Held in conjunction with the annual Menard County Pecan Show is the Pecan Bake Show. This year judges were looking for the Best Pecan Cookie in the county and that was baked by Patsy Decker, pictured above. Reserve Champion Pecan Cookie was baked by Jen Schuman, and first place in the youth division was Kennedy Quintero. Courtesy photo.
The 2023 Menard County Pecan Show was held in December and the full results are in. Champions and Reserve Champions were mentioned and pictured on the front page of The News’s December 28, 2023, edition. Twenty-five samples advanced from the county show to the regional level which will be held this month in College Station.
Classic & New Division-Apache: Bill Doyle, first. Burkett: Bill Doyle, …
