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Saint Paul Bread Club (SPBC) 2007 Bake-Off (April 28, 2007)

Bake-Off Categories

The Bake-Off had ten declared categories:

  • French/Italian
  • Multigrain/Whole Wheat
  • Rye
  • Sourdough
  • Sweet Dough
  • Cracker Bread/Lavosh
  • Quick Breads
  • Chocolate Bread
  • Challah
  • Other

Bake-Off Winners

The winners of the ribbons in the different categories were:

Bread Type Blue Red White
French/Italian Carol Carlson Not Recorded Sarah & Denise Feda
Multigrain/Whole Wheat Bill Middeke (Birdseed Bread) Ron Miller John Perhay (Red River Cereal Bread)
Rye Pat Roberts (Swedish Rye) Paul Stevens Linda Camp
Sourdough Terri Irmiter Kim Ode Karen Blumberg
Sweet Dough Jill Lindahl John Perhay (Overnight Cinnamon Rolls) Linda Camp
Cracker Bread/Lavosh Steve Carlson Kim Ode (Almond-Herb Crackers) David S. Cargo (Slow Burn Cracker Bread)
Quick Bread Pat Roberts (Apricot/White Chocolate/Pecan Scones) Jill Lindahl Jodi Stee (Banana Bread)
Chocolate Bread Carol Carlson (Chocolate Pumpkin Bread) David S. Cargo (Chocolate Bread Bunnies) Doris Carlson
Challah Ron Miller (Sabbath Challah) Bill Middeke Steve Carlson
Other Marcia Wertheimer Gene Monnig Doris Carlson

Other Awards

There was no “Peoples’ Choice Award” this year.

The panel of judges awarded three “Sweepstakes” ribbons.

  • Bill Middeke - Italian Picnic Loaf
  • Tony Ernst - Rustic Italian
  • Pat Roberts - Apricot/White Chocolate/Pecan Scones

There was also an overall “Best of Show” award for Tony Ernst - 100 Percent Whole Wheat.

Other Notes

The April 28 Bake-Off meeting had about 70 people attending. I seem to recall counting about 90 entries in all the categories combined.


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