These Key Lime Delights are absolutely delight-ful! They’re a blue ribbon winner from the 2013 Indiana State Fair, created by entrant and home baker Rebecca Burgardt. There’s cream cheese, along with fresh key lime juice and fresh key lime zest in what’s…
Coconut and chocolate? Yes, that combination is a dream come true! So are these cookies!These Coconut Dreams have just the right balance of coconut and chocolate, and they are soooo soft. They hail from the Minnesota State Fair where they…
Have you ever had a Mojito? That delightful Cuban drink with crushed mint and fresh lime? It is one of my favorite cocktails to have on vacation and in the summer. One of the Minnesota State Fair winners last year…
Peanut butter cookies are one of my all-time favorite classic cookies. When Minnesota State Fair baker/contester Loretta added chocolate, chopped peanuts, and crushed vanilla wafers, she made this classic cookie a real winner–literally! Loretta won the 2013 Gold Medal Flour contest at the Minnesota…
These Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Candy Bar Cookies were so fun to make. My elation came from experimenting and making them in a variety of ways…and of course tasting and sharing them with others. In their previous form, these hailed from the Big E Fair, where Francis, a local…
Citrus infused sweets are right up my alley. When we spent time testing and tasting these Lemon Cut-Out Cookies, I was in total heaven! There is both lemon juice and peel in the cookie dough. Both ingredients are also in the icing, and in the…
Tea Cookies: another blue ribbon winning recipe, this one from Camille Warren at the Ohio State Fair where she won the Gold Medal Flour cookie contest (2013). They have just three ingredients: butter, sugar and flour. So simple! I followed…
We just had the good fortune of making and tasting these delicious cookies Giant Oatmeal Cookies. They won first place at the 2013 Tulsa State Fair where Alexandra Coppinger made a giant one for the Gold Medal cookie contest. She…