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Show I Mestas wins Girl Scout bake-off ' "X f " I ' - . .- ; . - - - "' ' I ! -' I $ - - . M0 -fit ; . ? f I VST V- IA broken spatula during a baking competition may seem traumatic, but her reaction to it may have been . the deciding point to earn Alicia ' Mestas first place in last week's area-wide Girl Scout bake-off. ' Two prior competitions narrowed ' I the field to six finalists from ap-I ap-I proximately 150 girls who competed ' S in the Timpanogos Services Unit. ! The finalists and their entries ! were Alicia Mestas, 7 years old, 'j daughter of John and Marsha ' Mestas of Pleasant Grove, preparing Banana Split Dessert; Danielle Jenkins, 12, daughter of Barbara Jenkins of American Fork, , with Frosted Chews; Julie Oliver, 8, daughter of Kevin and Vickie Oliver ind of Cedar Hills, making Chocolate Pudding Cake. Angie Richman, 8, of Lehi, ; daughter of Becky Biggs and Greg Richman, prepared Mint Surprise Cookies; Rachel Schaugaard, 7, daughter of Larry and Chris Schaugaard, made Lemonade Cheesecake; and six-year-old Summer Anderson, daughter of Donna and Stephen F. Anderson of Lindon, prepared Tea Time Tassies . The girls were judged on preparation, cleanliness, a recipe : card, how well they followed their I recipe, presentation, degree of j difficulty, and the appearance, texture and taste of the finished product. . .The judges noted that. '.'It was very .' interesting to see the control these girls had. They were judged on j cleanliness and each one overcame i the temptation to lick her fingers." Another judge pointed out that j several of the girls were not that i advanced in reading skills and could j therefore not read the recipe cards, j but needed a basic outline of steps to j be followed. I It was a very close contest. Only j one point separated the first and second place entrants. Four points i separated the next three. Alicia, the winner, is currently i enrolled in a Community School : cooking class and her favorite thing i to make is doughnuts. She is in first grade at Valley View School and her teacher is Miss Iverson. i Alicia Mestas She also takes gymnastics and likes to sing. Her mom said, "She usually sings while she cooks, when she's not nervous." She enjoys making goodies for her two brothers, Neal, 10, and Mark, 2. According to her mom and dad, she's always eager to go to cooking and gymnastics classes,' and does well in school. The recipe for Banana Split Dessert was given to Alicia by her great-grandmother, Mildred Thrutchley, of Cypress, California. It takes a lot of family support to prepare the girls for a competition like this and several of the families were discussing the goodies chosen. One family said, " We're so tired of them. We probably won't make them for a couple of months." "Make that years," said another one. Alicia's next competition was in the regional competition held Thursday in Provo. She was one of eight entrants from the point of the mountain to Fillmore. |