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The Pioneer Woman Cooks Giveaway! (WINNER ANNOUNCED)

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Congratulations to Mandy, BreAnn, Grace, Amber, and Tammy, the winners of this competition! 

If I had just checked the mailbox earlier on Lent Eve I would have seen Ree’s new book, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier, sooner. It arrived the night we’re supposed to empty our flour and sugar bins and use up all the excess butter to make (and overdose) on pancakes.

It was well past dinner when I gathered the mail and spied Ree’s book. Thankfully the dishes were done because once I started paging through the book that was it for the night.

The first picture that caught my eye was an incredibly well behaved bejeweled cat:

How did she get her so poised? Our Chloe would never stand for being decked out like that.

But it was her four-page Homemade Glazed Donut tutorial that made me stop. Why hadn’t I checked the mail sooner? Instead of pancakes I could have made doughnuts for dinner! It had all the same ingredients as pancakes– sugar, milk, eggs, butter, flour. Plus they’re fried, making them even more decadent for the day!

There’s another reason I should have fried up a batch of doughnuts last Tuesday night. As I later confessed on twitter, I have three weakness: potato chips, doughnuts, and a good stiff gin and tonic, and I believe we’re meant to enjoy our vices that night.

Gail of One Tough Cookie tweeted back asking if I planned to give up all three for Lent. At the time I didn’t commit, but I’m ready. Yes, I’ll give up potato chips. A reluctant yes to gin and tonics. But since I missed my shot at making doughnuts last Tuesday, I’ve allowed myself–at least today–a couple of Ree’s.

And having experienced Ree’s Homemade Glazed Doughnuts first hand, I think they’re pretty much the ultimate–pure featherlight delights, like warm Krispy Kremes rolling off the conveyer freshly showered with glaze.

Besides the perfect doughnut recipe, Ree’s new book, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier, consolidates all of your favorites from the site along with some brand new ones. (Photos too!)

There’s another reason to celebrate. Ree has generously offered Three Many Cooks five copies of her new book for a giveaway. And here’s the added incentive. Since the book isn’t officially available until March 12, five lucky winners will receive their copies a wee bit early.

To win one of the five copies of Ree’s new book,  The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier, simply tells us your food weakness(es). Giveaway ends Sunday March 4th at 9 PM ET and winners will be announced the next morning.

Enough! I’ve bared my soul now let’s hear from you.

 

About Pam Anderson

Pam Anderson considers herself Every Cook. A New York Times bestselling author, she has been cooking nearly everyday for over 30 years. With seven published books, she brings satisfying recipes and sage advice to both novice and veteran cooks. Whether you’re on a quest for the perfect brownie, wanting to get dinner on the table effortlessly, hoping to entertain more simply, attempting to shed pounds permanently, or looking to eat delicious meatless, Pam can help. AARP’s official food expert, she is a chef contributor at Runner’s World magazine. Pam is former Executive Editor of Cook’s Illustrated magazine. Her food articles have appeared in many food magazines. She teaches cooking classes across the country and appears frequently on TV and radio. She currently is blogging at her new site, Copper House Events.

4,244 Comments

  2. Michelle says

    Potatoes…anything involving potatoes…mashed potatoes, fried potatoes, scalloped potatoes, hash browns….

  4. Pamela Paul says

    Pasta, cream sauce, and seafood are three of my weaknesses. Of course, there are many, many more, LOL!

  6. Crystal says

    I have a huge weekness is for a dish my 7 year old son and I make together. It is a Triple Cheesy Mac!!!

  9. Jessica L. says

    crusty bread, mashed potatoes, and anything with coconut in the recipe title. the coconut thing…it’s a sickness. and I am beyond excited for Ree’s new book!

  11. Anne says

    My weakness is Southern comfort food: chicken and dumplings, fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, etc! So so good!!

  13. kristi says

    I can’t have peanut butter in the house. I love to just eat it on a spoon and it is my one tru food addiction.

  14. Stephanie Vaughn says

    Breads (all of them), chocolate covered pretzels, Cold Stone ice cream, and movie theater popcorn. That’s just the tip of an awful fattening iceberg.

  15. Stacie says

    My weakness….anything sweet! Last year we had four snow days in a row. So, what a great opportunity to bake. I made everything out of Ree’s first cookbook that I had ingredients for. I am pretty sure I ate the whole batch of the sugar cookies…and loved every minute of it!

  16. zb jack says

    Do we have to choose? Really, a good pot roast with all the trimmings and conconut cream pie, or almost anything else with coconut.

  18. Caitlin says

    I’d say food in general is weakness of mine, but in particular I can’t say no to pasta- I always end up eating WAY too much because I can’t stop eating it!

  21. Amy Newton says

    being 5 mos pregnant my food weakness seems to be chinese food and chocolate milk….. but not together…. LOL

  22. Jenny says

    My weakness is chocolate chip cookies and chips and salsa. I can’t walk away from those two items…yummy!!

  29. Kathryn says

    Mine is mashed potatoes with lots of butter and gravy.. my sweet tooth wants peanut butter cups I’ve ate a full big bag once..

  32. Michelle H says

    My weakness is anything with cream cheese icing! Red velvet cake, carrot cake, zucchini cupcakes… I love that stuff 🙂

  34. Anne Rohrer says

    Garlic…with almost anything. Onions…fried slowly in butter…hmmm
    Ice Cream…anytime. Popcorn…plain or caramel. Cookies…snickerdoodles fresh from the oven. Home made bread…warm with butter. Especially my mom’s Ukrainian paska (Easter bread). Pierogies…my mom’s were the best, with fried onions and sour cream. My mouth is watering!

  36. Robyn P Horton says

    Green tomatoes. Fried, oven baked, broiled, grilled. It takes everything I have not to strip my tomato plants in the summer!

  37. Miriam Lilly says

    My all time favorite food is saltine crackers, but about 6 years ago I was in Paris and discovered Nutella on a bagette. It was right before Nutella hit American shelves and everyone in my party took home tubs of this delectable foreign substance. Soon after we found it on our own shelves. Since then it is my vice!

  41. Jennie says

    Haagen Dazs ice cream, apple pie, sour jelly beans, chocolate, peanut butter… The list goes on and on!

  43. Raechel W says

    My food weakness is homemade bread… right out of the oven with lots of real butter…. My mouth waters just thinking about it. There is just something so simple about it but at the same time all the work that goes into making it makes it so worth while to sit back and enjoy it with a hot cup of herbal tea…. Great! Now I think I’m going to have to bake some! 🙂

  44. Chante' says

    Fancy flavored coffees, blue cheese, green olives, oysters on the half shell, spaghetti and meatballs, and Dove chocolate. Not together, of course. (Although olives and blue cheese in a salad or crusty bread are delicious!)

  49. Blanche says

    Carbs are my weakness..especially those found in cakes, brownies, cookies, doughnuts, breads.well you get the picture.

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