2023 Winners
Say Cheese Category
Winner: Cheese Lover’s Barbecue Bread Twists, Gloria Piantek, West Lafayette, Indiana
Honorable Mentions:
Everything Gouda Rolls, Pamela Gelsomini, Miami, Florida
Twisted Double Cheese and Zucchini Loaf, Susan Bickta, Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Marble Rye and Swiss Cheese Bombs, Michele Kusma, Columbus, Ohio
Rustic Blueberry Goat Cheese Sweet Rolls with Vanilla-Lime Icing, Sarah Meuser, New Milford, Connecticut
Savory No-Knead Pimento Cheese Rolls, Barbara Estabrook, Appleton, Wisconsin
Sweet Potato Cheddar Chile Rolls, Carol Adamek, Dallas, Texas
Wholesome and Healthy Category
Winner: Knotty 7 Grain Rolls, Susan Wiebe, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Honorable Mentions:
Ginger-Molasses Wheat Bread, Roseanne Cohen, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Finnish Setsuri Bread, Elise Lalor, Issaquah, Washington
Flaxseed Bread with Cherry and Almond Filling, Fay Moreland, Wichita Falls, Texas
Fresh Blueberry Buttermilk Laced Loaf, Katharine Breece, San Diego, California
Quick and Easy Category
Winner: Nutty Pumpkin Cranberry Dinner Rolls, Carol Adamek, Dallas, Texas
Honorable Mentions:
Italian Nutty Crusted Breadsticks, Donna-Marie Ryan, Topsfield, Massachusetts
Morning Star Rolls, Renata Stanko, Lebanon, Oregon
Wasp Nests, Zorica Sarmiento, Colorado Springs, Colorado
“Bleu” Berry Thyme English Muffin Bread, Carmell Childs, Clawson, Utah
Citrus Cranberry Pistachio Quick Bread, Andrew Schoeffield, Towson, Maryland
Two Way Pineapple Sweet Potato Bread, Marilyn Blankschien, Clintonville, Wisconsin
Go Nuts Category
Winner: Mocha Coffee Pecan Babka, Marian Evoniuk, Austin, Texas
Honorable Mentions:
Brown Butter Baklava Sticky Buns, Janet Gill, Canton, Ohio
Nutty Baklava Cruffins, Renee Conneally, Northville, Michigan
Five-Spiced Walnut and Honey Baklava Tea Ring, Lanie Smith, Topeka, Kansas
“Go Nuts” Sticky Cinnamon Rolls, Barbara Estabrook, Appleton, Wisconsin
Pumpkin Walnut Bread with Brandied Currants, Mary Kay Allen, Tucson, Arizona
German Fudge Wunder Rolls, Gloria Piantek, West Lafayette, Indiana
Nutty Peanut Butter Cinnamon Braids, Wilma Olds, Wilson, Kansas
Winning Recipes


