Amy Durst from Piedmont, Oklahoma, in Canadian County, recently placed first in the Dinner Rolls Category of the Senior Division at the State “Best of Wheat” Bread Baking contest held on Sept. 25 at the Oklahoma State Fair.
Her entry of Grandma’s No Fail Rolls topped the class also winning her the title of Grand Champion for the Senior Division with her entry.
Tayler Spray from Sharon, Oklahoma, in Woodward County, placed first in the Sweet Bread Category of the Junior Division at the State “Best of Wheat” Bread Baking contest. Her entry of Grandma’s Cinnamon Rolls” brought back wonderful memories of her grandma, and Tayler topped the division also winning her the title of Grand Champion with her entry.
The contest is an annual event sponsored by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and State Fair of Oklahoma. “We had 118 entries from 42 counties this year, all champion or reserve champion winners in the county contests,” said David Gammill, Vice Chairman of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission. “We had great attendance and always enjoy the opportunity to award the top bread bakers in the state.”
The contest consists of 12 classes, 6 in the senior division and 6 in the junior division. Senior division classes include white bread, whole wheat bread, dinner rolls, other wheat breads, sweet breads and bread machine. Junior division classes include white bread, dinner rolls, other wheat breads, sweet breads, specialty shape breads, and bread machine.
State Champions in the Senior division include: Mary Ellen Wooderson, Kay county, white bread; Katherine Ereman, Ellis county, whole wheat bread county, Amy Durst, Canadian county, dinner rolls; Edwina Olson, Garfield county, other wheat breads; Jade Hardisty, Cleveland county, sweet breads and Kamie Gossen, Washita county, bread machine.
State Champions in the Junior division include: Kian Thompson, Noble County, white bread; Bristol Mealor, Bryan County, dinner rolls; Avery Fisher, Blaine County, other wheat breads; Tayler Spray, Woodward County, sweet breads; Avenlea Percell, Payne County, specialty shape breads and Ridge Spray, Woodward County, bread machine.
A cookbook with the top 5 recipes of every class from the Best of Wheat competition will be available on-line January 2023 at www.okwheat.org.
