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Save Room for DESSERT: more classic Woodloch recipes! | Woodloch Resort

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Save Room for DESSERT: more classic Woodloch recipes!

We hate to do this right after so many of you have faithfully stuck to your summer “beach bod” diets but hey… it’s OK to break the rules every once in a while. We won’t tell.

In case you haven’t visited yet, our guests will tell you that Woodloch is pretty famous for some of their baked goodies and desserts (like we said- you’re on vacation, you can spoil yourself if you’re in a different zip code.) So, we thought we’d crack open “the vault” and share just a few of their more acclaimed recipes! We apologize- our delicious crumb cake recipe will remain confidential forever and ever.

Scandinavian Pancakes

Ahh, yes. A delicious breakfast treat that can also be enjoyed during brunch, lunch, dinner (which I cal “Brinner”) and dessert. Before you begin, you will need a griddle set to 325°, Pam spray, a measuring cup, mixing bowl, spatula and ladle.

INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cup milk
4 large eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cups flour
½ cup sugar
1 tsp salt

DIRECTIONS:
In a mixing bowl, crack four eggs, and beat the eggs well. Next add sugar, salt, flour, and vanilla, and mix until smooth. Add milk slowly as you mix the batter. Set the mixture close to your griddle, and spray your griddle with Pam. Spread your batter onto your griddle with a small ladle into an oval shape. Cook on each side
for 30 seconds. Woodloch puts butter in the middle and rolls them up- this is a delicious but optional step!  This recipe makes about 12 pancakes, depending on the size- add a scoop of ice cream to the side for true bliss.

Chocolate Chunk Skillet Cookie

Woodloch is just about world-famous for their cookies. We offer quite a variety here, but the fan favorite seems to be the traditional chocolate chip! And the only thing better than a freshly baked cookie is a BIG freshly baked cookie topped off with some ice cream.

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 large egg
1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups chocolate chunks

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. In a cast iron skillet, melt the butter over low heat. Once the butter is melted, turn off the burner.
3. Stir in the sugars until well combined. Add the vanilla and egg and beat in until egg is completely incorporated. Stir in the flour, baking soda and salt. Gently fold in 1 cup of the chocolate chunks. Spread the dough evenly to cover the bottom of the skillet. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chunks.

4. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cookie just starts to crisp and brown on top. Serves 6 people. Eat up!

Classic Mudpie

Coffee. Chocolate. Ice cream. Just a straight up winner, and always a welcome sight at the end of your Woodloch supper!

INGREDIENTS:
1 qt. coffee ice cream, softened
1 c. hot fudge topping
Whipped Cream
Toasted Almonds

DIRECTIONS:
Carefully spread ice cream into pie crust (recipe below). Cover with fudge topping and freeze. Serve frozen with whipped cream and sliced toasted almonds.

Chocolate Cookie Pie Crust:
1 1/3 c. chocolate cookie crumbs and butter. Pat gently into pie pan and bake at 350 degrees. Cool and enjoy!

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Holiday Recipes from the Woodloch Cookbook! | Woodloch Resort

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Holiday Recipes From The Woodloch Cookbook

Busy sidewalks, busy sidewalks (dressed in holiday style) are a reminder that the holidays are looming closer and closer with every waking minute. The air is filled with jingle bells, holiday cheer and of course, the smells of delicious holiday goodies permeating our senses, bracing us all for the inevitable weight that we will gain from consumption of said treats.

So, with that in mind, we’ve opened the Woodloch vault and cookbooks to share with you some of our favorite holiday recipes so you can, in turn, share them with those you love!

ITALIAN WEDDING SOUP (not necessarily holiday related- but it’s a guest favorite!)

  • 1 gal. well seasoned chicken broth
  • 1 c. cornstarch
  • 1 c. cold water
  • 10 oz. frozen spinach, thawed
  • 1 lb. ditalini pasta
  • 1 lb. mini meatballs

Thicken broth with cornstarch and water. Bring broth to boil after starch is in broth. Add thawed spinach, pasta, and mini meatballs to broth. Cook according to pasta box directions.

RAISIN BREAD

  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 c. sugar
  • 2 c. skim milk
  • 1 c. raisins
  • 1/4 lb. shortening
  • 1 tsp. cardamon
  • 2 1/2 tsp. dry active yeast 
  • 7 c. flour

Heat ingredients (except flour) to 120 degrees and put in bowl. Add 2 1/2 tsp. dry active yeast. Then add 7 cups white flour and mix until dough leaves sides of bowl. Let rise until at least 1 1/2 times original size. Divide into 3 equal parts, then pound and form a loaf. Place in greased pans. Let rise one hour until double in size and bake in 350 degree oven for approx. 30 – 40 minutes until golden brown. Cool on wire rack. Yields 3 loaves.

ICING!

Mix small amount of water and confectionery sugar to make a thick paste. When bread has cooled, paint top of loaf with icing and serve.

