These are classic cookies that you can bake (and decorate!) to perfection. Maddie’s Sugar Cookies won first place in the Ohio State Fair’s 2015 Gold Medal Flour Cookie Contest. Winner Margaret Price developed these cookies with her sister and named…
These simple and scrumptious Toasted Pecan Honey Squares are a winning sweet treat. They come from Cheryl Adkins, a home baking exhibitor at the 2015 Ohio State Fair. She won second place for these shortbread cookie bars topped with a pecan-pie type “filling.”…
Perfect for the Fourth of July holiday or to bake with kids, these Firecracker Chocolate Cookies Bars are a blast! Oatmeal, nuts and milk chocolate toffee bits take the chocolate chip cookie for a spin. You sprinkle chopped pop rock…
In just a few weeks, some of the biggest fairs in the country get underway. Certainly the avid hobby bakers and cooks of the country who annually compete at the fairs have their thinking caps on. What will they enter?…
Chewy oatmeal cookies sandwich a creamy rich filling in this blue ribbon winning cookie from the Arkansas State Fair last year (2014). Rhonda Hull took first place for them. One taste and you will agree: they are a winner! -Cyndi
Ease of preparation and cayenne kick these cookie bars up to blue ribbon status…and complete deliciousness! They come from longtime state fair contester Laura Milosavich who won first place at the Colorado State Fair last year (2014). A delicious cookie crust…
This wonderful winning recipe makes stacks and stacks of super delicious butter cookies infused with citrus and fresh herbs. Rosemary Lemon Cookies. YUM! You will be happy to have a big batch to share with friends and family. The recipe, which…
If you want to wow the cookie (and coffee) lovers in your life, check out and bake these Swirled Latte Cookies from a perennial state fair baking participant (Elsie Olsen, Minnesota State Fair). These fall in the “icebox cookie” category…
These Pumpkin Toffee Cookies are perfect for fall. I baked and brought a batch to a Thanksgiving winter cabin getaway this weekend. They are tender and flavorful. The toffee bits add a chewy dimension everyone enjoyed and the caramel glaze adds a…
We’re admittedly a bit addicted to these Twix Shortbread Cookies. I personally grew up a fan of Twix, the caramel and milk chocolate cookie bars…and the peanut butter version. A variation on this recipe won “best new entrant” at the…