Since 1949, the Pillsbury Bake-Off® has been an American tradition?a hugely popular contest for real home cooks that celebrates creativity in the kitchen. With 100 contestants, a $1 million grand prize and lots of nail-biting excitement, the Bake-Off® has paved the way for today's reality TV cooking competitions?and remains the country's most famous culinary contest.

With Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook, you and your family can enjoy the all-time best dishes and desserts from this legendary competition. Updated with standout recipes from recent contests, this beautiful book lets you sample American home cooking at its most inventive and delicious. You get more than 400 great recipes from across the decades, all of them surefire crowd-pleasers.

Every million-dollar winner is here, along with the fourteen "best of the best" recipes honored in the Pillsbury Bake-Off® Hall of Fame. Among these favorites, you'll find classics such as Ella Rita Helfrich's Tunnel of Fudge Cake, which sparked a nationwide craze when it won the Grand Prize in 1966, as well as new sensations like Bobbie Sonefeld's Cream Cheese Brownie Pie from 2000.

Although most early Bake-Off® contestants focused on desserts, many recent winners have come up with dishes that are perfect for everyday breakfasts, lunches and dinners. From Chicken Florentine Panini and Island Paradise Salad to Chicken Curry Stir-Fry and White Chili with Salsa Verde, you'll find lots of fast, easy options that incorporate favorite international flavors?and are perfect for family meals.

For dessert, you can choose from more than 160 cookies, bars, pies, cakes and other treats. Your family and friends are guaranteed to love winning recipes like Pecan Pie Surprise Bars, Starlight Double Delight Cake, Apple Pie '63 and Fudgy Bon Bons. And you may even discover that Grandma's beloved peanut butter cookies with the chocolate on top were really the creation of Freda Smith for Bake-Off® Contest 9!

Featuring more than 120 beautiful color photo-graphs, profiles of individual contestants and memorable moments in Bake-Off® history as well as high altitude instructions, cooking times and nutrition information for each recipe, Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook puts America's best home cooking at your fingertips?and may even inspire you to create your own $1 million Bake-Off® recipe!

"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!

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