Blue Ribbon State Fair Recipes - Some Award Winning Recipes

Blue Ribbon Recipes is the very best of recipes from state fairs around the country. Cakes, biscuits, bread, jelly and main dishes.

Here are some great recipes blue tape to prepare at home:

1. Thyme for cookies

Ingredients:

- 2 1 / 4 c Red Band flour
- 1 T sugar
- 3 t baking powder
- 3 / 8 t garlic salt
- 1 / 2 t basil, ground
- A field t thyme
- 1 / 2 cup butter
- 1 / 3 c Parmesan;Shredded
- 4 T dried tomatoes, drained and
- snipped
- 1/4 c sour cream
- 1/2 c milk

Directions:

- Pour 3/4 cup boiling water over 10 pieces of dried tomatoes.
- Let sit for minutes to dehydrate.
- Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, garlic salt, basil and thyme.
- Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Stir in cheese and tomatoes.
- Make a well in the center of the dry mixture.
- Add sour Cream and milk all at once. Stir until just moistened.
- Knead lightly floured board.
- Top flour and knead 2 or 3 times. Easily roll out ¾ of an inch thick. Cut with biscuit cutter.
- The ungreased square baking dish.
- Bake at 425 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.

2. 1776 Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

- 1 C water, warm
- 2 T or 2 packets of yeast
- 1 / 2 c sugar
- 1 / 8 t mace
- 1 c scalded milk
- 1 c lardZone
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 7 C flour, about
- Butter soft
- Cinnamon and sugar, blueberries and cherries mixed with decorations

Powered frosting
- 1 t vanilla
- Lb powdered sugar
- 5 T warm milk
- 1 / 2 t lemon zest
- 2 T white shortening (Crisco)

Directions:

Put the yeast in the water and set aside.

- Put the sugar, mace, milk, melted lard, salt and eggs in a large bowl.
- In a mixture of yeastand about 7 cups of flour.
- Mix all ingredients together & work to a smooth dough.
- Let rise until double.
- Roll out on board 1/2" inch thick, spread with butter, sprinkle with cinnamon & sugar.
- Cut in strips one inch wide. Twist them as you place in a round 8" greased pan. Let rise about 40 minutes.
- Bake 18-20 minutes at 375 degrees or until golden brown.
- Ice with Powdered Sugar icing.
- Decorate with red cherries & blueberries and to with a flag in the center.

Powered Sugar Icing:

Combine all ingredients, beat one minute, add more milk if needed to make it spread easily.

3. 1986 Winner Praline Cookies

Ingredients:

- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, Packed
- 1 egg
- 1 /2 c
- 1 t vanilla
- 1cup pecans, Chopped

Directions:

Preparation time: 25 minutes Baking time: 10 to 12 minutes

- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream butter, sugar and egg. Stir in flour, vanilla and pecans.
- Mix well by hand. Shape into balls about the size of walnuts, place on cookie sheets and flatten to about 1/8 inch.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until brown.
- Remove from oven and allow it to cool completely and harden.

Yield: 36 servings