The 55th annual San Saba County Pecan Food Show was held December 3rd at the Court House. Eight judges from neighboring counties chose Imogene Hawkins’ Pecan Pralines as the Club division Grand Champion. Winnie Lou McCoury’s Pecan Citrus Spice Cake took the Reserve Champion honors.

In the Non-Club division Kathy McEwin’s Old Fashion Pecan Pie was given the Grand Champion rosette and Janice Bates took the Reserve Champion rosette with her Spiced Pecans.

Hollee Ragsdale, who had several entries this year, was able to take both the Grand Champion and Reserve Champion honors in the Youth Division. The Grand Champion rosette went to her Chocolate Italian Cream Cake. Her Everything Sweet Cookies were the Reserve champion. All of these winners and the recipes that were shared will appear in the 2011 Pecan Show Champions Cookbook.

All of the other adult division entrants were entered into a drawing for door prizes. Debbie Pollard won a Sisters’ Country Store gift certificate. Debra Cummings won a Sugarbaker’s gift card and Charlotte Spence will be having lunch courtesy of the Courtyard at Millican Pecan Co. The youth division participants all received Sonic gift cards.

Club Division

Appetizers

::Jackie Doner 1

st, Carol Littlefield 2nd

Bread

Cakes

: Winnie Lou McCoury 1

st, Connie Ballinger 2nd, Doris Cates 3rd.

: Connie Ballinger 1

st, Mary Jane Dennis 2nd, & Lynn Blankenship 3rd

Candy

: Imogene Hawkins 1st, Margie McDowell 2nd, Jackie Doner 3rd

Pies

: Connie Ballinger 1

st, Imogene Hawkins 2nd

Sugar Free

: Jackie Doner 1

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Non-Club division:

st, Gail Ivy 2nd, Tony Kirk 3rd, Sarah Saldivar, and David Stewart

Pies

: Kathy McEwin 1

Bread

st, Marion Deans 2nd, Paula Barrier 3rd, Sarah Saldivar, Patsy Stewart, Donna Blossman, Daisy McHorse and Gennifer Brister.

Cakes

: Patsy Stewart 1

st, Marion Deans 2nd , David Stewart 3rd, Debbie Pollard, Sarah Saldivar & Charlotte Spence

Candy

: Sarah Saldivar 1

st, Winnie Shannon 2nd, & Pat Belk 3rd.

Cookies

: Charlotte Spence 1

st, Gale Ivy 2nd, Winnie Shannon 3rd, Janice Bates, Donna Blossman & Debra Cummings.

Fancy Nuts

: Janice Bates 1

st, Sarah Saldivar 2nd & 3rd .

: Janice Bates 1

st, Gail Ivy 2nd, Tony Kirk 3rd, Sarah Saldivar, and David Stewart

Pies

: Kathy McEwin 1

st, Marion Deans 2nd, Paula Barrier 3rd, Sarah Saldivar, Patsy Stewart, Donna Blossman, Daisy McHorse and Gennifer Brister.

Cakes

: Patsy Stewart 1

st, Marion Deans 2nd , David Stewart 3rd, Debbie Pollard, Sarah Saldivar & Charlotte Spence

Candy

: Sarah Saldivar 1

st, Winnie Shannon 2nd, & Pat Belk 3rd.

Cookies

: Charlotte Spence 1

st, Gale Ivy 2nd, Winnie Shannon 3rd, Janice Bates, Donna Blossman & Debra Cummings.

Fancy Nuts

: Janice Bates 1

st, Sarah Saldivar 2nd & 3rd .

: Noma Fitzgerald 1st & 2nd

Youth Division:

Bread

Cakes

: Hollee Ragsdale 1

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Candy

: Hollee Ragsdale 1st

Cookies

: Hollee Ragsdale 1

st, Kolt Turner 2nd

Pies

: Hollee Ragsdale 1

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Thank you to everyone who took time from his or her busy schedule to make this year’s Food Show and bake sale a success. And the Extension Education Clubs want to give a special thank you to the businesses that supported the Pecan Food Show this year: Alamo Pecan & Coffee, Arrowhead Bank, R. B. Bagley & Sons, City National Bank, the City of San Saba, G & R Grocery and Ragsdale Ranch Realty, Hamricks, Millican Pecan, Oliver Pecan, Pecan Valley Hardware, San Saba Pecan, San Saba Printing, Sisters’ Country Store, Sonic, and Sugarbaker’s.

: Ernie Rogers 1st