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.
Pineapple coconut ice cream is my weakness
I am a cheeseaholic! Cheese would make a brick taste good. Blue cheese+ munster cheese+ cheddar cheese + mozzarella cheese = love
My food weakness is anything that is an appetizer. Can NOT stay away from an appetizer table…especially if there are black olives or cheese involved…goodness help me.
My weakness is chocolate…I absolutely love chocolate!!!!
My weakness is anything with cheese!!!
My food weakness is spaghetti!
Any kind of homemade dessert!
I love crab, mmmmmm, garlic butter…..
My weakness is fresh from scratch banana muffins, smothered with butter straight from the oven.
Love her last book- can’t wait to see this one!
Pastries
Ice cream. To be more precise Good Times frozen vanilla custard! 🙂
Bacon, Hot from the oven crescent rolls and my caramel bars.
My biggest food weakness is definitely popcorn!! I just…can’t….stooooop!!!!!!!!! 😛
Chocolate….addicted for sure!
Cheese! Freshly made bread. That’s why it’s hard to think about going gluten-free or dairy-free!
My weakness is mac & cheese. Always on a quest for the perfect recipe!
I can’t stop eating cinnamon bears, it’s bad
My food weakness – definitely chili chocolate! Love it!
My food weakness is pizza. I can almost taste it now. There is something very comforting about eating a slice of warm, cheesy bread topped with a delicious sauce, veggies, and meat.
Wine, i can never have just one glass!
My food weakness is almost anything chocolate! But also, most seafood especially lobster and crab legs! I’m unable to get the seafood often, but man when I do, yummy!
Caramel. Homemade is the best. I think I’ll go make some right now!
Lobster with butter!
Pastries! Anything that can be served up with or without some scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage. 🙂
My absolute food weakness/comfort is bread. Croissants. I love to make bread; biscuits, quick breads, sweet rolls.
My food weakness is cheesecake. Any kind of cheesecake.
Bread, bread, and more bread! 🙂
I love salads. I’ve tried a few different mixes and I always
go back to a romaine mix and add shredded cheese. Western dressing
tops it off nicely!
I have so many! “Real” food like pizza, sushi and fried chicken. And plenty of junk food like gummy bears, chocolate chip cookies, butter cake…Mmmm. Hungry now.
Hamburger’s made at home with thick slices of onions and pickles!
Any dessert!!!!!
Pasta!
Luv home cooking, comfort foods. Roast, mashed tators n dinner rolls…topped off with candy apple pie n ice cream! Luv the Pioneer Woman recipes!
A glass of red wine & fresh popped butter popcorn.
Chicken and dumplings
My homemade old-fashioned popcorn! The way my mom used to make it! YUM!
Creme brulee!!!
Pizza!
My weakness? Just one? 😉 Pasta! (and chocolate!)
be still my heart…i LOVE donuts…blueberry, apple fritters, buttermilk bars…oh dear, good thing I also love (maybe love is too strong a word) pilates 🙂
Pies mostly, and love chocolate anything
Chocolate!!! Homemade pretzels hot out of the oven! Fresh hot bread!
My food weekness is ice cream, in all its wonderful infinite varieties!
My food weakness(es) chips and salsa, Dr Pepper, momma’s chicken fried steak!
Food weakness? …just one?!?! lol! Ummm…chips and salsa…with cream cheese! =)
Sweets, specifically cakes. If it’s chocolate, even worse. I crave sweets so badly!
Bread..cheese…sugar cookies…chips & salsa….lots of food weaknesses, honestly. =)
My food weakness is anything with peanut butter. Easter time is especially difficult with those evil (said in the most pleasant way possible) Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs. I swear they call out to me.
I enjoy trying new recipes. However, my weakness are desserts. Think I need to try Ree’s doughnuts.