Aug 19, 2018 4 min read

Some great recipes came out of this year’s Greene County Fair. Here are this year’s winners with their award-winning recipes. 

Lew Crouse of Sycamore took first place in the blue ribbon apple pie contest.

Apple Bourbon Caramel Chocolate Pie

Ingredients

Crust:

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon flour

2/3 cups shortening

½ cup cold water

Filling:

7 Granny Smith apples

½ teaspoon sea salt

½ teaspoon cinnamon

3/4 cup white sugar

½ cup brown sugar

¼ cup flour

½ teaspoon vanilla

1 tablespoon lemon juice

4 oz. chocolate discs

20 caramels

¼ cup bourbon

Directions

Peel and slice apples and place into a large bowl. Add the salt, cinnamon, sugars, flour, lemon juice, vanilla and bourbon. Mix together. Place in pastry lined pie pan. Arrange caramels and chocolate discs on top of apples. Roll out remaining dough, cut slits and place over filling. Press edges of crust together and flute. Top with an egg wash. Bake at 400 degrees for 50 minutes.

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Cheryl White of Clarksville took first place in the angel food cake contest.

Angel Food Supreme

Ingredients

Cake:

1 cup cake flour

¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar

12 egg whites (1 ½ cups)

1 ½ teaspoons cream of tater

¼ teaspoon salt

¾ cup sugar

½ teaspoon almond extract

Butter-Rum Glaze:

1/3 cup butter or margarine

2 cups confectioners sugar

1 ½ teaspoons rum flavoring

2 to 4 tablespoons hot water

Directions

Cake:

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Stir together flour and first amount of sugar and set aside. In large mixer bowl beat egg whites, cream of tater and salt until foamy. Add second amount of sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time until meringue holds stiff peaks. Gently fold in flavorings. Sprinkle flour sugar mixture ¼ cup at a time folding in gently until flour-sugar mixture disappears. Push batter to ungreased tube pan. Gently cut through batter. Bake 30-35 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly with finger. Invert pan on funnel, let hang until cake is completely cool.

Glaze:

Melt butter in saucepan. Blend in sugar and rum flavoring. Stir in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until glaze is proper consistency.

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Lara Frost of Waynesburg took first place in the homemade chocolate cake contest.

Homemade Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

Cake:

2 cups sugar

1 ¾ cups flour

¾ cup unsweetened cocoa flour

1 ½ teaspoons baking power

1 ½ teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

½ cup oil

1 cup milk

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup boiling water

Filling:

3 tablespoons milk

2 ½ tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

½ teaspoon vanilla

Frosting: 1 batch

6 tablespoons butter

1/3 (more or less for shading) cup unsweetened cocoa powder

2 2/3 cups confectioners sugar

1/3 cup milk (or less)

1 teaspoon vanilla

Pinch of salt

Directions

Cake:

Mix oil, eggs, sugar, cocoa powder, milk, add flour, vanilla, salt, baking powder, baking soda and water.

Pour into 8-inch rounds – prepared pans

Bake cake 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes on two 8-inch round

Filling:

Boil cocoa, butter, milk, remove from heat, add powdered sugar and vanilla. After cakes have cooled, put this in the middle.

Frosting:

Softened butter, vanilla, milk, cocoa and salt. Whip with mixer to desired consistency.