Incredible Gourmet Breakfasts at Swiss Woods Bed and Breakfast - A Lancaster County Bed and Breakfast of Lititz, Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country
As the weather cools down, what better way to start your day than with this fall favorite? These can be served with the apples simply heated, but try the flambe version for the exquisite flavor as well as the extra drama!
Pancakes:
2 Cups Flour
4 Tbsp. sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
4 Tbsp. melted butter
1 Cup milk
2 eggs
1 Cup canned pumpkin
1 Cup sour cream (or yogurt)
Pinch of salt
Combine dry ingredients in large bowl. In separate bowl, whisk butter, milk, eggs, pumpkin, and sour cream. Stir into dry ingredients. Pour by ¼ cupful onto hot griddle. Flip when bubbles form on surface and break. Cook a few minutes more until browned on both sides.
Apples:
5 apples (we like Golden Delicious--use any sweet apple)
2 Tbsp. honey
Zest & juice of one lemon
¼ Cup brandy
Peel, core, and slice apples thinly directly into a small pan. Add lemon zest and juice. Drizzle the honey over the apples.
Place a tightly fitting lid on the pan and turn burner to medium heat. Wait until steam starts to escape lid and turn burner off. Check to make sure they are soft.
In a separate metal saucepan, slightly warm the brandy. Carefully touch a flame to the warmed brandy in the pan, to light it. Allow the flames to subside, then pour over apples.
Serve immediately with the pancakes.
"Happy and successful cooking doesn't rely only on know-how; it comes from the heart, makes great demands on the palate and needs enthusiasm and a deep love of food to bring it to life." --Georges Blanc
We are foodies, I will readily admit that. We are people who love food but are not snobby about it, who enjoy the endless variations of flavor and texture, the pure enjoyment of picking peaches at 7am that grace our breakfast table at 8:30, or the satisfaction of baking a new creation that goes beyond just "good food". We love the "tried and true" of an heirloom snicker doodle recipe as well as the endless quest to see just how many different ways there are to prepare eggs! Our guest book is full of enthusiasm for our breakfast table and afternoon coffee sweets. So, when I read the above quote it struck home. Our entire inn is about heart and enthusiasm for life and its multitude of simple pleasures. Breakfast at Swiss Woods is no exception and may in fact, along with the gardens, be our crown.
"Celebrating our 54th anniversary, it was a 'heavenly' time. Breakfast was special.. you certainly spare nothing for our comfort... " - Bob and Arlene, Gettysburg, PA
Good food and good conversation often go hand in hand. We serve a full country breakfast seating between 8:30 and 9:00. An early continental style breakfast is available for the business guest. Entrees may include anything from a wonderful strata chock full of local cheeses, bacon and ham, or a veggie quiche featuring whatever Werner is growing this season! Zucchini, leeks, carrots, broccoli, all find their way into these wonderful savory pies topped with Switzerland's Emmentaler and Gruyere cheeses. Sweet mornings find our own blueberry French toast with hints of orange, stuffed raisin French toast or maybe an upside down apple pancake. We use the best ingredients as fresh as possible, many of them we grow here at the inn.
"I will dream of those biscotti!" - John and Linda
We are foodies, I will readily admit that. We are people who love food but are not snobby about it, who enjoy the endless variations of flavor and texture, the pure enjoyment of picking peaches at 7am that grace our breakfast table at 8:30, or the satisfaction of baking a new creation that goes beyond just "good food". We love the "tried and true" of an heirloom snicker doodle recipe as well as the endless quest to see just how many different ways there are to prepare eggs! Our guest book is full of enthusiasm for our breakfast table and afternoon coffee sweets. So, when I read the above quote it struck home. Our entire inn is about heart and enthusiasm for life and its multitude of simple pleasures. Breakfast at Swiss Woods is no exception and may in fact, along with the gardens, be our crown. 
Good food and good conversation often go hand in hand. We serve a full country breakfast seating between 8:30 and 9:00. An early continental style breakfast is available for the business guest. Entrees may include anything from a wonderful strata chock full of local cheeses, bacon and ham, or a veggie quiche featuring whatever Werner is growing this season! Zucchini, leeks, carrots, broccoli, all find their way into these wonderful savory pies topped with Switzerland's Emmentaler and Gruyere cheeses. Sweet mornings find our own blueberry French toast with hints of orange, stuffed raisin French toast or maybe an upside down apple pancake. We use the best ingredients as fresh as possible, many of them we grow here at the inn. 