<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Please excuse me, but I have to gloat ;@) Last year, I talked to the folks running the Sr. Baked Goods competition in our county fair, and requested that they add two new divisions: gluten-free, and very low fat (i.e., traditional recipes which have been greatly reduced in fat). I had in fact entered items such as my low-fat, gluten-free pound cake in head-to-head competition in regular categories and got ribbons, but I felt it would be nice to be cut some slack in GF and VLF baking, since we can't always make the taste and texture convincing to someone with non-GF taste buds! Anyway, since they already had divisions for sugar-free baked goods and such, they went for the idea. And since I had suggested it, I felt honor-bound to submit entries in all the classes in the two new categories! (You might question my sanity,a person with chronic fatigue syndrome signing up for a marathon multi-day baking spree in the middle of an August heatwave. *I* question my sanity, but some challenges just beg to be met!) Well, I submitted 13 items and got 10 ribbons! Here is the list; let me know if you'd like me to send recipes. First prize: GF Yeast bread - French Bread (GFG v.1, plus a spoonful of Sure-Gel) GF Bread, no yeast - CranApple Bread GF Muffins/Biscuits - Raspberry Streusel Rice Muffins VLF Cakes, heavy textured - GF/VLF Buttermilk Pound Cake VLF Pies/pastry - GF/VLF Chocolate Mousse Pie Second prize: GF Bread, machine made - Finnish Easter Bread GF Cookies - Chocolate Almond Biscotti GF Pies/pastry - Apple Pie GF, any other - Pear Crisp Third prize: Wheat-free bread - Irish Soda Bread (not GF) My GF/VLF brownies didn't get a ribbon, although friends who have tried them think they're great. They are the moist, fudgy, flat kind, with a cream-cheese based icing, and actually taste better frozen (they don't really freeze, but get firm and fudgier). And by resisting those big, fluffy cinnamon rolls they sell at the fair, I actually had the energy to spend four hours walking around and enjoying it this year (a big win for me). Andrea Frankel, [log in to unmask] (note new address!) (916) 274-1921 Snail: Flying Dog Ranch, 11864 Deer Park Dr., Nevada City, CA 95959-8921 "...wake now! discover that YOU are the song that the morning brings..."