Lancaster Co. woman wins state apple recipe contest
BY SHEILA MILLER •»
The 1979 blue ribbon winner of the Pennsylvania Apple
Marketing Board’s recipe contest went to Edith Kampen,
of Bnckerville, Lancaster County.
Her first place recipe, called Streusel ’N’ Apple Crpam
Pie, walked away with the judges’ taste buds. And, Mrs.
Kampen walked away with a check for $2OO.
This was the first year Mrs. Kampen entered the recipe
contest, although she had entered some contests at the
Ephrata Fair
The recipe she chose for her entry was one she had
tried ten years ago and it had turned out “lousy”- When
she heard about the AMB contest on a local radio station,
she decided to dig the recipe out of her file and try to make
it better.
Starting after Thanksgiving, Mrs Kampen started
experimenting. “I baked about a dozen pies until I got it
right,” she said. “I kept asking my husband, Nikolaus, if
he was gettmg tired of eating them; but ne said as long as
I keep baking, he’ll keep eating.”
One day when she was in a hurry to get her pie in the
oven, Mrs. Kampen did something a bit differently than
she had done before. Instead of baking the cheese-filling
for 20 minutes and then adding the crumb topping and
baking again, she just threw all of the ingredients
together.
“That’s what it needed,” she beamed.“ The cinnamon
and spices had a chance to bake through the filling and it
made all the difference.”
Apples are one of Mrs. Kampen’s hobbies. She has Red
and Yellow Delicious apple trees in her back yard, along
with a Smokehaus tree in its second bearing year.
Mrs. Kampen grew up on a dairy farm near Bncker
ville, and was one of a family of eleven. She said there was
always a lot of cooking going on.
She still continues to enjoy cooking, but now it’s for her
husband and five children, Rosanne, 13, Martin, 12, Lofren,
9, Katrina, 5, and Anthony, 11 months.
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Edith Kampen took top honors for her Streusel
‘N’ Apple Cream Pie recipe
Getting her recipe perfected, while taking care of her
family, was sometimes hectic, she said, but it was fun.
The 1979 Apple Recipe Contest marks the fourth year for
the competition which is open to any Pennsylvania
resident, said Alan Gallagher, marketing representative
forAMB.
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panel of three judges narrowed down the competition to
the ten best recipe finalists These people were notified
and were asked to make or bake their recipe for the
contest held on January 29.
This final competition was held this past week in con
junction with the State Horticultural Meetings in Hershey.
The judges tasted each of the recipes and, after much
deliberation, selected the winners.
Other winners included; second place - Estrid
Cosgrove’s Apple and Almond Cake; third place - Bill
Oransky’s Candied-Brandied Apple Cheesecake; and
fourth place - Shirley DeSantis’ Apple Cheesecake Sur
prise.
The panel of judges were well qualified for their task.
Patricia Huff is a home economist for the Penn State
Extension Service m Dauphin County; Jana Georges is
Secretary-Treasurer of Foodaction, Camp Hill and she is
a gourmet cook; and Silvio Giusti is the owner of Alva
Restaurant, Harrisburg.
Gallagher noted the purpose of the contest is to promote
the use of Pennsylvania apples, and to get people to use
apples in preparing their meals.
He said a recipe booklet will be available this summer
at roadside markets, from apple growers, and from the
PaDA. This booklet will contain the recipe entries for the
1979 contest.
Shirley DeSantis accepts her prize money from
Guy Donaldson, chairman of the Pa. Apple
Marketing Board.
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