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Mark your calendars! On August 28th the InnSpiration Bed and Breakfast is holding their Grand Opening. Click here to view poster with full information and details. This is going to be a wonderful event, don’t miss it!
Paul & Sheila Thomsen, Innkeepers
InnSpiration B&B and Vineyard
1790 510th ST
Linn Grove, IA 51033
www.innspirationbandb.com
712 296 4966
- Join the fun and attend the University of Okoboji Homecoming competitions.
You have just five days left to sign up for the University of Okoboji Homecoming activities: Triathlon, Marathon, 1/2 Marathon, and 10K Race. No registrations the day of race. Visit www.thethreesons.com to register online or print off a registration form from www.vacationokoboji.com
If you are going to be in the Iowa Great Lakes this weekend for the annual U of O Marathon and need lodging, the Okoboji Country Inn can help. Our historic bed and breakfast is the perfect place to relax and recharge. We are located right in the heart of the Lakes area but also offer a very peaceful and tranquil setting for a great weekend getaway. Call (712) 332-2358 or book online at http://okobojicountryinn.com/rooms.html.
- Okoboji Country Inn’s Molasses Crinkles wins first place in cookie contest.
Sixteen cookie entries were entered by members of the Iowa Bed and Breakfast Innkeepers Association who attended the annual spring conference at Emerald Hills Golf Club in Arnolds Park, Iowa.
Donna Muilenburg, Innkeeper at the Okoboji Country Inn Bed and Breakfast in West Okoboji, Iowa had her Molasses Crinkles Cookies selected by the judges for first place.
Second place winner went to Sherrie Hansen Decker at the Blue Belle Inn B & B in St. Ansgar for her Cherry Chocolate Kisses and third place winner went to Karen Klassen from Kingman Place Bed & Breakfast in Spirit Lake for her Mashed Potato Cookies.
Here is the winning recipe for Donna’s cookies.
Molasses Crinkles Cookies
3/4 c soft shortening (Crisco) 1 egg
1 cup brown sugar 1/4 c molasses
2 1/4 c flour, sifted 2 tsp. soda
1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. ginger
Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg and molasses. Shift together flour, soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon and ginger. Mix all together. Chill overnight or for at least 4 hours. Roll in balls. Dip in sugar and bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Enjoy!
Cooking with Donna event at the 2010 University of Okoboji Winter Games.
Okoboji Country Inn Innkeeper, Donna Muilenburg kept the crowd inside Annabelle’s Tea Room entertained this year at her Cooking With Donna demonstration and tasting during the 2010 University of Okoboji Winter Games. For her second cooking show, Donna chose recipes from the cookbook 9×13 The Pan that Can! This cookbook showcases recipes of comfort foods that everyone grew up with. Donna chose four interesting and easy to make recipes for her cooking show which included chicken broccoli strata, salted peanut bars, lasagna blanca and ended with the very popular root beer float cake.
The cookbook is available for purchase at The Wash House gift shop. It makes the perfect gift for beginning cooks, busy working moms with hungry children to feed, or even retired cooks who love to read cookbooks. Next year’s Cooking With Donna is almost filled up, call (712) 332-2358 if you want to be added to the list of attendees.
Memorial Day has always been much more than a three-day weekend that marks the beginning of summer. In the Iowa Great Lakes area has many important events to remind all of us of those who died serving our country.
Uncover the interesting history of the holiday we now call Memorial Day. Discover little-known facts about America’s Wars.
Many of the visitors to the area over Memorial Day will enjoy fishing the various lakes in the area. Spirit Lake is the largest in the area and it contains over 40 species of fish, 13 of which are typically caught. A fishery for the lake provides significant populations of largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, muskie, crappie, and bluegill.
There are a variety of lodging selections for visitors this year. The bed and breakfast inns of the Iowa Great Lakes offer a variety of accommodation chocies.
Most of the Iowa Bed and Breakfast Inns are offering great accommodations for the Memorial Day long week-end. To view all member Inns by City go to:  http://www.iabedandbreakfast.com/inns_by_city.htm
Treat your guests this fall to a wonderful dessert from the Innkeeper at the Okoboji Country Inn
Autumn Greetings!
Just wanted to share a great little fall recipe that is so easy to make. I get requests for this recipe everytime I make it for guests. I use whatever apples I happen to have on hand, the other day I made it with Cortland apples and it was delicious.
Just wanted to share a great little fall recipe that is so easy to make. I get requests for this recipe everytime I make it for guests. I use whatever apples I happen to have on hand, the other day I made it with Cortland apples and it was delicious.
Enjoy!
Apple Dumplings
2 medium Gala apples 1/2 cup butter
1 (8 count) package refrigerated crescent roll dough 1 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon or pumpkin pie spices 3/4 cup water
1 tsp. vanilla extract 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 8 inch square baking dish.
2. Peel and core apples. Cut each apple into fourths. Unroll and separate crescent roll dough. Wrap each apple section in a crescent roll. Place in pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon or pumpkin pie spices.
3. Combine butter, brown sugar and water in medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Pour over dumplings. Sprinkle pecans over top. (Optional)
4. Bake 25 minutes or until crust is golden and beginning to bubble and apples are just tender when pierced with a fork.
5. To serve, spoon some of the syrup from the baking dish over dumplings. Serve with a scoop of ice cream, cinnamon if available. Serves 8.
Okoboji Country Inn
1704 Terrace Park Blvd.
West Okoboji, IA. 51351
http://okobojicountryinn.com/rooms.html
(712) 332-2358
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