2024 Heritage Fair Baking Contest

Our Annual Heritage Fair Baking Contest continues, featuring four categories: Pies (no cream pies), Cakes, Cookies/Bars, and Bread/Muffins.

Interested bakers can register their entries between 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on the day of the Heritage Fair at West Harmony School, located on the museum grounds. There is no fee to enter. Judging will take place at 10:30 a.m., and ribbons will be awarded to the first-place winners in each category, along with a special award for the grand champion. Entries will be sold by the slice immediately following the judging at the Heritage Fair’s bake sale.

Donated baked goods are also needed for the Heritage Fair Bake Sale. This popular festival feature includes cookies, cakes, quick breads, brownies, bars, tarts, and pies. Please label your baked goods, indicate nuts or other special instructions, and if possible, prepackage them to minimize handling. A good rule of thumb is a half dozen cookies and two to four brownies/bars on a plate, depending on the size. On Fair Day, bring your items to the bake sale tent, or to the office on the Friday before Heritage Fair.

All proceeds from the baking contest and bake sale benefit the McHenry County Historical Society. For more information, please call 815-923-2267 or email info@mchenrycountyhistory.org.