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Ultimate Southern Cookie Contest Has Yummy Bake-off

Nashville’s only Southern Living Showcase Home, opening this Friday, October 21, sponsored a search for the Ultimate Southern Cookie Contest and four finalists have been named. Miss Daisy King, WTVF Talk of the Town regular and cooking expert, was kind enough to sort through the entries to determine the finalists who will earn the newly released KitchenAid 7 quarter mixer featured in the Southern Living Showcase Home’s gourmet kitchen.

Not an easy job, Miss Daisy King sorts through the entries for the Ultimate Southern Living Cookie Contest at Miss Daisy’s Kitchen at Grassland Foodland. Unable to name three finalists, four lucky bakers were named to participate in the bake-off.

The finalists and the cookies are:

– Valarie Hooten, Cranberry-Pecan Orange Cookies
– Airin Kemp, Double Ginger Crackles
– Angela Folds Fox, Jack O’Lit-ern Pumpkin Chip Cookies
– Mary Carter, Southern Pecan Mixed Chocolate Chip with Sea Salt

On Wednesday, October 19, Castle Homes is hosting the Social Media Club Nashville with Nashville Women Who Blog for a sneak peek of the Southern Living Showcase Home and a discussion of the first social media campaign launched for a premiere home tour. The attendees have the privilege of tasting and voting for the winning entry.  The results will be announced via posts taking place that night on the Showcase Home’s Facebook and Twitter accounts as well as @SMCNash.

Capturing the charm and beauty of Southern Living magazine, Nashville’s top interior designers have teamed with Castle Homes and LP Building Products in presenting the Southern Living Showcase Home with the latest ideas in home design, green innovation and new building products. With Ronald McDonald House Nashville as the benefitting charity, the fully furnished home features two adorable kid’s rooms packed with clever ideas and is open select days October 21 through November 6 in beautiful, new Dorset Park neighborhood, 913 Dorset Drive, Brentwood, Tennessee (37027). Opening weekend is Friday, October 21 and then Thursdays through Sunday until November 6 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. For exact days and on-line ticket purchasing, visit the Castle Homes website. In advance, tickets are $10 or available at the gate for $14.00. Children 12 and under are free. On Tuesday, October 25 at 6:30 p.m., Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Deborah Allen is signing her newly released children’s book, The Loneliest Christmas Tree, at The Southern Living Showcase Home with $25 admission including an autographed book and a private home tour.