I am really good at coming up with ideas, not so good at the follow though and the actual doing of the items. So when I saw that the Utah State Fair had some baking competitions, I thought about entering and came up with some fun recipes. But I never thought anything would come of it. With some support and nudging from my family I entered the Competition.


Here is what I did:


I entered two food contests at the Utah State Fair. The first on was a Make it with Malt-O-Meal contest. The food had to contain a Malt-O-Meal cereal.


I made Berry Colossal Crunch Bars:

4-6 cups Malt-O-Meal Berry Colossal Crunch cereal
½ cup butter
1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
2 cups raspberry jam
1 ½ cups shredded coconut
1 12 oz. package white chocolate chips

Crumble Berry Colossal Crunch cereal in a food processor. Place butter in a 9x13 pan and melt in 350º oven. When butter is melted pour Berry Colossal Crunch crumbs into pan and smooth out. Layer each of these in this order: sweetened condensed milk, raspberry jam and coconut. Top with white chocolate chips. Bake for 25-30 minutes at 350º, or until bars turn golden brown. Let cool for at least one hour before serving.

These bars are actually, surprisingly, pretty good.

The other contest I entered was Soup it up with Saco. This contest had to be a soup that contained Saco Cultured Buttermilk.

My entry was Butternut Squash Soup.

1 large onion
2-3 celery stalks
1 green pepper
1 red pepper
2 small jalapeño pepper
2-3 carrots
1 large butternut squash
2-3 sweet apples
4 cups chicken broth
½ cup water
2 Tablespoons Saco Cultured Buttermilk