Pie Day brings many fair winners Posted on September 11, 2018 0 Winners of the Hardin County Fair’s Pie Day contest were announced on Saturday. The two-crust pies with any filling except apple or peaches division of pie day was won by Amy Sheldon’s harvest peach and blueberry entry. Second place went to Denise Mustain with a rhubarb pie. Lori Paul’s cherry pie was named third-place winner and Janet Jones had the fourth place entry with a blackberry entry. Times photo/Dan Robinson Apple pies were popular with the pie day entrants this year. First place went to Beverly Kessler (left) with Denise Mustain earning a second place and Colleen Collins’ entry named third. Times photo/Dan Robinson Jodine McKinley’s Old Dominion Peanut Pie was named the first-place winner in the shell with nut division of the pie day contest. Second place was earned by Marlene Brooks with a pecan pie. Joan Berry came in third in the contest with a pecan cream entry and Carol Hamilton’s chocolate chip pecan pie came in fourth place. Times photo/Dan Robinson Eight-year-old Alexa Hardin showed the veteran bakers a few new tricks when her caramel apple pie was selected at the top entry in the Hardin County Fair pie day contest. Second place went to Denise Mustain’s pumpkin pie and Melinda Ledley earned a third place with her apple cider cream pie. Times photo/Dan Robinson The winners in the one-crust-baked in a shell competition with vegetable filling division was won by Gloria Dulin with a green tomato mincemeat pie. Second place honors were awarded to Lori Paul for a Zapple pie. Jodine McKinley brought on a third-place ribbon with her sweet potato pie. Times photo/Dan Robinson Melinda Ledley’s fruit tart was selected to the top winner in the pie day contest with Elaine Hoover coming in second place. Times photo/Dan Robinson In the dessert or veggie pizza at pie day, Elaine Hoover (left) took first place for her fruit pizza, while Janet Jones received reserve champion honors for her fruity wishes pie. In the cheesecake category at pie day, Jane Ribble (left) took first place for her aptly named “Best Cheesecake.” She was followed by Elaine Hoover in second with her chocolate cheesecake, Carol Hamilton in third with her caramel praline and Mackenzie Stanforth in fourth with her blueberry cheesecake. Tori Geib (left) won the champion rosette for her peanut butter pie in the one crust with filling added to baked shell, without meringue, category at pie day. Following her were Carol Hamilton, reserve champion, for her German chocolate pie; Rob Temple for his peanut butter cream and Lori Paul for her hummingbird pie. Taking top honors in the graham cracker crust category during the pie day at the fair was Joan Berry (left) with her chocolate marshmallow pie, with Janet Jones taking the reserve prize for her avocado cream pie. Gavin Hardin was third and Jodine McKinley placed fourth. Jodine McKinley (left) created an orange pie that earned grand champion honors in the chocolate crumb crust category at pie day on Saturday at the fair. She was followed by (from left) Serenity Jones for the peanut butter cream pie, Colene Hauenstein for her Snickers pie and Carol Hamilton for her peanut butter pie. The lemon meringue pie baked by Marge Cannode (left) took the champion rosette in the one crust pie with meringue category during pie day. She was followed (from left) by Bonnie Van Schoik for the coconut pie, Lori Paul with a butterscotch pie and Joan Berry with a lime pie.
