Monkey Princess makes Monkey Bread (and other Fair foods)

annie1992

8 years ago

OK, I'm about a week late, but we did some baking for the Fair. The Princess made Monkey Bread, stuffed with chocolate and caramel. I'll post the spoiler and tell you that she got a second place, beaten out by a loaf of plain white no-knead dutch oven bread. Pfffft......

I'll continue this in an edit, because Houzz will only let me post one picture in my original post...

Annie

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annie1992
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8 years ago

Continued, here's the nice gooey chocolate and caramel center:

We also made whoopie pies:

Some Pane Bianco, which was last year's grand champion winner but this year only netted another second:

A red velvet cake roll with blue sugar stars, in keeping with the "patriotic" theme for just a minute:

We also made cookies and cream fudge and I entered several canned goods, which I did not take a picture of. I'll pick up the ribbons tomorrow, because I just don't remember which articles won ribbons or which ribbons.

Oh, but I did enter zucchini candy and got a Reserve Grand Champion ribbon for that, so who knows what the judges were looking for.....

So, another Fair, come and gone. The Princess is taking driver's ed, then she'll probably have a job next year, so I'll have to get her apprentice Princess, Madi, to help me bake!

Annie

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Jasdip
8 years ago
Wow, that monkey bread and the Pane Bianco look great! I'll have to search and see what Pane Bianco is. Isn't monkey bread made with several little balls in a bundt pan? I've yet to try it, yet it always intrigues me. I'll have to try it without icing, or sweet stuff. I don't have a sweet tooth at all. (but salt, hell yeah, pass me those chips!)

I'm looking forward to seeing Madi as your sous chef, and I really looking forward to pics of Maci helping! :-)
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bragu_DSM 5
8 years ago
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keep her active in fair projects ... soon these years will be over, and she will have to compete against you in the open class events ... *grin*

I am entering my pickled mustard seeds next week at our county fair ... who knows what the judges are looking for?
cathyinpa
8 years ago
Aw, Annie. She's growing up! Can I just tell you that I'm glad that she has you as her example/mentor as you go through the "who knows what they were looking for" situations of life; we can say that about a lot of things. What a great support system she has.

And of course, you can come here and really let your hair down HA! Grumble away, cause I would:))))))! I always ask in these situations, what did you learn and what can we
take away? Of course, they usually get over some of life
disappointment quicker than me:)

Now, that is some darn looking great bread, and I, too, am going to google Pane Bianco. So, I enlarged it and I want to know that filling (PLEASE!) Man, does that look good and would be a total hit here. And I'll take the whoopie pies and I can pffffft at the dutch oven bread too -- I bet it didn't even sing:) (no bias:)!

Excited for her, for you and Maci. All good things coming up!

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sherri1058
8 years ago
Somehow plain white no knead bread as the winner doesn't sound quite right..... now that Pane Bianco looks great! And my DH would love the red velvet cake roll (minus the blue sprinkles as we are Canadian, so just the red and white!) I've never heard of zucchini candy, but I'm thinking they're veggies, so must be good!
dedtired
8 years ago
So glad I popped into this forum for a peek. The Monkey Princess is growing up! So fun to see her.
colleenoz
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
>>The Princess is taking driver's ed<< OMG, where did the time go? It seems like only yesterday I was crocheting that blanket...

I do think the Princess was gypped on that ribbon. I quit entering our local fair the year the judges awarded the crappiest entry on one particular section ("Cookies, 4 or more varieties") the blue ribbon because it had _exactly_ four varieties, and all the others (including mine) which had more than 4 were apparently disqualified, according to the steward I asked. I don't think I'd have won, a second at best, but there was a stunningly good entry whose maker must have been crushed- the winner wasn't just ordinary, it was bad.

Jasdip, I've never had sweet Monkey bread, as my recipe doesn't have anything but soft dough strips dipped in butter. I'll dig out the recipe and post it if you want it.

Annie, I don't know why you can't post multiple photos in a post. Have you tried uploading them one at a time? That's how I posted two photos in one post.
annie1992
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8 years ago
Colleen, I can post more than one picture, but not in a post when I'm starting a thread. That will only let me post a single picture, then I can post as many as I want in the follow up. It's just weird....

