Perry’s Perfect Pastry Competition Winners Announced

As part of the this weekend, Canonsburg held the Perry’s Perfect Pastry and Pizzelle Competition in his honor.

Seven total entries were received and included: Three different kinds of pizzelles, lady locks, petit fours, a variety of cupcakes and a blueberry lemon pound cake.

The judges for the competition were Rebecca Morrow, pastry chef from ; and Liz Rogers, editor for the Observer-Reporter. 

Entries were judged based on appearance, taste, and texture.

Jim Patt, a resident and retired Washington County police officer, made his lemon pizzelles for the competition because they have a special memory.

“These were the same ones I made and took to Perry Como when I visited him in Jupiter, FL, in 1996,” said Patt.

He said Como was very nice, talkative and asked what was going on in Canonsburg.

The judges had a tough decision. First place was won by Rebecca O’Donnell for her lemon blueberry pound cake that also had a few other berries and mini chocolate chips.

Second place went to Sue Hazlett, who baked chocolate peanut butter cupcakes with buttercream frosting, and third place was the pink lemonade petit fours by Lee Maurer.

The Downtown Canonsburg organization asked for all of the recipes for entries submitted in the competition so they can add them to their website or Facebook page in the future.