Sunday, December 19, 2010

BRUNCH WITH BINGO: CLASSIC SOUTHERN DESSERTS - A GIVEAWAY

WELCOME TO
BOOKIN' WITH BINGO'S
"BRUNCH WITH BINGO DAY"
I AM EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THIS SUNDAY'S
"BRUNCH WITH BINGO DAY"
FOOD BOOK CHOICE IS.....

GIVEAWAY ENDED
CLASSIC SOUTHERN DESSERTS
BY THE EDITORS OF SOUTHERN LIVING
ABOUT THE COOKBOOK:
All-Time Favorite Recipes for Cakes, Cookies, Pies, Puddings, Cobblers, Ice Cream & More
From the experts at Southern Living comes this all-new cookbook of classic Southern desserts updated to fit today’s trends and ingredients.

Selected from the more than 10,000 dessert recipes fine-tuned in the Southern Living Test Kitchens over the past 40 years, Classic Southern Desserts is the ultimate treasury of best-ever recipes, foolproof baking advice, step-by-step techniques, and gorgeous visuals to turn even the kitchen novice into the best baker in town. Whether it’s chocolate you crave or kid-friendly treats, recipes are tagged to suit your needs. Healthy Treat and Bake & Freeze options prove there is something sweet for every lifestyle and schedule.

From old-fashioned Orange-Pecan-Spice Pound Cake to new spins on timeless classics like Apple-Gingerbread Cobbler, you are certain to find a wealth of new recipes to pass down in the family.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
For 40 years readers have trusted the experts at Southern Living magazine to inspire and guide their cooking for any and all occasions. Over 16 million readers turn to the magazine monthly for satisfying recipes, stories, and fresh ideas for kitchen, garden, and home.
 
RECIPES:
A couple of Southern Living recipes to enjoy!

 PRALINE BUNDT CAKE
PREP: 30 min.; Bake: 1 hr., 22 min.; Cool: 1 hr.
YIELD: Makes 12 servings
INGREDIENTS:
  • 1  cup  chopped pecans
  • 1  cup  butter, softened
  • 1  (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1  (16-oz.) package dark brown sugar
  • 4  large eggs
  • 2 1/2  cups  all-purpose flour
  • 1  teaspoon  baking powder
  • 1/2  teaspoon  baking soda
  • 1/4  teaspoon  salt
  • 1  (8-oz.) container sour cream
  • 2  teaspoons  vanilla extract
  • Praline Icing
  • Sugared Pecans
PREPARATION: 
1. Arrange 1 cup pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 5 to 7 minutes or until toasted. Cool on a wire rack 15 minutes or until completely cool. Reduce oven temperature to 325°.

2. Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add brown sugar, beating until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.

3. Sift together 2 1/2 cups flour and next 3 ingredients. Add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat batter at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in toasted pecans and vanilla. Spoon batter into a greased and floured 12-cup Bundt pan.

4. Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and let cool 30 minutes or until completely cool.

5. Prepare Praline Icing, and spoon immediately over cake. Sprinkle top of cake with Sugared Pecans.


ZESTY LEMON PIE
PREP: 6 hours, 20 minutes
YIELD: Makes 8 servings
INGREDIENTS:
  • 1  cup  graham cracker crumbs
  • 3  tablespoons  powdered sugar
  • 3  tablespoons  butter, melted
  • 6  egg yolks
  • 2  (14-oz.) cans sweetened condensed milk
  • 1  cup  fresh lemon juice
  • 1  cup  whipping cream
  • 2  tablespoons  powdered sugar
  • Garnishes: lemon slices, fresh mint leaves

PREPARATION:

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Stir together first 2 ingredients; add butter, stirring until blended. Press mixture on bottom and up sides of a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate. Bake 10 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack (about 30 minutes).

2. Whisk together egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk, and lemon juice. Pour into prepared crust.

3. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack (about 1 hour). Cover and chill 4 hours.

4. Beat whipping cream at high speed with an electric mixer until foamy; gradually add powdered sugar, beating until soft peaks form; dollop over chilled pie. Garnish, if desired. 
GIVEAWAY

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GIVE AWAY OF THIS BRAND
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HOW TO ENTER:

+1 ENTRY:
COMMENT ON WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT CLASSIC SOUTHERN DESSERTS AND WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO WIN THIS ONE

+1 MORE ENTRY: BLOG OR TWEET ABOUT THIS GIVEAWAY AND COME BACK AND LEAVE A LINK THAT I CAN FOLLOW

+1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT ON ONE OTHER CURRENT GIVEAWAY YOU HAVE ENTERED HERE ON BOOKIN' WITH BINGO. COMMENT ON ONLY ONE THIS TIME, PLEASE (BUT ENTER AS MANY AS YOU WANT)

GIVEAWAY ENDS AT
6 PM, EST, JANUARY 5!
GOOD LUCK! 

61 comments:

Carrie Smart said...

Every dessert I have ever made by Southern desserts has been amazing....I love the pictures they always share....I would love to win this...my grandmother raised me and she taught me how to cook many different things and desserts from southern living were among the top

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debbie said...

I would like to try the cobbler recipes. I have a freezer with alot of fruit in it, and that is the perfect way to use it up. I would love this cookbook.
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debbie said...

I entered the squirrel seeks chipmunk giveaway.
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MRWriter said...

I like the variety of desserts they have in this cookbook.

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MRWriter said...

I entered A Chesapeake Shores Christmas Giveaway.

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Renee said...

I'd like to win because who doesn't like desserts

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rhapsodyinbooks said...

