Recipes

Pickled Peppers Recipe by Margaret Santelman, Seville, Medina First place, 3303, Class No.3 (All Other), 2016  | Baking Temperature: Water Bath | Baking Time: 10 minutes | Yield of Recipe: 8 pints Ingredients  •Bell peppers (approx 25 large peppers) •6 cups of white vinegar •2 cups water •3 cloves of garlic •Mustard Seed (1/2 tsp in each pint

Recipe by Terri McCarty, Cincinnati, Hamilton First place, 3303, Class No. 1, 2016  | Baking Temperature: Boiling water bath | Baking Time: 20 minutes | Yield of recipe: 8 pints Ingredients  •18 to 20 cucumbers, 3-4 inches long •8 heads fresh dill seed •2 tsp dried dill weed •4 tsp mustard seed •1 generous tsp Ball brand Pickle

Grilled Flammkuchen (AKA German Pizza) Recipe by Nancy Radke, Gahanna, Franklin  First place, 3205, Class No. 1, 2016 | Baking Temperature:375 to 400 Degrees | Baking Time:20-25 minutes | Yield: 4 personal pizzas Ingredients  •1 Lb. Schmidt’s Bulk Bratwurst 1 cup sour cream •1 teaspoon agave syrup •1/8 teaspoon nutmeg •1 red onion – peeled & sliced thin

Mixed Berry Recipe by Beth McCarty, Cincinnati, Ohio First Place 3101 Pie Division Class No. 3, 2016 | Baking Temperature:  425 / 350 degrees | Baking Time: 20 / 45 minutes | Yield: 8 Ingredients:  2 cups blueberries 1 ½ cups raspberries 1 ½ cups blackberries 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 cup sugar 6 tablespoons tapioca starch

Chocolate Fudge with Sea Salt Recipe by Andrew Stock, Columbus, Ohio First place, 3103, Chocolate Division, Class No. 1, 2016 | Baking Temperature: Medium Heat | Baking Time: 40 minutes | Yield: 48 pieces Ingredients:  1 ½ C sugar 10 oz. evaporated milk 2 C semi-sweet chocolate chips Sea Salt Instructions:  In a saucepan, bring sugar and milk

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe by Catherine L. Blackwood, Columbus, Ohio First place, 3104, Cookie Division, Class No. 2, 2016 | Baking Temperature: 350 degrees | Baking Time: 10-11 minutes | Yield: 36 Ingredients:  6 T. unsalted butter 1/3 C. granulated sugar ½ C. brown sugar, lightly packed 3 T. honey 2 t. vanilla extract ½ t. espresso

Rhubarb Pie Recipe by Elizabeth K. Stout, Upper Arlington, Ohio First Place 3101 Pie Division, Class No. 6, 2016 | Baking Temperature: 400 degrees | Baking Time: 35 minutes | Yield: 1 pie Ingredients: Crust: 2 ½ C. flour 1 t salt 1 stick butter 5 T coconut oil, at room temp ¼ C. ice cold water 1

Ginger Nectarine Salsa  Recipe by Stacy Hall Worthington, Franklin Co | First place, 3305, Class No. 3 | Yield of recipe: 7 pints     Ingredients  6 c paste tomatoes 2.5 c diced yellow onions 2 c mixed red, yellow, green “mini” bell peppers 10 c chopped hard nectarines 2 c chopped tart apple 4

Lemon Raspberry Layer Cake Recipe by Janet Gill, Canton, Ohio | First place, 3102 Cake Division, Class No. 6, 2016 | Baking Temperature: 350 degrees | Baking Time: 20-25 minutes | Yield: 1       Ingredients:  Cake: 1 C. unsalted, softened butter 2 C. sugar 4 eggs, room temperature 1 ½ C. self- rising flour 1 ¼ C.

Heirloom Cake Recipe by Janet Gill, Canton, Ohio | First place, 3102 Cake Division, Class No. 7, 2016 | Baking Temperature: 325 degrees | Baking Time: 28-35 minutes | Yield: 1   Ingredients:  Cake: ¾ C. butter, softened 3 C. sugar 1 ¼ C. sour cream 5 eggs 3 C. flour ¼ tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt ¼

Today is Oatmeal Cookie Day, and we’re celebrating with this prize-winning recipe from the 2015 Ohio State Fair. Celebrate the day with a tried-and-true, blue-ribbon recipe! Chewy Good Oatmeal Cookies Recipe by Cheryl L. Adkins, Bloomingburg, Ohio First place, Cookies and Pastries (Molasses Cookie), 2015 Baking temperature: 350 degrees Baking time: 10 minutes Yield: 3

Today is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day! We’re celebrating with a creative take on the famed sandwich – a prize-winning recipe for PB&J cookies from the 2015 Ohio State Fair! Celebrate the day with this tried-and-true, blue-ribbon recipe! Peanut Butter & Jelly Cookies Recipe by Beth Krauss, Hilliard, Ohio First place, Cookies and Pastries

Today is Pi Day (March 14 – 3.14), and we’re celebrating with this prize-winning recipe from the 2015 Ohio State Fair. Celebrate the day with a tried-and-true, blue-ribbon recipe! “The Original” Dutch Apple Pie Recipe by Erin Carney, Powell, Ohio First place, Fruit Filled Pies (Any Crumb), 2015 Baking temperature: 375 degrees Baking time: 1 hour Yield: 1 pie

Today, February 10, is a double-whammy! Not only is it National “Have a Brownie” Day, but it is also National Cream Cheese Brownie Day! If you ask us, there is no better cream cheese brownie than this delicious prize-winning recipe for Red Velvet Swirl Brownies. Try it out below and let us know what you think!

Are you planning to do a little baking this weekend? In honor of the season, we’re sharing a few of our blue-ribbon, first-place cookie recipes from the 2015 Ohio State Fair. Grab your apron and get ready to taste the flavors of these prize-winning treats! Interested in seeing if your tried-and-true recipe is the best