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Olde Tyme Pastries in running to be countrys sweetest bakery
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Olde Tyme Pastries well known for its themed treats like these football cookies, as well as traditional cakes and other baked goods is hoping to win the Sweetest Bakery in America Contest. - photo by Journal file photo
Olde Tyme Pastries is on a quest to become the country’s sweetest bakery, and the longtime Turlock business is asking for the community’s help. The sweet shop opened its doors in Turlock over 35 years ago, and since then has offered a delicious menu of treats that often resonate with the city, such as their popular Kaepernick cookies during the Turlock native’s playoff runs, “deflated” cookies in light of cheating allegations against the New England Patriots and cookies picturing presidential candidates sold around election time. But, even though Olde Tyme is known for these novel cookies and best-sellers like their pineapple cream cheese coffee cake, it’s not the shop’s desserts that make it the sweetest bakery in America, said employee Terri Coonce, but the customers.
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Drake Milligan rocks, tractor pulling roars and temps rise as 114th Stanislaus County Fair starts
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StanCoFair influencers Jocelyn McKay and Kristina Cornejo and their kids enjoy the opening day of the fair (CANDY PADILLA/The Journal).
A recurring theme at the opening night of the 2025 Stanislaus County Fair in Turlock — the 107th edition of the annual event — was the heat. Sure, it's not 108 degrees like last year, but 102 on Friday afternoon wasn't too far off.
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