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
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!
Just in time for the hot months of summer, the Taste Test Kitchen staff at the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center is proud to announce the introduction of its newest float, the _________________.
That’s right; the new treat is simply so delicious – we don’t even know what to call it! Now’s the time to pull on your thinking caps as the staff of the Discovery Center ask for your help in naming our new ice cream float!
Known for serving many flavors of cranberry ice cream, our new, nameless float combines two scoops of Cranberry Delight ice cream with Ocean Spray’s® new Sparkling Cranberry drink. The bubbly Sparking Cranberry drink mixed with our cool, creamy cranberry ice cream is the perfect way to cool down after a day exploring the bogs!
Starting Monday, July 11th and running through Friday July 15th, the Discovery Center will accept name suggestions via Facebook or email (marketing@discovercranberries.com). If you have a name you would like to recommend, simply post it on our Facebook wall or send our staff an email.
After receiving name suggestions, we will host a poll on our Facebook wall for you to vote on your favorite name during the week of July 18th! Watch for more detail on Facebook and Twitter and help us name our nameless float!
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7/25/11 UPDATE: Late last night we tallied all of your Facebook, email and online votes and determined the winning name of our new ice cream treat. After seven days collecting submissions from the public and another seven of open voting, the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center is proud to announce that the winning name is…
The CRANBERRY DREAM FLOAT.
Combining two scoops of our creamy cranberry delight ice cream with Ocean Spray’s Sparkling Cranberry drink, our all new Cranberry Dream Float is the perfect way to cool down this summer! Be sure to stop by our Taste Test Kitchen soon to enjoy your very own Cranberry Dream Float.
Just in time for the hot summer season, we’re proud to announce our latest cranberry-themed recipe contest; Cranberry Salad. Green and leafy or cool and smooth, we know everyone has their favorite way to incorporate Wisconsin cranberries into delicious salads.
Be sure to submit your favorite recipe today as time is limited! Please be as specific as possible with ingredients and measurements to insure we are able to best replicate your favorite cranberry salad. Contest ends August 31st.
There’s no “I” in team, but there is an “I” in pie, and the employees from Tomah’s U.S. Cellular store found out that there’s a lot more in common between pies and teams than they may have thought.
Bypassing traditional teambuilding activities, Manager Melonie Lamb instead chose a “Make, Bake and Take” class at the Cranberry Discovery Center. Melonie and her co-workers spent a Saturday morning in June baking cranberry pies together.
“A pie is made up of many separate ingredients, and when you put them together it all works,” Melonie explained. “Within a team, it is important to understand how every person is a ‘different ingredient’ and that you can have great results when all the ‘ingredients’ come together.”
As a former volunteer at the Discovery Center, Melonie knew the welcoming, warm atmosphere well, and figured it would be a neat opportunity for teambuilding.
Although six of the eight participants had never made a pie before this class, both Melonie and Natalie, the Discovery Center baker who led the class, agreed the whole group felt a great sense of success following the lesson.
Because of the low-level of experience within the group, Natalie’s class focused on making a simple, one-crust cranberry pie. The filling bubbles and cakes over the crust slightly as it bakes and is a great introduction to pie making.
“Everyone got to take home warm, oven-baked pies when they left, and you could see the feeling of accomplishment on everyone’s faces,” Natalie said.
Make, Bake and Take classes are offered through the Cranberry Discovery Center, and can be arranged by calling at 608.378.4878. Class capacity is 12 participants, and participants can make treats ranging from cran-apple pies to scones to cinnamon rolls.
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"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!"