Yes, she grew up fast. She's about 6 inches taller than me and shops for Prom dresses and high heels and is saving money for a car. (sigh) Good thing I have the two little Apprentice Princesses to play with...

Cathy, The Pane Bianco recipe came from King Arthur Flour. It's filled with sun dried tomatoes, basil and cheese, The Princess says it tastes a little like pizza.

bragu, I told her she'd have to compete against me, she can only do the Junior entries until she's 18. That was originally 15 and then they changed it, I told her that I thought she secretly bribed the Fair Board to do that because she knew she couldn't beat me. LOL

Jasdip, the monkey bread is little balls of dough, each one stuffed with chocolate and caramel chips, then drizzled with butter and baked, then frosted. I've never had one that isn't sweet, but I do have a recipe for a monkey bread with bacon.

Sherri, the zucchini candy IS made of zucchini. Also koolaid and a ton of sugar, so a vegetable, but maybe not so healthy. (grin) It's kind of like gummy worms or fruit roll ups covered in sugar.

Pam, it's good to "see" you here again. Heck, if you don't come around more, she's going to be graduating next time you see a picture! :-) She says she's going to go to college to be Dr. Pimple Popper.....um....I mean a dermatologist. I suppose she'll stop baking for the Fair then, she says she'll be too busy curing skin cancer. Yeah.....

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cathyinpa
8 years ago
I am so going to look at this, Annie. This has lots of potential with the crew here. Love that she's going to be busy curing skin cancer; maybe look at age spots too:)

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bcskye
8 years ago
She's growing up too fast! And the baking skills you've taught her places her way ahead of most adults. She is going to have to really get on the ball to compete against you and win. You are so lucky to have had her so much and lead her the right way and she's lucky to have you to share with and learn from. Also very lucky to have two more little ones to work with. By the way, how is Bud and what has he been up to?

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annie1992
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8 years ago
Bud is here with us for a couple of days, along with Elery's grandson from California, they are both 12. Makayla and I went shopping today just to get away from the boys, and we bought a homecoming dress.

Bud did win his own 2nd place ribbon with his Lego building, he wasn't interested in baking. There was not one single garlic entry, we should have done that!

Annie
2ManyDiversions
8 years ago
Oh, I didn’t understand it had caramel and chocolate – thought that was cinnamon. Even better! I used to make no-knead DO bread (don’t anymore, make ann_t’s artisan bread, a whole different animal) and I can’t imagine an Oreo cookie losing to that. Dang. Those whoopie pies look nice and filled : )

Huh, I also googled Pane Bianco and King Arthur version (and now realize my first ever specialty bread store focaccia was actually a Pane Bianco – I’ve been chasing that bread and flavor ever since with focaccia – and failing! No wonder! Very intrigued by your zucchini candy! Yes, you or Makayla should have entered the garlic contest! You pane bianco is gorgeous!
Marica 7 high Sierra's Ca 4,000ft
8 years ago
Never posted here, interesting. I get tired of the same old food. Have not been able to find an over sweet whoopie pie filling. Tried a few.
annie1992
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8 years ago
Marica, welcome to the Cooking forum. I hope we see more of you, we always need new people to come and cook with us!

I got that recipe straight from the King Arthur website. I thought the filling was pretty good, but the cookies were a little dry...

Annie
Marica 7 high Sierra's Ca 4,000ft
8 years ago
Thats what I have also found. I have a cookie I might use but would like a a rich filling. You see I love eclairs too.
annie1992
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8 years ago
Marica, are you looking for a marshmallow cream type filling, or a fluffy buttercream kind? More frosting or more like the stuff in Twinkies. I also like eclairs, but my filling for those are more like cooked custard than frosting.

this is the one I used:

Whoopie Pie Filling
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar or glazing sugar
- 1 1/3 cups Marshmallow Fluff or marshmallow creme
- a heaping 1/4 teaspoon extra-fine salt or the salt of your choice dissolved in 1 tablespoon water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Beat sugar, shortening and marshmallow creme together, then stir in salt and vanilla. use a generous amount to sandwich the cookies.
Annie

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