CHICKEN MARSALA

  • 2 lb. boneless chicken breast
  • 4 oz. butter
  • 4 oz. flour
  • 1 tsp. fresh garlic
  • 4 oz. mushrooms
  • 1 oz. lemon juice
  • 1/2 c. Marsala wine
  • 12 oz. beef gravy
  • salt & pepper to taste

Lightly flour chicken. Heat butter with garlic and saute chicken until cooked through. Take chicken out of pan; pour off excess butter. Deglaze pan with lemon juice and Marsala. Put in mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes, then put chicken and gravy in pan and simmer for 5 minutes.

LEBKUCHEN (German Cookies)

  • 1 c. molasses
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1 c. strong coffee
  • 3/4 c. shortening
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 c. chopped raisins
  • 1 c. walnuts
  • 7 c. cake flower

Mix ingredients together. Roll out and punch out cookies using gingerbread shaped cookie cutters (or shape of your choice!) Bake at 375 degrees for about 5 minutes. Ice with butter cream frosting when cookies cool.

BUTTER CREAM ICING

  • 1 lb. Dominoes 10x powdered sugar
  • 1/2 c. butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 3 tbs. milk

In a large bowl beat ingredients until smooth. If necessary, add more milk until frosting is desired consistency. Spread before icing hardens.

HOLIDAY PUNCH

  • 8 c. hot water
  • 7 strawberry – raspberry tea bags
  • 16 oz. ginger ale
  • 16 oz. cranberry juice
  • 1 container of fresh / frozen raspberries
  • champagne, optional ice

Brew all 7 teabags in the 8 cups of water and chill. Once cold, add remaining ingredients and serve

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Fall Recipes from the Woodloch Vault | Woodloch Resort

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Fall Recipes From The Woodloch Vault

Change is in the air. A beautiful canvas of leaves will soon be painted across the Pocono canopy. Nights are not only getting cooler but longer as well. And the boats that once cruised across Lake Teedyuskung will come ashore for one last time this year to make way for the icy conditions that aren’t too far off.

But this change also brings good things. A season of mischief, tricks and treats await us for a Halloween celebration. Friends and family gather round to recognize how lucky they are to have each other during the Thanksgiving holiday. And hearths are stacked with seasoned wood, providing ambient light and heat for good heart-to-hearts by the fireside.

And who can forget about great fall FOOD? A good meal can brighten up even the coldest and darkest of days. Without further adieu, here are some exclusive Woodloch fall recipes to warm you up this season!

PUMPKIN RAISIN BREAD

3 Eggs

1 1/2 tsp. baking soda

2 c. canned pumpkin

3 1/2 c. flour

1 c. salad oil

2 1/4 c. sugar

3/4 c. water

1 1/2 c. raisins

1 1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 c. chopped walnuts

1 tsp. nutmeg

Mix ingredients in order given until thoroughly blended. Pour into 3 greased and floured 2-lb loaf pans. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes (or until done) in 350 degree oven.

APPLE BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP

2 tbs. butter

2 c. chicken stock

2 tbs. chopped oninon

1 c. light cream

1. c. tart apples, peeled & chopped

freshly grated nutmeg

1 c. butternut squash, peeled and cubed

In a saucepan over low heat, melt butter. When foam subsides, add onion, apple and squash; cook, covered for 5 minutes. Pour in chicken stock, bring to boil and simmer 10 to 15 mins o until squash is tender. Transfer mixture to blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Return to saucepan; stir in cream and cook over low heat until heated through, about 5 mins. Pour into heated bowls. Add a sprinkling of nutmeg to each. Makes 3-4 servings.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Take melted butter first and brush on Phyllo dough. Mix sugar and cinnamon together, then sprinkle on Phyllo dough. Mix raisins with apple filling and then center apple filling on dough and roll up like a cylinder. DO NOT push apple filling to edge. Put strudel on a greased cookie sheet. Beat 1 egg and water together and brush egg mixture on strudel. Take a knife and score top of strudel. Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour or until golden brown. OPTION: If you prefer to use fresh apples, mix apples with cinnamon sugar, cake crumbs, a touch of nutmeg and raisins in place of canned apple filling.

ENJOY!!

PORK LOIN & GRILLED APPLES

6 pork loins

2 tsp. vanilla extract

3 tbs. butter

1/4 c. sugar

2 Fuji apples

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1 lg. onion

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

Slice and grill apples until they have char marks; remove from grill. Melt butter in saute pan. Slice onion into 1/4 inch thick half moons. Add onions and apples to saute pan until cooked. Add vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and sugar. Saute for 5 mins. Add finished sauced to grilled or cooked pork loins.

GERMAN APPLE STRUDEL

5 sheets Phyllo dough

1/2 c. sugar

1/2 c. melted butter

1 tsp. cinnamon

2 cans apple filling cake crumbs (optional)

1/4 c. raisins

1 egg

2 tbs. water

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Take melted butter first and brush on Phyllo dough. Mix sugar and cinnamon together, then sprinkle on Phyllo dough. Mix raisins with apple filling and then center apple filling on dough and roll up like a cylinder. DO NOT push apple filling to edge. Put strudel on a greased cookie sheet. Beat 1 egg and water together and brush egg mixture on strudel. Take a knife and score top of strudel. Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour or until golden brown. OPTION: If you prefer to use fresh apples, mix apples with cinnamon sugar, cake crumbs, a touch of nutmeg and raisins in place of canned apple filling.

ENJOY!!

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