Stillman Inn Recipe Collection & IPAD

Here is a recipe sure to please!  It is one of our favorites. It's just a few ingredients and easy to have around for that surprise visitor!  Enjoy.

Marty's Quick Fruity Dessert
1 Can of Fruit Pie Filling (like cherry or blueberry....)
1 Package Jiffy Yellow Cake Mix (small cake box, not the normal size cake box)
1/2 Cup melted butter
1/2 Cup chopped nuts - any kind will do

Spray a smallish baking dish (8x10 or slightly smaller, not a larger cake pan) with Pam or equivalent product.  Empty Fruit Pie Filling into the pan. Pour Jiffy Yellow Cake Mix (dry) over the fruit pie filling.  On top of that pour the melted butter.  Sprinkle with chopped nuts.  Bake at 350 for 1/2 hour. 

We recently purchased an IPAD.  I must say it is challenging to learn something new but it has been well worth the effort.  Bernadine downloaded a recipe book app and is creating a paperless recipe book.  We are hoping it never crashes of course!  Could you imagine????

Next step: back up the IPAD regularly!

Here is the next Blog special: Mention Marty's dessert and receive a complimentary bottle of wine with your next stay! Good through 2011.

1/11/11

Doesn't he just look so cute!  Dave is so proud of being a volunteer assistant to the Galena Police Department.  Check out that uniform!





Dave, Protecting you and the Community!



He is just so cute!  And proud to be a volunteer citizen working with the Galena Police Department.  A very proud man indeed! 

Things slow down at the Stillman Inn over the winter which gives us a well deserved and needed break from all the hustle and bustle.  A chance to reflect on this years acheivements and as you can see, Dave tops the chart again.  He just never stops!

Thought our friends and family would enjoy this one.

The "Dave is a volunteer with the Galena Police Department" Blog deal:  Stay two midweek nights and get the third night 50% off!  Now through the end of January.  Does not include Holidays.  Call today and mention this blog!

See you soon!

Bernadine

Figgy Pudding at the Stillman Inn

Yes, it's true...we made Figgy Pudding and so much more here at the Inn for our family Christmas. Wish we had a picture but we had so many people and so much food it just didn't happen.

Basically we went to "You Tube" to see how it was done. Then we went to http://www.allrecipes.com/ to select a Figgy Pudding recipe of which there are many and they are highly varied in what goes in and how to cook it. This is the first time, and we just love first times, we have "steam cooked" something and it was very interesting. You can use the oven or steam the pan in a pot on the stove.


We got lucky. Our bundt pan fit into one of our old cast iron pots. The lid was tight and perfect. We did have to check it regularly and add water to the cast iron pot to keep it steaming. We were brave and used a bundt pan that we put lots of cooking spray and butter on. We had heard it was hard to get the pudding to release once cooked. But that wasn't the case. The only disappointment was when we went twice in the recipe to set a flame to it. It was a very small flame that lasted only seconds. We expected something bigger. Oh well.


It was actually quite good. It didn't take long for us to make an educated guess that "Figgy Pudding" is simply bread pudding. We had fun and it was interesting. Would only do it again for traditions sake...if we decide to make this a tradition!


So come and stay with us next Christmas and sing out "We won't go until we get some, we won't go until we get some, we won't go until we get some so bring it right here"!



Mission "Figgy Pudding" Discount: To celebrate our great success we are offering 20% off your midweek two night stay in either of the Fireplace rooms, now through January 2011. (Does not include New Years - Sorry!)

Merry Christmas and Happy 2011

This has been a great year for meeting even more new people! We have thoroughly enjoyed being innkeepers and look forward to new relationships. We especially love our return guests! Always good to see a familiar face.

Thank you for your business and may you be blessed with a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We sure will be...we're expecting our Second Grandchild. How special are Grandkids! Love it!

God Bless you and yours

Dave & Bernadine