Baking Ribbons

I just couldn't help myself so I went back to the Minnesota State fair today in order to take pictures of the winners in the baking cate...

The anticipation is over! I won two fourth-place ribbons this year.  Thousands of people enter these  baked goods competitions and few get r...

I stood in a block-long line Sunday morning waiting to enter my tasty treats (tasty to me anyways!) into the Minnesota State Fair baking com...

Monarch drinking swamp milkweed nectar in my back yard I am currently experimenting with chocolate chip cookies for my state fair entr...

Being Macaron-inspired by Sue at  Basically Baked  , I found my way to Chez Arnaud's in Maple Grove, MN.  It was one of my first daytime...

I'm in MN State Fair baking frenzy mode now.  Anna from  Cookie Madness  turned me on to her browned butter pecan pie a couple of years ...

Just a prepared yellow cake mix (I added a 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract), cool whip, and fruit.  So easy! You can use any type of fruit fo...