetarian recipe Caroline posted on her Camai Bed and Breakfast blog.

Alaskan Pioneer** Dorothy Cobb’s
Apple Cake


2 cups chopped raw apples
1 egg
1 cup sugar
¼ cup melted shortening
pinch of salt
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 scant teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup raisins or ½ cup raisins AND ½ cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 8X8 pan.

Put apples in a mixing bowl. Drop in the egg and mix. Add 1 cup sugar and mix.
Add shortening and mix. Add flour, cinnamon, soda, and baking powder. Mix. Add raisins and/or nuts. Mix.

Pour into prepared pan.
Bake 45 minutes.

This cake is unique in its older method of preparation. Notice you add an ingredient and mix. Then you add another ingredient and mix.

**Dorothy is a member of Pioneers of Alaska Igloo #4 where Carol at Big Bear met her and first tasted this wonderful cake.

We invite you to enjoy our other breakfast recipes and look forward to your comments and hope to see you soon in one of our Anchorage Bed and Breakfasts.