
Past Festival Pudding Winners
If you’ve never had persimmon pudding, then you must not be from around here!
In the Fall, this delicacy sits on the table of every family gathering in the area. Each pudding is as unique as the person that makes it! That’s why the Persimmon Festival hosts a pudding contest every year! When it comes to cinnamon vs. allspice or heavy cream vs. milk, it all makes a difference. Check out the past winners below:
2022 Persimmon
Pudding Winner
Susan Marlman
INGREDIENTS:
2 CUPS PERSIMMON PULP
2 CUPS SUGAR
2 EGGS
1 1/2 CUP BUTTERMILK
1 TSP. BAKING SODA
1/4 CUP BUTTER MELTED
1 1/2 CUP FLOUR
1 TSP. BAKING POWDER
1 CUP EVAPORATED MILK
1 TSP. VANILLA
1 TSP. OF CINNAMON
DASH OF SALT
DIRECTIONS:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix pulp, eggs and sugar together.
- Add baking soda and buttermilk and mix.
- Add dry ingredients (baking powder, flour, salt) and mix.
- Add evaporated milk, vanilla and melted butter.
- Mix and pour into a 9″ x 12″ pan.
- Bake for 1 hour.
2022 Persimmon
NOVELTY Winner
Mackenzie Osborne
Persimmon Bread Truffles
INGREDIENTS:
1 1/3 CUP SUGAR
1 2/3 CUP FLOUR
1/3 CUP MARGARINE
1 TSP. BAKING SODA
2 EGGS
3/4 TSP. SALT
1 CUP PERSIMMON PULP
1 TSP CINNAMON
1/3 CUP COLD WATER
1/4 TSP. BAKING POWDER
2/3 CUP CREAM CHEESE ICING
3 – 7 OZ. PACKAGES OF ORANGE CANDY MELTS
BROWN FONDANT
bREAD DIRECTIONS:
- Heat oven to 325 degrees.
- Cream the sugar and butter.
- Add eggs, persimmon pulp and water.
- Sift all dry ingredients and add to the persimmon mixture.
- Pour into a well-greased, paper-lined loaf pan.
- Bake for 1 hour.
TRUFFLE DIRECTIONS:
- Crumble half the bread loaf into a large bowl.
- Add cream cheese icing and mix together. Mix should be wet sand consistency and hold its shape.
- Melt candy melts.
- Shape mixture into persimmon sized balls. Coat in melted chocolate.
- Finish off with brown fondant caps.
PAST FESTIVAL WINNERS
2022 | Susan Marlman |
2021 | Jane Root |
2020 | No Festival |
2019 | Judy Shaw |
2018 | Gary Rayhill Jr. |
2017 | Judy Shaw |
2016 | Cindy Brewer King |
2015 | Cindy Brewer King |
2014 | Jonna Pemberton |
2013 | Cindy Brewer King |
2012 | Courtney George McFadden |
2011 | Jonna Pemberton |
2010 | Eva Powell |
2009 | Eva Powell |
2008 | Eva Powell |
2007 | Janice Kimble |
2006 | Judy Shaw |
2005 | Judy Davis |
2004 | Beth Doub |
2003 | Beth Doub |
2002 | Tammie George |
2001 | Frances Tolbert |
2000 | Lee Purlee |
1999 | Eva Powell |
1998 | Diane Rayhill |
1997 | Eva Powell |
1996 | Eva Powell |
1995 | Ruby Hawk |
1994 | Eva Powell |
1993 | Carl Brown |
1992 | Alverta Hart |
1991 | Judy Shaw |
1990 | Sissy Robins |
1989 | Saranell Eckensburger |
1988 | Judy Shaw |
1987 | Shelba Brinegar |
1986 | Cindy Brewer |
1985 | Philis Sears |
1984 | Sharon Bowden |
1983 | Trudie Dillman |
1982 | Thelma Brown |
1981 | Bessie Cooper |
1980 | Asa Terry |
1979 | Gail Miller |
1978 | Sara Kern |
1977 | Eva Powell |
1976 | Cheryl Beasley |
1975 | Joan Buher |
1974 | Nancy Fletcher |
1973 | Mike Hardman |
1972 | Thelma Brown |
1971 | Ruth Lucas |
1970 | Doris King |
1969 | LaDean Boone |
1968 | Mary Johnson |
1967 | Kathryn Swayze |
1966 | Bessie Cooper |
1965 | Saranell Eckensburger |
1964 | Bessie Cooper |
1963 | Wavie VanCleve |
1962 | Bessie Cooper |
1961 | Evelyn Glearner |
1960 | Jean Plew |
1959 | Wavie VanCleve |
1958 | Joan Buher |
1957 | Edith Terrell |
1956 | Evelyn Godbey |
1955 | Edith Terrell |
1954 | Alyda Beavers |
1953 | Centennial Year |
1952 | Edith Terrell |
1951 | Evelyn Godbey |
1950 | Murl Gaines |
1949 | Evelyn Godbey |
1948 | Murl Gaines |
1947 | Fannie Lawyer |
want to make your own persimmon pudding?
Follow along with past Persimmon Festival Pudding Winner, Judy Shaw.