I went to New Orleans once and still remember how spectacular the desserts were!

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Unknown said...

What is there not to like about Classic Southern Desserts?! lol. It sounds like this would be a great book for baking yummy cookie, cakes, and making other desserts. Step by step instructions, kitchen tested recipes, and pictures makes me want to have this cookbook! I love looking at pictures of food...almost as much as I like eating it! :)

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Unknown said...

I want to win this cookbook for my mother-in-law. Please enter me in contest. Tore923@aol.com

Suburban prep said...

I love Praline and well that recipe just really caught my eye. I must make.

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Suburban prep said...

I also entered the A CHESAPEAKE SHORES CHRISTMAS.
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Edna said...

As I live in the South I would love this book I am sure it has some recipes that my Mom used to make


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Edna said...

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Edna said...

I entered the A CHESAPEAKE SHORES CHRISTMAS giveaway



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Anonymous said...

I need inspiration. I love winter in the kitchen and baking is my fav!
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captainliss40 said...

The Praline Bundt Cake looks amazing. I would love to try more recipes in the book! captainliss40@gmail.com

petite said...

What a delectable book which is enticing and lovely. rojosho(at)hotmail(dot)com

petite said...

I entered rescue. rojosho(at)hotmail(dot)com

traveler said...

These photos and desserts are special and I would enjoy creating them greatly. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

Carol N Wong said...

The Zesty Lemon Pie receipe sold me! The instructions are so clear cut and easy to follow. Want to make this receipe for Christmas day. Lemon pie is my favorite dessert even over chocolate! Will also share this receipe with a friend who also loves lemon pie so much!!!

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traveler said...

I entered A Chesapeake Shores Christmas. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

Carol N Wong said...

I tweeted:

My Twitter name is Carolee888.

Giveaway of 'Classic Southern Desserts'. http://bookinwithbingo.blogspot.com/

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Carol N Wong said...

I entered and would love the win the Cleopatria giveaway!


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Linda Kish said...

I want to win this because I love southern cooking. I checked out the table of contents and loads of tasty recipes. (But, I prefer my lemon pie recipe.)

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Linda Kish said...

I entered The Talk audiobook giveaway.

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Lisa Richards/alterlisa said...

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Lisa Richards/alterlisa said...

Southern Living has some of the most decadent and easy recipes. They are ones that I use over and over.


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holdenj said...

Southern Living always puts out such quality and well, pretty cookbooks! I love desserts and who doesn't want lots of pecan recipes at their fingertips!
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holdenj said...

I entered the Clark bundle giveaway.
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gcpeach17 said...

I LOVE desserts but, as far as making them, I make the same ole, same ole...I would love to try some of these recipes. The pictures do the trick! And, I need all the help I can get. :)

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gcpeach17 said...

I entered 'A Chesapeake Shores Christmas' and the Chesapeake Shores are not far from me.....

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throuthehaze said...

I would like this because it has pictures of the desserts. I like to see what the finished product should look like and these look yummy!
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Colleen Turner said...

Being from the South there isn't much better to me then some Southern cooking (especially baked goods). I love some of the recipes you listed and would love to see what else is in the book.
Thanks,
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Colleen Turner said...

I entered the Wolves of Andover giveaway.
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Colleen Turner said...

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Pamela Keener said...

I love cookbooks and I love Southern Living magazine so this would be a great book to own.
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Pamela Keener said...

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Pamela Keener said...

I entered "The Family Dinner" giveaway.
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moonsword said...

I came across their recipe for Pound Cake Banana Pudding...so good! I'd love to have the whole book!

Connie said...

Hi! I love dessert and I love any cookbook done by Southern Living.The pictures of the desserts are wonderful. I made a Coca Cola cake from one of their recipes and it was delicious. Thank you for a excellent giveaway! :)

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bison61 said...

ultimate treasury of best-ever recipes and beautiful pictures-I'd love this book

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bermudaonion said...

I'd love to win this because I love to make desserts! milou2ster(at)gmail.com

Carol N Wong said...

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cpage2323 said...

I would love to win this because I am a southerner transplanted to the snowy midwest and Southern living always has great recipes and wonderful photos! i am so excited you shared the Praline Bundt Cake recipe because my dad just sent me a bunch of candied pecans for Xmas and I was just wondering what i was going to do with them! Can't wait to try this recipe!:)
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I entered the win the cheater's bbq cookbook!
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tweeted
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Unknown said...

I love to bake and live in the south but was raised in the North - would love to learn to bake more southern fare.

Unknown said...

entered "what I thought I knew"

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entered cheater bbq

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rubynreba said...

I would love to win this because I love desserts! I would eat them first if I could!! Southern desserts seem especially delicious.
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rubynreba said...

I entered What I Thought I Knew giveaway
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atlmuzikfanzinc said...

I like that classic southern desserts are made from the heart and that each recipe usually has a story behind it. I want to win because I like baking and want to learn how to make some southern desserts.
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Maureen said...

Looking at the recipes you have shown I think someone like myself could easily make these desserts and I am definitely looking for some new desserts that my whole family could enjoy.
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Maureen said...

I entered the Rachel Ray giveaway.
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Misusedinnocence said...

I would love to read this! The fool-proof promise is something I'm a big fan of... ;) Especially when it comes to baking.

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Misusedinnocence said...

I entered the Elephant Goes To Hollywood giveaway.

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Deb K said...

I would love to win this for my daughter~as she loves to bake desserts! And~I know she doesn't have this cookbook yet :-)

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