Little Rock AR Bed and Breakfast:

Little Rock AR Bed and Breakfast:

Its Christmas at Rosemont!

The Inn and Cottages are being decorated every day, special treats are baked, the fires are all lighted, candles glow and everywhere you look the joy of the season surrounds you.  Our Winter White Sale Special starts soon and we will hope for snow but be content with happy guests and decent weather.  Come join us!

Luxurions Bed & Breakfast Lodging, Delicious Seasonal Food & Beautiful Fall Foliage ... All at Rosemont Inn & Cottages in Little Rock, AR

Pumpkin Pancakes

 Rosemont Inn & Cottages – Little Rock, Arkansas

Nothing says the season has changed quite so much as introducing pumpkins, apples and nuts into your menu.  This is a favorite of our guests who come to Little Rock looking for Getaway or Business Lodging at a Bed & Breakfast and a great look at Fall Foliage … we offer both.  Check out our accommodations at Rosemont Inn and our Cabins/Cottages on our website at RosemontofLittleRock.com.  We would love to have you as guests and will happily serve these delicious Pumpkin Pancakes.

2 c. flour                  

¼ tsp. ground ginger

2 T. firmly-packed brown sugar          

1 ½ c. milk or buttermilk

1 T. baking powder             

 ½ c. Libby's solid pack pumpkin

1 tsp. salt                 

1 egg slightly beaten 

1 tsp. ground cinnamon             

2 T. oil

¼ tsp. ground nutmeg

DIRECTIONS: 

Preheat lightly-oiled griddle to 375.
In large bowl, combine dry ingredients; mix well.  In separate bowl, combine remaining ingredients.  Add to flour mixture, stirring until just moistened (batter will be very thick).

 For each pancake, pour ¼ cup batter onto hot griddle.  Using a spatula spread batter into a 4" circle before mixture sets.  Cook

until surface bubbles and appears dry.  Turn; continue cooking 2-3 minutes.  Serve with butter and maple syrup.  

Also good topped with chopped, buttered pecans.
YIELD: Approx.16 pancakes.

Getaways to Little Rock & Rosemont Inn & Cottages ... the Perfect Time of Year!

Trees are turning a beautiful medley of colors, days are sunny and clear, evenings are crisp just right for the first sweater wearing of the year and a fire in your room at night. Maple trees in the River Market District are ablaze with color and everywhere you look autumn mums and pumpkins greet you. Restaurants and shops are doing a brishk "ourtoodoor" business.  All  have combined to welcome this much needed, long-awaited season change.

Slip away to Little Rock and to Rosemont Inn & Cottages for a break.  Just think of the hectic season ahead!  We all need to shore up for the onslaught of shopping, decorating, entertaining, gift wrapping, cooking, cleaning, and running about that Thanksgiving and Christmas generate.  We would love to have you as guests.  For anyone reading this blog, we will discount any room/any night by 20% when you stay 2+ nights with us. Come let us pamper and spoil you for a couple of days ... more, if you are throwing caution to the wind!

Fresh, Local Food Graces our Breakfast Table Every Day!

Going back to our farmhouse roots, and the roots of my family, we are introducing Farm-to-Table food at Rosemont.  This was a long, well-researched commitment but now it is a reality.  We use the abundant fresh food that is grown and raised here in Arkansas.  Our bacon, sausages, ham, eggs, dairy, grains, fruit and vegetables are all fresh from nearby farms, local markets, and neighborhood bakeries. My sister and I just returned from a "buying trip" to Atkins, St. Vincent, and Pottsville ... all small, rural towns where we have family with family farms.  It was great fun and incredibly rewarding.  My trips to Sam's are now few and far between but it seems like almost daily I'm at Argenta Market or Terry's Market, The Green Store, Boulevard Bread or one of the Farmer's Markets.  I have to admit I love that every place I go now they know me and what I'm trying to do and everyone is onboard helping me make new discoveries and great selections.  My new mantra ... Buy Fresh, Buy Local!

Downtown Little Rock Gardens Are Lush

The best thing to be said about all the rain we've gotten over the past month of so, is how beautiful the gardens are at Rosemont and in all of Downtown Little Rock.  P. Allen Smith is a neighbor and his garden is a joy to walk and drive past.  One of his books lives on the coffee table at the Inn and is a constant source of inspiration to me and to our guests who love the idea of a true "cottage garden".  When you come to Rosemont Inn & Cottages, you are in the very center of Historic Downtown Little Rock and walking the neighborhood to see and experience the gardens and plantings is a particular pleasure of our guests.