Blue Ribbon State Fair Recipes - Some Award Winning Recipes

Blue ribbon recipes is the very best of recipes from state fairs colse to the country. From cakes, cookies, breads to jelly's and main dishes.

Here are some great blue ribbon recipes to prepare at home:

Coffee

1. Thyme For Biscuits

Ingredients:

- 2 1/4 c Red Band all purpose flour
- 1 T sugar
- 3 t baking powder
- 3/8 t garlic salt
- 1/2 t basil, crushed
- 1 t thyme, crushed
- 1/2 c butter
- 1/3 c Parmesan cheese, Shredded
- 4 T dried tomatoes, drained and
- snipped
- 1/4 c sour cream
- 1/2 c milk

Directions:

- Pour 3/4 cup boiling water over 10 pieces of dried tomatoes.
- Let sit for minutes to dehydrate.
- Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, garlic salt, basil and thyme.
- Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until aggregate resembles coarse crumbs.
- Stir in cheese and tomatoes.
- Make a well in the center of the dry mixture.
- Add sour cream and milk all at once. Stir just until moistened.
- Turn dough out onto lightly floured board.
- Flour top and knead 2 or 3 times. Lightly roll out ¾ inch thick. Cut with biscuit cutter.
- Place on ungreased baking dish.
- Bake at 425 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until lightly brown.

2. 1776 Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

- 1 c water, Warm
- 2 T yeast, or 2 packages
- 1/2 c sugar
- 1/8 t mace
- 1 c scalded milk
- 1 c lard, Melted
- 1 T salt
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 7 c flour, about
- Butter, softened
- Cinnamon & sugar, mixed together blueberries & cherries decorations

Powered Sugar Icing
- 1 t vanilla
- lb powdered sugar
- 5 T hot milk
- 1/2 t lemon flavoring
- 2 T white shortening (Crisco)

Directions:

Put the yeast in the water & set aside.

- Put sugar, mace, milk, melted lard, salt & eggs in a large mixing bowl.
- Add yeast aggregate and about 7 cups of flour.
- Mix all ingredients together & work to a level dough.
- Let rise until double.
- Roll out on board 1/2" inch thick, spread with butter, sprinkle with cinnamon & sugar.
- Cut in strips one inch wide. Twist them as you place in a round 8" greased pan. Let rise about 40 minutes.
- Bake 18-20 minutes at 375 degrees or until golden brown.
- Ice with Powdered Sugar icing.
- Decorate with red cherries & blueberries and to with a flag in the center.

Powered Sugar Icing:

Combine all ingredients, beat one minute, add more milk if needed to make it spread easily.

3. 1986 Winner Praline Cookies

Ingredients:

- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, Packed
- 1 egg
- 1 /2 c
- 1 t vanilla
- 1cup pecans, Chopped

Directions:

Preparation time: 25 minutes Baking time: 10 to 12 minutes

- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream butter, sugar and egg. Stir in flour, vanilla and pecans.
- Mix well by hand. Shape into balls about the size of walnuts, place on cookie sheets and flatten to about 1/8 inch.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until brown.
- remove from oven and allow it to cool completely and harden.

Yield: 36 servings

Blue Ribbon State Fair Recipes - Some Award Winning Recipes

Feet So Soft - Foot Scrub Recipes That Soften and Rejuvenate Your Feet

We often find our feet callous and cracked, dried out. A foot scrub is what our feet need so that the dead skin layer can be removed and the new one can emerge. Facial exfoliants and body scrubs have the same effect. They should be applied after you have taken a shower or have soaked your feet in a homemade foot soak. This way the skin is softened and easier to scrub off.

Homemade foot scrub recipes come with dissimilar ingredients. Each has to have an exfoliating agent: sea salt, brown sugar, Epsom salt, oatmeal. Each one also has to have a relaxing and soothing ingredient that calms the skin down and prevents any possible irritations.
Lets start with a straightforward scrub

Coffee

Brown sugar foot scrub

Same as in the brown sugar body scrub, brown sugar helps slough off the dead skin cells.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons ground oats
2 tablespoons aloe vera gel
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon almond oil (in case you don't have almond oil, use olive oil, it is a great substitute).

Preparation

Before you start preparation this scrub, grind the oatmeal using a coffee grunder or food processor. It has to be of sandy consistency, flaky and light otherwise it will scratch the skin. Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl. Mix until it resembles a paste Use circular appeal and massage gently. Rinse off with warm water.
Salt foot scrub

Ingredients

1 cup of sea salt or Epsom salt 1/2 cup of cold water 2 drops of lavender significant oil
Preparation

Start off by slowly adding water to salt and lavender oil As you are adding it, you want to make sure the mix starts looking like a paste. It has to be not too liquid and not too solid, it should be like soft though otherwise it will run between your fingers Rub your feet and soles in circular motion Rinse off with warm water

A friend told me about this foot care tip:

Use a regular foot cream or any greasy cream. Apply on your feet and wrap up in foil. Leave the foil on for a consolidate of hours. After you take off it, the best thing to do is foot massage after which you wipe off the excess cream.

