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Shortbread Contest

PictureFlavored Shortbread
We will be having the shortbread-making contest again this year. Why not try your hand? The rules are on the entry form below.
 
If you don’t have your great-great Scottish grandmother’s recipe, try several recipes online, and create your great-great grandchildren’s traditional recipe! This contest is a beautiful way to learn more about Scottish culture.
 
There will be two categories for this year’s competition, traditional and flavored. “Traditional” means shortbread made using the primary ingredients of flour, butter, and sugar. Other ingredients will not disqualify the shortbread as traditional but should not materially alter the traditional taste. “Flavored” may include any other ingredients in whatever quantities.
 
Enter to win Prize Money!


Shortbread Contest Winners for 2024
Traditional Shortbread
  • 1st Prize - Marilyn Crandall, Moscow, ID
  • 2nd Prize - Mary Gustafson, Spokane, WA
  • 3rd Prize - Pamela L. Burt, Priest River, ID
Special notes:
1. Marilyn Crandall was the returning champion from 2022 and 2023. She managed another win this year.
2. Mary Gustafson was the returning runner-up from 2022 and 2023. She continues to improve and is attempting to knock Marilyn Crandall out of her first-place position.

Non-Traditional Shortbread
  • 1st Prize - Pamela L. Burt, Priest River, ID
  • 2nd Prize - Missy Tremble, Pasco, WA
  • 3rd Prize - Susan Baker, Spokane Valley, WA​ ​
Shortbread Contest Rules
  1. There will be two categories for this year’s competition: traditional and flavored.
  2. “Traditional” means shortbread made using the primary ingredients of flour, butter, and sugar; other ingredients will not disqualify the shortbread as traditional but should not materially alter the traditional taste. “Flavored” may include any other ingredients in whatever quantities.
  3. You may enter your shortbread into either category. However, the judges may, at their discretion, alter the entry category if they disagree with the categorization by the entrant.
  4. Entrants must not use pre-made, store-bought dough.
  5. Shortbread may be round, square, or pie-shaped.
  6. Each entry must provide six pieces, each at least two inches square or the equivalent in other shapes.
  7. Entrants may submit as many separate entries as desired.
  8. An entry form must accompany each entry.
  9. You must deliver your entries to the Spokane St. Andrew’s Society tent no later than 1:00 p.m. on the day of the Games.
  10. Judging will be on a blind test basis, so aside from the entry form, the entries should not disclose their provenance. The judges’ verdict will be final.
  11. Prizes will be awarded for each category, each in the amounts of $30 for first place, $20 for second place, and $10 for third place.
Download the Shortbread Contest Entry Form
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Spokane Highland Games Association
PO Box 141121
Spokane, WA 99214

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  • Home
  • About
    • Organization
    • Location >
      • Service Animals Policy
    • History
    • Contact Us
  • Events
    • Highland Dance
    • Heavy Athletics >
      • Athletics Rules & Events
      • Athletics Registration
    • Piping & Drumming >
      • Individual Pipe & Drum Events & Rules
      • Pipe Band Exhibition Events
      • Pipe & Drum Registration (Solo & Band)
      • Highland Bagpipe Facts
      • Snare Drum Facts
    • Celtic Entertainment
    • Scottish Country Dancers
    • Shortbread Contest
    • Robert Burns Poetry
    • Celtic Storytelling
    • Highland Cattle Exhibit
    • Sheepherding Exhibition
    • Clydesdale Horse Exhibition
    • Blacksmith Demonstration
    • Photo Exhibit
    • Tug O' War
    • British Car Display
  • Clans
    • Clan Registration
  • Sponsorship
    • Corporate Sponsors 2025
    • Individual Sponsors 2025
  • Heritage
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  • Vendors
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    • Photos by Sandy Sheehan
    • Photos by Jon Bish
    • Photos by Deborah Townsend
    • Photos by Deboree Baxter
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