The Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center kicked off the new year with a new quarterly recipe contest with the theme of “Cranberry Pies.” We received many mouth-watering recipes from you, our readers and fans. As a result, our taste test kitchen judges had their work cut out for them!
After re-creating each of the submissions in our test kitchen and sampling each of the results, these three pies were deemed to be a “slice” above the rest. Congratulations to our three winners and their delicious recipes!
1st Place: Apple Cranberry Raspberry Pie
Submitted By: Carol Junkins
2nd Place: Cran-Raspberry Chocolate Pie with Hot Fudge Drizzle
Submitted By: Vivian Levine
3rd Place: Cranberry Cheese Pie
Submitted By: Victoria Zmarzley-Hahn
Winners received a copy of the “Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Favorite Recipes” cookbook and the first place winner will receive a “Berry Special Cranberry Gift.”
If you’re interested in entering our current recipe contest “Cranberry Party Foods” click here for all the information. We would love to try your favorite party-pleasing cranberry recipes!
It’s a new quarter and that means a new quarterly recipe contest at the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center! The theme for this contest is “Cranberry Party Foods” and the contest runs from April 1 through June 30.
We’re looking for creative, crowd-pleasing recipes that you’re proud to serve at picnics, pot lucks and parties. The recipes can feature cranberries in any form: fresh whole cranberries, sweetened dried cranberries, cranberry sauce and/or cranberry juices.
As usual, the winners of this recipe contest will receive fabulous prizes from the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center. To enter your party-ready recipe, please go here.
Drum roll, please! The recipes have been submitted, our taste test kitchen judges have weighed in and it’s time to announce the winners of our 2011 fourth quarter recipe contests for “Cranberry Side Dishes!”
First place goes to Ms. Annette Mackey for her “Cranberry Cornbread.”
Second place goes to Mr. Bob Nopper for his “Cranberry Walnut Slaw.”
Third place goes to Ms. Bridget Hanzalik for her “Cranberry Orange Relish.”
Winners received a copy of the “Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Favorite Recipes” cookbook and the first place winner will receive a “Berry Special Cranberry Gift.”
For the full recipes, please click here. If you’d like to enter our current quarterly recipe contest for “Cranberry Pies,” please click here for all the information on how to enter.
Thank you for all your entries and heartfelt congratulations to our delicious recipe winners. We can’t wait to see what you have in store for us in our current and future contests!
It’s a new year and that means a new quarterly recipe contest at the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center! To kick off 2012, we’d love to have you enter your favorite cranberry pie recipes. The winners will receive a fabulous prize from the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center.
The contest runs from January 1, 2012 through March 31, 2012. Please click here to enter your recipe. We can’t wait to see what you cook up!
If you’re as “Crazy About Cranberries” as we are at the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center, you’ll love our 2012 Make, Bake and Take classes!
Featuring delicious cranberry bakery recipes, these classes offer something for everyone – and the best part is you get to take your bakery creations home to share with your loved ones. The cost of each class is $15, but if you show your iBuyMoCo key fob card, you can save $1 off each class you register for!
Class Dates and Descriptions:
January 14th, 9:00 – 11:30am – Cranberry Apple Pie
February 18th, 9:00 – 11:30am – Cranberry Scones
March 10th, 9:00 – 11:30am – Cranberry Kringles
April 14th, 9:00 – 11:30am – Cranberry Sweet Breads
Attendees of each class are asked to bring:
measuring cups
measuring spoons
2 mixing bowls
rubber scraper
rolling pin (not necessary for Cranberry Scones)
pastry blender
If you need assistance with the supplies please let us know!
To print our registration form, please click here. Registrations and payments must be received at least one week prior to each class. Class sizes are limited, so register early to save yourself a spot! If you have any questions, you can always contact us.
The Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center held the annual “Holiday Open House” event in conjunction with “The Warrens Holiday Experience” on December 3, 2011. The 2011 – 2012 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty members were in attendance and, along with WCDC staff members, provided cooking demonstrations of some delectable recipes using our favorite and incredibly versatile fruit, the cranberry!
Visitors were able to sample not only the recipes demonstrated, but were able to sample three award-winning cranberry wines from DnA Vintners.
Most people took advantage of the open house to do a little holiday shopping for gifts for their friends and family members. “Hot” items included cranberry salsas, dip mixes and of course cranberry wines. If you’re interested in any of those items, check our our online store.
Special thanks to our area business partners who made up “The Warrens Holiday Experience” – Berry Amish, The Bog Restaurant and Jellystone Park!
Pictured above: Barbara Hendricks, Chelsie Popp, Courtney Sankey , Grace Schroeder and Nodji Van Wychen
The holiday season is quickly approaching and no doubt many of you are already thinking about what to serve guests at holiday meals as well as thinking about finding that “special something” to give as a gift to customers, neighbors, hostesses or friends. We at the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center would be thrilled to help you with both your holiday shopping and baking needs!
