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Mary Ellen Wooderson from Blackwell takes 1st Place in Wheat Baking Contest
Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:57:29 CDT
Mary Ellen Wooderson from Blackwell, OK in Kay County, placed first in the Other Wheat Bread Category of the Senior Division at the State "Best of Wheat" Bread Baking contest held on September 26 at the OSU OK County Cooperative Extension Conference Center. Her entry of "Every Good Thing Bread" topped the Senior division also winning her the title of Grand Champion with her entry.
Kian Thompson OK from Perry, OK in Noble County, placed first in the White Bread Category of the Junior Division at the State "Best of Wheat" Bread Baking contest. His entry of White Bread topped the division also winning him the title of Grand Champion with his entry.
The contest is an annual event sponsored by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and Oklahoma State Fair. "We had 113 entries from 39 counties this year, all champion or reserve champion winners in the county contests," said David Gammill, Vice-Chairman of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission. "Even though the contest was closed judging this year, we were able to stream the contest live via Zoom 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: Nancy Barth, Harper County, white bread; Katherine Ereman, Ellis County, whole wheat breads; Ruth Campbell, Garfield County, dinner rolls; Mary Ellen Wooderson, Kay County, other wheat breads; Connie Walker, Payne County, sweet breads and Sarah Jarnagin, Custer County, bread machine.
State Champions in the Junior division include: Kian Thompson, Noble County, white bread; Amilee Kehnemund, Major County, dinner rolls; Abby Logan, Payne County, other wheat breads; Bailey Gossen, Washita County, sweet breads; Korben Gossen, Washita County, specialty shape breads and Korben Gossen, Washita 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 2022 at www.okwheat.org.
The Oklahoma Wheat Commission promotes greater utilization of wheat in both domestic and international markets through research, market development and public education. Five wheat producers representing designated districts across the state serve as the Oklahoma Wheat Commission's board of directors. Current officers are Michael Peters, Chairman, Okarche; David Gammill, Vice-Chairman, Chattanooga; Don Schieber, Secretary-Treasurer; Ponca City, Tom Stephens, member, Guymon and R.J. Parrish, member, Hunter.
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