Recipes

Blue-ribbon Pies
Think your pies are the best? Enter them in the First Lady’s
Pie Contest during the Missouri State Fair this month

by Heather Berry

If your pies are the most requested for family dinners, church pie suppers and holiday get-togethers, then you probably should enter the First Lady’s Pie Contest during the Missouri State Fair this month in Sedalia.
Hosted by first lady Georganne Nixon, the contest is open to all amateur pie bakers. The two categories are custard/cream pies and fruit pies. Judging takes place at 10 a.m., Aug. 19, in the Home Economics Building on the fairgrounds. Cash prizes will be awarded to winners.
For more details, go to www.mostatefair.com, click on the special events button and scroll down to the pie contest entry form, rules and recipe form. Entry form must be received by August 2. (There is a nominal entry fee.)
So get out your rolling pins and mixing bowls and start practicing on your winning pie entry. And remember — there’s no such thing as a bad pie — it’s just that some pies are better than others.

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