A long time coming, we’ve finally replicated this tea ring recipe, a state fair blue ribbon winning yeast bread you’re going to love. Tea rings are so classic! And so visually appealing, as in YUM to look at. This Chocolate Coconut…
Looking for an easy, Irish-themed cookie for St. Patrick’s Day coming up? Make this one! Sherrel Jones did for the 2016 Tulsa State Fair and won 1st place honors (and won a nice prize from the makers of Gold Medal Flour).…
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.”…
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…
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…
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…
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…