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Prize Winning

  • Food

    Drake’s 2nd Cake & Being There

    This past Thursday, my nephew Drake would have turned two years old. The loss of that baby boy turned my safe little world upside down and rocked me in ways I didn’t…

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    Cherry D, The Pig

    Cherry D is one special pig.  She’s the newest addition to our small show pig family.  When I win a baking contest, it is now tradition to buy a pig (usually a…

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    Caramel Pecan Rolls & Cinnamon

    Caramel Pecan Sticky Rolls: With the earnings of this winning recipe, I bought a show pig.  “Cinnamon” (the mythical female pig) was on my mind for a long time after I’d banked some…

  • Food & Swine

    Blueberry Pie

    For all of the pie-purists I know, a two-crust fruit pie (meaning pastry crust on top and bottom) is the most cherished pie of all.  As a pie baker, if you are…

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    Champion Cinnamon Rolls

    Cinnamon rolls could be considered my ‘best recipe’.  They were the first contest I’d ever entered and the first contest I’d ever won ($500).  Lucky me, I guess.  This recipe has been…

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    $17,500 Sour Apple Pork Burgers

    Sour Apple Pork Burger: A soft toasted Kings Hawaiian potato roll with apple butter, an apple and wine laced pork burger patty topped with Maytag White Cheddar Cheese, apple butter candied bacon,…

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    Old Fashioned Lemonade

    I love real honest old fashioned lemonade.  Not the fake kind with millions of ingredients.  Simply: Lemon, Sugar & Water.  That’s all. My daughter has the same love for simple lemonade. She…

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    fancy braided bread

    This happens to be one of my favorite bread recipes of all time.  The tender sweet yeast dough with the subtle sweetness of the blueberries and the tang of the cream cheese filling makes the…

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    Blue Ribbon Butterhorn Rolls

    These rolls are fit for the finest Thanksgiving table.  They are a super easy recipe that just takes some old fashioned patience but turn out brilliantly every time they are made.  The…