For those holiday get togethers and dinners, we offer a delicious variety of fresh baked or baked then frozen pies for $10.95. Available flavors include cranberry, cranberry-apple, cranberry-walnut and pumpkin. Orders for Thanksgiving pies need to be submitted no later than November 18th and for Christmas no later than December 19th. Your guests will be delighted with whichever flavor you choose!
As for your holiday shopping needs, we have a wonderful selection of over 200 different Wisconsin cranberry products available in-store or through our online store that make lovely gifts for everyone on your shopping list. We can even select items for you to include in a gift box based on your individual gift-giving needs, and are able to ship the gift boxes via UPS for you at an additional charge.
Please call us at #608.378.4878 for more information on holiday gift baskets or to place your gift or pie orders today! As always, you can also visit us online at www.discovercranberries.com.
It’s getting close to the holidays and many people are already thinking of what to serve their friends and loved ones at their holiday gatherings. To help inspire you, the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center is announcing the next quarterly recipe contest, running now through December 31, 2011.
This time, we’d love for you to share your favorite Cranberry Side Dish recipes with us. Maybe you have an old family favorite that’s traditional to serve that you’re willing to share or you’ve just come up with your own…You can use cranberries in any shape or form in your recipes for this contest, but the dish should be a “side” dish. Submit your recipe here by the contest deadline. For great tips and lots of ideas to get you started, be sure to visit the Discovery Center’s new electronic recipe box for more great cranberry recipes.
Submit your favorite recipe today as time is limited! Please be as specific as possible with ingredients and measurements to ensure we are able to best replicate your favorite cranberry side dish. The first place winner will receive a copy of the 160-page Wisconsin Cranberry Growers’ Favorite Recipes cookbook and a special surprise bonus. Enter today for your chance to inspire your fellow cranberry lovers!
The official kick-off to the cranberry harvesting season was celebrated on Saturday, October 1st. People who participated in the all-day event were able to take a tour of a local cranberry marsh in the morning in order to see the ripe berries up close. A special treat for tour participants included demonstrations of the traditional hand raking method of harvesting which was used exclusively until more modern, machine-driven harvesting methods were developed.
After seeing the berries in their natural element, many visitors came to the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center to continue the festivities. With the 2011 Cranberry Queen and Princesses on-site, guests enjoyed our cranberry museum, where they learned all about the history of cranberries, and were treated to free samples of gourmet cranberry foods and wines. Families were able to create some cranberry crafts together and then children and adults alike treated themselves to one (or more!) of our famous cranberry bakery and ice cream shop treats.
Many of our Harvest Day guests also took advantage of our fabulous cranberry gift shop in order to get a head-start on their holiday shopping. After sampling the gourmet cranberry items we have to offer, no one wanted to walk out of the gift shop empty-handed! Hot holiday-gift-basket-ready items included our cranberry wines and salsas and our line of cranberry soaps and oils.
If you didn’t make it to this year’s Harvest Day, don’t worry – we’ll do it again next year and you can see some pictures of the event on our Facebook page. In the meantime, you can stop in for a visit seven days a week between 9 am – 5 pm and you can shop our online store 24/7!
NRCS State Conservationist Pat Murphy, WSCGA President Mike Moss, DATCP Secretary Ben Brancel and CMI President Vicky Nemitz
The Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center held a special ribbon cutting ceremony for their enhanced “Frost Watch and Irrigation” exhibit located in the Center’s Cranberry Museum. The exhibit features the special equipment necessary to protect Wisconsin’s cranberry crop from its natural enemy, frost, and information about how the irrigation systems used by growers work in unison to ensure productive growing seasons while at the same time using natural resources wisely.
“This exhibit will help the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center further its mission of educating visitors about Wisconsin’s number one fruit crop, the cranberry,” said WCDC Executive Director Barbara Hendricks. “It also highlights how cranberry growers in Wisconsin are leading the way in responsible resource management, showing the public how they work with state agencies and university researchers to ensure they’re using science-based best practices to produce cranberries in the most efficient, responsible way possible.”
Donations from several families and organizations made this exhibit possible. Robert, Vicki, Amy and Adam Nemitz in memory of Junior and Alice Nemitz, DATCP, NRCS, the Hatch family of Cranberry Creek Cranberry, Paul Roberts of Roberts Irrigation, WSCGA, Gary and Rhonda Jensen of Jensen Cranberry Bogs, Inc., Stuart, Faye and Kim Pedersen, the Tomah Convention and Visitors Bureau, Bob Williams and Jayne Sojka of Lady Bug IPM all made generous donations to help further educate WCDC visitors through the addition of this exhibit.
Testimonials
"Such a fun place to spend the day! We explored the shop, toured the museum, and snacked on cranberry ice cream and cranberry coffee. LOVE IT!"
