2014 Make It With Sugar Contest Winning Recipes

1st Place Cookies

Snickerdodles – Nikole Lefors

1 ½ cup of sugar

1 cup butter

2 eggs

3 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

2 ¾ cups flour

Cinnamon/Sugar mix:

5 tablespoons sugar

4 teaspoons cinnamon

Combine sugar and butter. Add eggs. Add baking powder, salt and flour. Mix well. Roll into 1-inch balls and roll in cinnamon/sugar mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.

1st Place Bread & Rolls

Pumpkin Fritters with Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting – Kysa Rasmussen

Pumpkin Fritters

2 cups flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 tsp salt

1 15 oz can of pumpkin puree

½ cup sugar

1 egg

1 tablespoon sour cream

Preheat oil in a fryer to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients together well. Spoon into hot cooking oil until golden brown. Allow to cool- then frost.

Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting

¾ cup brown sugar

½ cup butter

1 tsp vanilla

¼ cup heavy cream

8oz cream cheese, room temperature

¼ cup butter, room temperature

2 cups powdered sugar

3 tablespoons milk

1 tsp vanilla

Bring the brown sugar and butter to a boil for 2 minutes, add vanilla and reduce heat to a medium and add cream. Let simmer for a few minutes and let cool. In a separate bowl mix cream cheese and butter until smooth- then add milk and vanilla and stir till smooth. Mix in powdered sugar and stir till smooth. When the caramel sauce is at room temperature- combine with cream cheese mixture and stir till smooth.

1st Place Cake and People’s Choice

Karli Johnson

Filling-

2 lbs cream cheese, room temperature

1 cup sour cream

1 cup whipping cream

1 ½ cup sugar

4 eggs

1 tsp lemon juice

Pinch of salt

Crust-

1 cup graham cracker crumbs

1 stick melted butter

Raspberry topping-

¾ cup sugar

1 ½ cups raspberries

2 tbs cornstarch

Mix together the melted butter and graham cracker crumbs. Press the mixture into a spring form pan and bake until it begins to bubble, about 5-10 minutes. Cream together the filling ingredients. Once the crust is ready, add the filling. Place the spring form pan inside a pan of boiling water. The water should cover the bottom half of the pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 1 ½ hours.

While the cake is baking, combine the raspberries, sugar, and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil and stir until it begins to thicken.

Once the cake is done baking- let cool for 20 minutes and then put in refrigerator to chill over night. Top with raspberries and serve.

1st Place Other

Rhubarb Wine- Laurel Arndt

4 lbs rhubarb, cut fine

1 lemon (unpeeled), cut fine

4 qts boiling water

2 tsp almond extract

3 ½ lbs sugar

1 pkg yeast (wine yeast), dissolved in water

Combine rhubarb, lemon, water and extract. Let stand 3 days, strain and add sugar and yeast. Place in crock- cover tightly. Age for 3 months- do not stir wine during the 3-month working period. Bottle and seal.

1st Place Candy

Peanut Butter Cups- Kysa Rasmussen

2 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

¼ cup butter

Mix well together and roll into balls. Place balls in candy cups and freeze for one hour.

1 cup creamy peanut butter

2 10-12 oz. bags of milk chocolate chips

½ bar of bakers wax

Combine the chocolate chips and wax in a double boiler and melt together. Remove the peanut butter balls from the freezer and cover with the melted chocolate mixture. Freeze and serve.

 

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