Project SEARCH Interns Whip Up Tasty Treats in Annual Bake-off
| The UAMS Project SEARCH interns squared off against each other Dec. 17 for the program’s sixth annual bake-off.
Nine UAMS interns competed to see who would win serious bragging rights and the Champion Bake-off rolling pin. In the end, Myia Williams was victorious with her tasty Millionaire Pie earning the most votes from UAMS employees who couldn’t resist sampling the array of desserts.
Myia Williams’ Millionaire Pie, with its graham cracker crust and a filling made of pineapples, cherries, whipped cream and condensed milk, won top honors at the bake-off.
Midway through the event, Williams was nervous because it didn’t look like many people had sampled her pie, which bore the No. 10. But she prevailed in the taste test.
She said the pie, which featured a graham cracker crust and a filling made of pineapples, cherries, whipped cream and condensed milk, was a family favorite that she sometimes makes with her mom.
Other participants also made family favorites for the contest.
Bryce Taylor made five-layer bars that included butter, sweetened condensed milk, almonds, butterscotch morsels, coconut, chocolate chips and graham cracker crumbs.
“We make this every Christmas for my family, and we all love it,” he said.
Interns from the Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) Project SEARCH program came and voted for their favorite in the culinary contest, said Le Ann Robertson, an instructor and coordinator with the UAMS program. The UAMS interns also participated in the ACH bake-off.