Perfectly Peachy Almond Bars

For those of you who are natives to Hurricane know that the biggest weekend of all is Peach Days. And for those of you who know me know that I love to cook. Well let me explain how the two make a story. For years my hubby has told me that we need to enter the cook-off contest. I have gracefully declined from his suggestions each year. But this year I had an idea and I was going to carry through with it. I may not win but success of a great recipe that I could call my own was my drive and motivation. I fiddled in the kitchen for weeks and finally had perfected this recipe. I came up with a basic batter recipe and then added the magic ingredient...PEACHES. It was amazing and even more than that it tasted amazing. Well I thought I had a chance. I prepared my dish for the contest and they tasted the best yet. It was so exciting. I turned in my dessert and awaited the judges results. Well to spare you all the details I got denied a place in the winners circle. Yes it was extremely disappointing but I have decided that had the judges known the depth of my recipe compared to the Philsbury or crushed cookie crust recipes (not to knock what the others prepared) that won my recipe would not have compared...my recipe was from scratch not just scratch a box open. Well I guess you could say that I am a little bitter about the whole thing and just wish that I had really thought out the rules or lack there of in the contest. I might have just kept the recipe to myself and spared myself the loss. I guess that I take my cooking really seriously and so when you lose to a Philsbury recipe it is a GREAT disappointment. At least I have the pride of knowing that every part of my entry was MINE!!! And I own a great recipe too.