At the State Fair of Texas this month, these Lemon Blueberry Pecan Crumble Bars wowed the judges and won out of dozens upon dozens of entries. Once we baked and tasted them, we knew why. Paula Wyse Kindred, the winner, created these completely from…
Do you like apples? Do you like cheesecake? Do you like delicious dessert bars topped with caramel?! If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, then you need to make these Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars ASAP! You will love…
You are going to love these Apple Pie Cookies. Chosen as the best of the best at the Tulsa State Fair 2014 Gold Medal Flour Cookie Contest, this pie-inspired recipe is one not to be missed! (Cookie kudos to April…
At the 2014 Wisconsin State Fair, Cinnamon Walnut Roll ‘Em Ups were one of the winning recipes in the Gold Medal Flour Cookie Contest. They looked like croissant shaped cookies. I adapted the winner Barbara’s recipe into these Cinnamon Roll…
Delightful. These cookies are downright delightful. All of the flavors complement each other so well. My family and I loved them so much that we let ourselves eat them with breakfast! (Hey, they have jam on them.) Mary Ehrenberger took…
Yes! State fair season is in full swing! Texas is coming up, as is Tulsa, Arkansas, Arizona, and more. While the Ohio State Fair is long over, we are still getting raves about these Espresso Salted Turtle Sandies. They won first place…
Bacon cookies you say? Sign me up!These won the blue ribbon at the Chicago area’s DuPage County Fair earlier this year (2014) and let’s just say YUM! Bigtime cookie kudos (and a $200 prize from Gold Medal Flour) went to Jessica Jaent when…
You will be completely delighted with these easy and delicious cookie cups. There have just three ingredients in the cookie dough (flour, sugar and butter). We baked a trial run and loved the “just slightly sweet” cookie contrasted with the rich, creamy…
Lemon Lavender Cookies. Don’t those sound delicious? They are from Indianapolis area hobby baker Jennifer Dickie. She grows her own lavender and puts it into her cookies. She says they’re deceivingly simple (6 main ingredients) but have a big wow factor when…
Perfectly baked. Perfect flavor. These Open Sesame Cookies won last year at a Chicago area fair (2013 DuPage County Fair). We still talk about these cookies. Even without the icing, these cookies are perfection. And they are easy to make. If…