Recipes

Watermelon Strawberry Gazpacho With Basil
Watermelon Strawberry Gazpacho With Basil is incredibly refreshing and absolutely screams summer! It’s fantastic for breakfast, lunch, or even dinner. I prefer it slightly less than chilled, but it’s just plain old fantastic

Heavenly Cinnamon French Toast Bake
Heavenly Cinnamon French Toast Bake (This recipe serves 2, but it can be easily adapted for up to 10.) Step 1: The Bake 4 slices of thick cinnamon bread, cubed 4 large eggs

Apple Crisp & Orange Dreamcicle Overnight Oats
Apple Crisp Overnight Oats 2 Servings Ingredients: · 2/3 cup rolled oats (not instant) · 2 tablespoons chia seeds · 1 teaspoon apple pie spice or cinnamon · ¾ cup vanilla almond milk

Corn Cookies
Ingredients: 3 cups finely ground Wapsie Valley corn 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking soda 2 tsp. baking powder 2 tsp. table salt 32 Tbs. (4 sticks) unsalted butter, at room
Best Cream Scones
Ingredients: ¼ c granulated sugar 2 t baking powder ½ t baking soda ½ t kosher salt 3 c all-purpose flour 1 stick unsalted butter 1 large egg 1 ¼ c heavy cream

Grits Casserole
Ingredients: 2 c dry, coarse grits 8 c water 1 T salt 1 stick butter 6 slices of diced, thick-cut bacon 1 yellow onion, chopped 12 oz frozen spinach 1 T garlic powder

Willis Graves Corned Beef Hash
Ingredients 1 three pound corned beef, you can also make this from scratch like we did. It will add about another 10 days prep time, so we suggest finding a good quality pre

The Best Buttermilk Cornbread
Ingredients: 8 T (1) stick butter½ c granulated sugar¼ c honey2 eggs, room temp1 c buttermilk room temp1 c all-purpose flour1 c cornmeal½ tsp salt½ tsp baking soda½ Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted (for

Willis Graves Gourmet Gingerbread Pancakes
Gingerbread pancakes are back! One of our guests favorites! And we want to share the recipe with you. Ingredients: 1 3/4 c flour2 t baking powder2 t baking soda1 t ginger1 t cinnamon1/4

Gourmet Chocolate Chip Cookies at Willis Graves Bed and Breakfast
This cookie recipe was given to me by a fabulous pastry chef from Chicago. This is definitely a chocolate lovers dream. It is also measured using a kitchen scale in grams. If you

Willis Graves Gourmet Granola
I hadn’t made Granola since the 80’s. I loved it then, and now I have fell in love with it all over again. I knew I wanted a recipe that had balanced flavors