Here's how to enter your baked goods in the North Florida Fair
Every year, King Arthur Baking Company hosts baking contests in every corner of the country at county, regional, and state fairs.
The North Florida Fair, which starts Nov. 3 this year, is no exception, as King Arthur Baking Company is hosting a baking contest which includes prizes for the winners.
According to the company, the name King Arthur stands for attributes of "purity, loyalty, honesty, superior strength, and a dedication to a higher purpose." (Yes, the Arthurian legend, King Arthur.)
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For over two centuries King Arthur Flour has been providing bakers flour. In 1790, King Arthur Flour began importing flour to Boston from Britain. King Arthur Flour has gone from using imported wheat to using domestically grown wheat. Two centuries ago, flour was sold in wooden barrels, but now flour is sold in pre-weighed bags at retail stores.
In 1996, owners Frank and Brinna Sands, to ensure King Arthur Flour would remain in good and caring hands after their retirement, decided to sell the company to its employees. The original tenet of King Arthur flour is still intact, although the name of the company has been changed to King Arthur Baking Company. The logo changed a bit too, but the flour remains a favorite of bakers everywhere.
The North Florida Fair (and King Arthur Baking Company) encourages bakers of all levels to enter the King Arthur portion of the baking contests using King Arthur flour.
Banana bread has been in the American recipe rolodex for nearly a century. Banana bread was originally promoted to encourage the use of chemical leaveners, baking powder, and baking soda and as a way to use precious food, an old banana.
The quick bread recipe chosen for the North Florida Fair is not only easy to bake, but is nutritious and delicious, as well as planet-forward.
Using VERY ripe bananas and ingredients mostly on hand is an undertaking in being sustainable. Those errant, aging bananas that more often than not get tossed in the compost can be used in this banana bread. In fact, the older the better! Your wayward bananas can be frozen, thawed, and used in this banana bread.
Quick breads are easy. The King Arthur Banana Bread recipe only uses one bowl, and a few other measuring and stirring tools, plus flour, sugar, leaveners, and a few flavorings as are typical in most homes.
Show off your skills at the King Arthur baking contest. There are generous prizes for youth and adults. Learn more about the North Florida Fair King Arthur Bread Company Baking Contest and the other baked goods competitions on the baked goods section of the North Florida Fair website at northfloridafair.com.
2022 King Arthur Bread Company Baking Contest Prizes
Adult Prizes:
First place: $75 gift card
Second place: $50 gift card
Third place: $25 gift card
Youth Prizes:
First place: $40 gift card
Second place: $25 gift card
Third place: King Arthur Tote Bag
Heidi Copeland is a Family and Consumer Sciences Agent at UF/IFAS Extension Leon County, an Equal Opportunity Institution. For gardening questions, email the extension office at AskAMasterGardener@ifas.ufl.edu.
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