These Spice Cupcakes are easy and delicious sweet treats, and they are a blue ribbon winning recipe! Originally made as a layer cake, this recipe won 1st place at the Ohio State Fair in 2011. Peggy Smith of Delaware, Ohio,…
Peachy Creamy Party Pies: if you love mini size desserts or simple sweet treats you can make in minutes, look no further than these state fair winning tiny pies. They won a blue ribbon and 1st place back at the…
You have been asking for more things made with cocoa. We’re on it! Check out these Triple Chocolate Cappuccino Cups. They are simple, delicious, and with their miniature size, not that indulgent. That is, if I stop at one, which I admit…
If you want a tried and true, blue ribbon winning pie for your next dessert table, do not pass up this Pineapple Coconut Cream Pie, a 1st place winning recipe from the 2016 State Fair of Texas. The crust comes…
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).…
Let’s go big! Make an impression with this oversize double chocolate cookie and it’s delicious toppings: a peanut butter-meets cream cheese layer, peanuts and chopped candy bar. You finish it with banana slices and a chocolate drizzle. It starts simple…
Coffee lovers rejoice! We have the perfect cookie for you. These coffee-flavored, crispy cookies taste like biscotti dipped in a cup of espresso. Cappuccino Cookies is a 2015 Gold Medal Flour Cookie Contest award-winning recipe developed by Raymond Graham. He…
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 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…
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…