Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off Desserts

by Pillsbury

The first-ever collection of prizewinning Bake-Off dessert recipes

For more than 50 years, the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest has showcased the most delicious, exciting and uniquely American recipes our country's home cooks have to offer. Now this all-in-one collection of desserts from this legendary event brings you the most sought-after cakes & tortes, pies & tarts, cheesecakes & puddings, cobblers & crisps, pastries and more!

Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off Desserts gives you more than 100 prizewinning recipes so you canre-create these dazzling desserts in your own kitchen. From 1957's French Silk Chocolate Pie that's now an American icon, to the Tunnel of Fudge Cake that became a household name in 1966, to the Oats 'n Honey Granola Pie that took home the $1 million Grand Prize in 2004, these recipes are sure to win top honors from your friends and family.

Inside you'll find:

108 easy-to-follow recipes and 39 full-color photos to tempt your taste buds. A history of the Bake-Off® Contest and the fascinating evolution of desserts through the decades. For each recipe, the contestant's name, city, contest year and prize received. Plenty of inspiration to come up with your own $1 million creation!

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Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Pillsbury is a brand name used by Minneapolis-based General Mills and Orrville, Ohio-based J.M. Smucker Company. Historically, the Pillsbury Company, also based in Minneapolis, was a rival company to General Mills and was one of the world's largest producers of grain and other foodstuffs until it was bought out by General Mills in 2001. Antitrust law required General Mills to sell off some of the products. General Mills kept the rights to refrigerated and frozen Pillsbury products, while dry baking products and frosting are now sold by Smucker under license.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Afrin Zaman]

★★★★★

A Wonderful Collection of Prizewinning Desserts

Pillsbury Best Of The Bake-Off Desserts is a delightful collection for anyone who enjoys baking and appreciates tried-and-loved dessert recipes. Bringing together more than 100 recipes from decades of the famous Bake-Off contest, this cookbook has a wonderful sense of variety and tradition.

One of the things I enjoyed most about this collection is how many different kinds of desserts it brings together. There is plenty of inspiration for everyday baking as well as recipes that feel special enough to share with family and friends. The selection makes it easy to browse through the book and discover something new whenever a sweet craving strikes.

The connection to the Pillsbury Bake-Off also gives the book a charming character. These recipes represent the creativity of home bakers and offer a nice glimpse into the kinds of desserts that have captured people's attention over the years. It feels both nostalgic and practical, making it enjoyable for longtime baking enthusiasts as well as readers discovering these recipes for the first time.

Overall, this is a great cookbook to have on hand when you want dependable dessert inspiration. The generous selection, classic appeal, and variety make it a fun addition to any baking collection.

[Shamim Reza]

★★★★★

Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off Desserts is a delightful collection for anyone who loves classic homemade desserts. With more than 100 prizewinning recipes, the book offers an impressive variety of sweet treats and plenty of inspiration for bakers of all experience levels. I especially enjoyed the timeless feel of the recipes and the opportunity to explore favorites from decades of the Bake-Off tradition. The instructions are approachable, making it easy to bring these desserts into a modern kitchen. A charming cookbook filled with nostalgic recipes, creative ideas, and plenty of baking inspiration.

[Mckinley]

These are desserts so they are not about 1) eating healthily, 2) controlling caloric intake 3) watching carbs, fat and cholesterol! On the other hand... the pictures are lovely, the ideas behind the recipes are tempting and desserts are not really for everyday anyway. So it will take a while to try out those I'd like to taste. THe one disappointment is that many of the cake recipes call for a cake mix.

[Jc]

So far I really like this recipe book. Really easy recipes, common ingrediants, and the first one I've tried turned out being pretty tasty. Lots of pictures (but there isn't a picture for each recipe), and glossy pages.

[Miss Clark]

Bunch of great recipes. Just wish not so many of them included pre-made items.

[Susan Molloy]

Good and varying collection of easy to make recipes for any occasion. This was useful for me.

[T]

Bunch of great recipes. Just wish not so many of them included pre-made items like cake mix, some of the recipes are original and never seen before,and some are classics that everyone knows about.The cook book includes multiple chapters, cakes and tortes, pies and tarts, cheesecakes and puddings, cobblers and crisps, pastries and other desserts as well.