Kamie Gossen from Corn recently placed first in the Bread Machine Category of the Senior Division at the State “Best of Wheat” Bread Baking contest held on September 25 at the Oklahoma State Fair. Her entry of Sweet Butter Bread topped the other entries in the class. Kamie’s son, Korben Gossen placed 2nd in Junior Sweet Breads and 2nd in Junior Bread Machine and younger sister Kendallyn Gossen placed 2nd in Junior Other Wheat Breads.
The contest is an annual event sponsored by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and State Fair of Oklahoma. “We had 118 entries from 42 counties this year, all champion or reserve champion winners in the county contests,” said David Gammill, Vice Chairman of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission. “We had great attendance and always enjoy the opportunity to award the top bread bakers in the state.”
The contest consists of 12 classes, 6 in the senior division and 6 in the junior division. Senior division classes include white bread, whole wheat bread, dinner rolls, other wheat breads, sweet breads and bread machine. Junior division classes include white bread, dinner rolls, other wheat breads, sweet breads, specialty shape breads, and bread machine.
State Champions in the Senior division include: Mary Ellen Wooderson, Kay county, white bread; Katherine Ereman, Ellis county, whole wheat bread county, Amy Durst, Canadian county, dinner rolls; Edwina Olson, Garfield county, other wheat breads; Jade Hardisty, Cleveland county, sweet breads and Kamie Gossen, Washita county, bread machine. A cookbook with the top 5 recipes of every class from the Best of Wheat competition will be available on-line January 2023 at www. okwheat.org.
The Oklahoma Wheat Commission is funded by Oklahoma wheat producers and promotes greater utilization of wheat in both domestic and international markets through research, market development and public education. Five wheat producers representing designated districts across the state serve as the Oklahoma Wheat Commission’s board of directors. Current officers are Michael Peters, chairman, Okarche; David Gammill, vice-chairman, Chattanooga; Don Schieber, secretary-treasurer, Ponca City; R.J. Parrish, member, Hunter and Jerry Wiebe, member, Hooker.