Coffee Foot Scrub

Ingredients

4 tablespoons of ground coffee (fresh is the best) 3 tablespoons of corn meal (or ground oatmeal) 3 tablespoons of sea salt or Epsom salt 3 tablespoons of Olive or Almond oil 2 drops of lavender oil (or peppermint if you don't need relaxing, but simply want some power boost)
Preparation

Mix all the ingredients well Scrub your feet in circular motion Rinse off with warm water and pat dry

A exquisite desist to such decadent pampering would be foot massage, preferably given to you by person extra ;)

I hope that some of these homemade foot scrubs intrigued you enough to try them and show off wonderfully pedicured feet :)

Feet So Soft - Foot Scrub Recipes That Soften and Rejuvenate Your Feet

Coffee With Fruit Recipes

I have been testing varied types of coffee method since last year. Recently, I have tested coffee with fruits and the outcome was so good. Therefore today, I have decided to issue Fruit with coffee series coffee recipes for all the coffee lover. Hope you enjoy these recipes too.

First Coffee Recipe: Passion Fruit with Coffee latte Recipe
Fruit mix with coffee, does this make sense? If you have tried this, please let me know what do you feel about this method too.

Coffee

Ingredients
Enough for 1 person (just nice for one tall glass)
1) 2 tablespoons of Passion Fruit syrup as well as Coffee Syrup
2) 1 shot of organic espresso
3) 0.75 cup of low fat steamed milk
4) 2 to 3 ice cubes

Equipments Needed
Espresso maker and electronic blender

Steps for preparation:
1. Take an empty blender cup and mix all ingredients into it.

2. Once that done, blend it with low speed for 60 seconds.

3. We need a clean tall glass to pour the latte over.

4. At last, you can enjoy your fruit passion latte now.
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Second Coffee Recipe: Passion Fruit and Vanilla Latte Recipe
I have tried vanilla and coffee before, but today I would like to add in some fruit in this method too. Just wonder how would it be after that?

Ingredients
Enough for 1 person (just nice for one tall glass)
1) 2 tablespoons of Passion Fruit syrup as well as Coffee Syrup
2) 5 ice cubes
3) 1 shot of organic espresso
4) 0.75 cup of low fat steamed milk

Equipments Needed
Espresso maker and electronic blender

Steps for preparation:
1. We need an empty blend cup to put passion fruit syrup, coffee syrup, espresso, ice cubes as well as steam milk.

2. Blend it for 1 puny until they are well mixed.

3. Take an empty glass to pour your latte into the empty glass.

4. You can now enjoy your latte.

Coffee With Fruit Recipes

Yummy Coffee dessert Recipes

Coffee can be a frightful sweetmeat all by itself when you pair it with a range of spices, whipped cream and even some tasty liqueurs. Here are three recipes that will relieve you on a cold winter's night or dress up a evening meal party with friends.

Cafe Borgia

Coffee

4 ounces unsweetened chocolate

enough sugar to taste

4 tablespoons cream

4 cups hot coffee

4 tablespoons whipped cream

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 tablespoons grated unsweetened chocolate

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Add the sugar to taste and the cream. Pour in the coffee and beat with a whisk until frothy. Pour into cups and top with whipped cream, ground cinnamon and grated chocolate. If you wish, you can also use a good 70-72% dark chocolate instead of the unsweetened range and then not add any sugar. This level of dark chocolate will be sweet enough. Yields 4 servings.

Spiced Coffee

8 whole cloves

Peels of 1 small orange and lemon

sugar to taste

1/4 pint brandy or Cointreau

4 cups hot coffee

Combine the cloves, orange and lemon peels and sugar to taste in a warmed bowl. Heat the brandy and pour it into the bowl. Stir until the sugar is thoroughly dissolved. Then ignite the brandy and gradually pour in the hot coffee. Stir until the flames die down and pour the compound into warmed cups. Your guests will enjoy the show too! Yields 4 servings.

Irish Coffee

2/3 cup of strong coffee or espresso

1 teaspoon of sugar

1 jigger of Irish Whiskey

1/4 cup of heavy cream, lightly whipped

This is best served in a thick glass. So, the first thing you should do is heat the glass with hot water to temper it (keep it from breaking). When the glass is nicely warm, remove the water and add the hot coffee with the teaspoon of sugar and stir. Add your whiskey and then top it with the whipping cream. You can even dust the top with cinnamon for a nice tasty touch, if you like. Yields 1 serving.

Yummy Coffee dessert Recipes