Do you enjoy baking?  Is your pie the star attraction at family dinners?  We are looking for as many pie-loving cooks as possible to enter this summer’s pie baking contest. This event will be part of the State Fair-themed faculty & staff picnic on Tuesday, July 23 from 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. in the Hubbell Dining Hall.

Contest Rules:

• The dessert pie must be made from scratch and entered in the name of the faculty or staff member who made it.
• One or two pie entries per person are allowed.
• Pies may have single or double crusts. Lace/lattice and crumb toppings may also be used.
• No pies allowed that require refrigeration (i.e. dairy or cream pies).
• Bring the pie in a disposable 8”, 9”, or 10” pie plate/pan with a cover.
• All pies must be brought to Hubbell Dining Hall (main cafeteria entrance) between 11:30 a.m.–noon on Tuesday, July 23.
• A copy of the pie recipe, with the list of ingredients must be provided. Make sure your name and the name of the pie entry are on the recipe and submit it at the time you bring your pie.
• Pies will be judged on overall appearance (crust and filling), and taste.
• All winners will be announced during the picnic. The first, second, and third place winners will receive a certificate, a prize, and “bragging rights.”
• At the conclusion of the event, the judged pies will be sliced for everyone to sample.

To register a pie for the contest, please send an email to Linda Feiden at linda.feiden@drake.edu.

–Linda Feiden, Human Resources