The pie competition took place at the Logan County Fair on Wednesday. There were a total of 80 pies entered into the competition.
Nancy Dowden (she is pictured right tasting pies) of West Liberty worked as the judge for the pie competition. She had many tidbits of advice for pie bakers including to bake your pie on the bottom shelf of the oven if you are using an aluminum pan because this will help your bottom crust to brown. She also reminded the pie bakers to make sure their pans were dry before baking a pie in them because if the pan is damp the pie crust will stick to it when someone tries to cut a piece of the pie. Lastly, Dowden shared this wisdom with the crowd, "if you don't have a good, flaky crust, you don't have a good pie."
Pie winners in the One Crust Division were as follows:
Butterscotch Pie (4 entries total):
1st - Karol Klingelhofer
2nd - Betty Small
3rd - Roxanne Fischer Family
Lemon Pie (4 entries total):
1st - Coleen Hogue
2nd - Betty Small
3rd - Roxanne Fischer Family
Banana Cream Pie (1 entry total):
1st - Barbara McKeen
Chocolate Cream Pie (5 entries total):
1st - Coleen Hogue
2nd - Roxanne Fischer Family
3rd - Amy Kissling
Pumpkin Pie (10 entries total):
1st - Barbara McKeen
2nd - Steve Funderberg
3rd - Betty Small
Pecan Pie (7 entries total):
1st - Karol Klingelhofer
2nd - Cindy Smith
3rd - Barbara Gonterman
Dutch Apple Pie (7 entries total):
1st - Angel Brown
2nd - Kayla Moore
3rd - Barbara Gonterman
One Crust Pie Grand Champion was awarded to Karol Klingelhofer of DeGraff for her pecan pie (pictured left). One Crust Pie Reserve Grand Champion went to Coleen Hogue of Bellefontaine for her lemon pie.
Listen to Hogue talk about her advice for other bakers.
Pie winners in the Two Crust Division were as follows:
Apple Pie (13 entries total):
1st - Karol Klingelhofer
2nd - Steve Funderburgh
3rd - Shirley Patrick
Cherry Pie (8 entries total):
1st - Anita Green (her pie is pictured right)
2nd - Barbara Gonterman
3rd - Cheryl Brandt
Peach Pie (11 entries total):
1st - Betty Small
2nd - Barbara Gonterman
3rd - Steve Funderburgh
Any type of Pie not listed above (9 entries total):
1st - Karol Klingelhofer
2nd - Barbara McKeen
3rd - Kathleen Moore
Tarts - Plate of 3 (1 entry total):
1st - Karen Wisse
Karol Klingelhofer continued her winning streak by claiming Two Crust Pie Grand Champion for her black raspberry pie (pictured left) that she baked for the Any type of Pie not listed above category. Two Crust Pie Reserve Grand Champion went to Anita Green for her cherry pie.
Listen to Klingelhofer talk about the recipes she used for her pies.
Grand Champion awards were a full apron. Reserve Grand Champion awards were a half apron.
