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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

  1. Kathy says

    Those home made doughnuts sound pretty incredible right now! Please enter me to win her new cookbook.

  2. April T says

    My food weakness is Italian Salami, Prosciutto, Sopressata, Capicola … any Italian meats really. YUM!

  3. Christy says

    My food weakness is definitely.. garlic! Seriously, if garlic is an ingredient in something I know I will love it. I put it in almost everything I make! (Except sweets of course..) As Chef Bobby Flay would say, “All good things start with garlic and onion..” 🙂

  5. Danielle Pertuso says

    Chocolate, at least it is a superfood! I love Ree, and she introduced me to your blog, and now I am loving your blog.

  7. Jamie says

    My food weakness is cookies!!! Any type, any flavor, any shape; chewy ones, crisp ones, cake-like one, it matters not! These sweet little bites are and always will be my downfall.

  8. Maureen says

    I love love pomegranate seeds. I could eat those and cherries and green grapes.
    but really decadent foods that I love are mac & cheese with Canadian Bacon and I love brownies with chocolate frosting.

  11. Sarah Aguirre says

    My biggest food weakness is a good down home cooked meal, especially fried chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuits and corn. There’s nothing more delicious and more comforting than a meal like that!

  13. Myra says

    White wine or sparkling wine with: escargot in puffed pastry with my herbed compound butter in between, smoked salmon with cream cheese spread and caviar on french bread crackers with the fixings, fresh oysters. My southern turkey dressing with giblet gravy, always southern style Sunday dinner-chicken and dumplings and vegetables-mustard or turnip greens with mashed potatoes, black eyed peas, creamed corn, white beans, along with corn bread and iced tea. Love a low country boil with king crablegs. On the sweet side I make red velvet cake and a strawberry cool-whip cake and chocolate moltan lava cake I have a hard time resisting. Getting hungry right now.

  14. Pam Wilson says

    Oooeey Goooey Brownies
    Fresh baked bread w/ butter & fresh homemade jam. (raspberry)
    or Pineapple Upside down cake.

    Sorry… Couldn’t narrow it down to just one. 😉

  17. Pati says

    ANYTHING made with flour…….. & sugar. Preferably PASTRY….ADORE pasta,too…but then it’s made with flour,right ? ;o)

  18. Stephanie says

    My food weakness is definitely salt, or anything remotely salty. Love it! I think it gives such dimension to food, but unfortunately it also gives dimension to my hips and stomach! Ugh!

  19. Sheila Stewart says

    French Fries and chocolate . . not necessarily together although I could probably eat a chocolate covered Fench Fri.

  20. amy says

    Bread in any form. My ideal dinner? Crusty garlic bread dipped in red sauce. Just bread and sauce. Maybe a little cheese and wine thrown in for good measure. Mmm…delicious!

  22. Norma says

    So many to choose from — I love food! Homemade macaroni and cheese is right up there at the top, and my goodness, even though I haven’t tried them, I’m quite sure those donuts would be right up there at the top! Maybe a hazardous to my hips! 🙂

  32. Jannette Johnson says

    My food weakness is chicken and dumplings. There is absolutely nothing better. Reminds me of my grandmother. I would come home for lunch and she would have a big pot boiling and they were so delicious!

  33. Tracy in NC says

    My weakness is potato chips. I never buy them because I wouldn’t be able to leave them alone. 🙂

  35. DeeDee Culler says

    My biggest weakness is birthday cake! I prefer birthday cake (homemade or store bought) over any other kind of dessert. My husband tells me I am crazy because he would much rather have one of my homemade poundcakes or cheesecakes over birthday cake anyday…..but for me…I could eat birthday cake at every meal!!

  36. Jude says

    I love love potato chips and could live on chips and dips.. However those raised donuts looked wonderful too..

  38. Cindy Resendez says

    My weaknesses…a great Monte Cristo sandwich, pop tarts and Grey Goose Vodka, chilled with olives…yum!

  40. Diane H says

    My biggest food weakness is pasta and tortilla chips! Not at the same time, of course but I love them equally as much!

  42. Laura says

    I love food. Food is my food weakness! I love salty, sweet, sour, bitter, savory…you name it! I have been doing the low carb thing for awhile now and I have to say that at the moment I would kill for some mac and cheese…or twizzlers…or a cupcake…or cheese and crackers…or a huge glass of wine!!

  43. Debbie says

    My favorite food weakness is shrimp. I’ll eat them prepared just about any way. But my favorite is Shrimp Remoulade from Mike Anderson’s in Baton Rouge, La. My sister on my birthday one year brought it all the way to Mississppi where I live just because she knows how much I love this dish. I was not disappointed, it is always great and also what a sister to drive three hours to bring you your favorite food.

  47. Jennifer P says

    I’m watching my calorie intake so I’ve been pretty good lately. But this AM my coworker came in with his wife’s homemade baklava and I couldn’t pass that up!

  50. Cindy Wallace says

    I love cheese and olives. Those are two foods that I can hardly pass up at any time. I love them so much that I think olives should have their own food group. 😉

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