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For over 50 years, people have looked to one contest for the most delicious, the most exciting and the most uniquely American recipes this country's home cooks have to offer. The Pillsbury Bake-Off(R) Contest presents the very best of what people today are cooking for their families and friends. Now, nearly 400 prizewinning recipes from this famed event are gathered in one book, complete with gorgeous color photographs and personal profiles highlighting the people who created the recipes. The first Bake-Off(R) Contest, in 1949, celebrated the culinary trends of the times--recipes were made from scratch, the ingredient lists and steps were lengthy and breads and desserts comprised the bulk of the entries. Today's Bake-Off(R) entries mirror the changing trends in home cooking with recipes that are quicker and easier to prepare. The use of convenience products has increased and flavors from around the world are featured, as reflected in a brand-new chapter: Quick & Easy Main Meals. Chicken Florentine Panini, the 2002 Grand Prize winner, is an Italian sandwich that gets its fresh-baked goodness from refrigerated pizza-crust dough. Bow-Thai Chicken takes a frozen stir=fry meal starter and combines it with the wonderful flavors of a Thai peanut sauce. "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off(R) Cookbook illustrates how home cooks have captured their ethnic heritages in dishes adapted from their grandparents' countries to modern kitchens and busier times. The stories are as inspiring as the recipes themselves, from 1996's Grand Prize winner, Kurt Wait, a single parent who developed his $1,000,000-winning recipe, Macadamia Fudge Torte, with the help of his son, to a 2002 winner for her GnocchiAlfredo Casserole, Kelly Lynne Baxter, who remembers learning to cook alongside her mom and aunts. All the recipes are organized by easy-to-use chapters: Soups, Sandwiches and Snacks; Main Dishes; Side Dishes and Salads; Breads; Sweet Rolls and Coffee Cakes; Cookies and Bars; Cakes and Tortes; Pies and Tarts; and Other Desserts; as well as the new chapter, Quick & Easy Main Meals. Each chapter is filled with wonderful and often humorous behind-the-scenes stories from the Bake-Off(R) Contest events. The recipes are sensational; the storeis are uplifting. "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off(R) Cookbook invites you into the kitchens and lives of the many people who have made the Pillsbury Bake-Off(R) Contest the most loved and respected showplace for everyone to share their creative cooking talents.

Discover the secrets of Pillsbury Bake-Off(R) winners The Pillsbury Bake-Off(R) is a great American institution-a 60-year-old contest for real home cooks across the nation-all vying for a $1 million grand prize. For the 43rd Bake-Off(R), 100 finalists gathered to work their magic in 100 mini-kitchens set up in a single ballroom. In the end, a grand prizewinner emerged, but all of the finalists presented dishes that were amazingly simple to make . . . and simply amazing. This exciting cookbook collects all 100 of these winning recipes and profiles the inventive cooks who created them. Spanning five contest categories-Breakfast & Brunches, Entertaining Appetizers, Old El Paso(R) Mexican Favorites, Pizza Creations, and Sweet Treats-the deliciously easy recipes you'll find inside are sure to be winners with your family and friends. "Pillsbury Bake-Off(R) Winners" gives you The $1 million grand prize recipe-Double-Delight Peanut Butter Cookies, and all of the category prizewinners99 other winning recipes, including Mascarpone-Filled Cranberry-Walnut Rolls, Salmon Pastries with Dill Pesto, Mexican Pesto-Pork Tacos, Apple-Jack Chicken Pizza with Caramelized Onions, Toffee-Banana Brownies, and Blue Cheese and Red Onion Jam Crescent ThumbprintsA photo and profile of each contest finalist, along with a full-color picture of every dishA timeline of memorable moments from the 43rd contest and Fun Fact sidebars with trivia about the contestants and the contest's historyNutrition information and instructions for high-altitude baking accompanies every recipe

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"The newest $1 million Pillsbury Bake-Off? winner is..." With that dramatic announcement, another talented amateur cook earns a place of honor in America's most prestigious culinary competition. Now, with Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off?Cookbook, you can discover for yourself just what it takes to be a Bake-Off? champion. Inside, you'll find more than 400 Bake-Off? recipes that wowed the judges--and exemplify the nation's best, most creative home cooking over the last six decades. From 1951's French Silk Chocolate Pie to 2006's Baked Chicken and Spinach Stuffing, you get lots of great ideas for easy, crowd-pleasing family desserts and dinners. You may even discover the inspiration you need for your own $1 million Bake-Off? recipe! For more great ideas visit pillsbury.com

A cookbook featuring the best of the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest features 150 tested recipes, complete with easy-to-follow preparation directions and nutritional analyses, as well as updated instructions for traditional dishes and microwave tips.