Every other year we find ourselves repeating the phrase “The Pillsbury Bake-Off is the mother of all cooking contests.”   However, Pillsbury’s Bake-Off contest has been and continues to stand heads above all other sponsors in terms of its far reaching popularity throughout the country in terms of recipe contests.

Pillsbury offers a $1 million Grand Prize, but you don’t need to win the big money to be considered a winner.  Just being a finalist is a privilege and prize in its own right.  Everyone who has ever attended will attest that the overall experience which begins with your acceptance as a finalist until the winner is announced brings many great memories and a sense of real culinary accomplishment regardless of the outcome.

Since CCC began in 1997 we have always proudly claimed many members who are Pillsbury finalists and this year we did it again. In all, we had 26 members of the 100 total number in the final bake-off.  Of those who competed, the following Pillsbury Winners make us proud…..

CCC PILLSBURY WINNERS

Tina – Grand Prize Winner
Pumpkin Ravioli with Salted Caramel Whipped Cream

Linda – Crisco is Cooking Award
Chicken Turnovers with Spicy Peanut Sauce<

Brett – Eagle Brand Signature Recipe Award
Orange Cream-Macadamia Torte

OFFICIAL PILLSBURY RELATED LINKS

Official Pillsbury Bake-Off Winners List

Additional Pictures From Pillsbury Pinterest Page

100 Pillsbury Bake-Off Finalists

“The Culinary Cellar” by Blogger Debbie Vanni

As always, we’ve been fortunate that several finalists brought digital cameras and took some great pictures and wish to share their experience with other members.  Enjoy………

Pictures courtesy of Debbie Vanni and Andrea Yacyk

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