TASTE OF HOME: BEST LOVED RECIPES: A RECIPE AND REVIEW

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WEEK'S BRUNCH BOOK CHOICE IS.....

BEST LOVED RECIPES

1,485 Favorites

BY TASTE OF HOME

ABOUT THE COOKBOOK:

Home Cooks Sharing Their Best!

They're what makes Taste of Home one of America's most popular -- and most trusted -- names in home cooking. Over the years, we've featured tens of thousands of recipes in our magazines and on our website. But you'll find the very best of those dishes, 1,485 of the most beloved recipes, injust one place -- right here.

Taste of Home Best Loved Recipes includes 26 chapters covering everything from appetizers and beverages to entrees and sides, breads and desserts. You'll find must-have comfort foods, potluck and bake-sale favorites, secret family recipes, and special features spotlighting our Grand Prize Contest Winners, Favorite Contributor Meals, and the Top 100 Recipes from our first 20 years.

Each recipe includes everything that millions have come to love and expect from Taste of Home -- easy, everyday ingredients, step-by-step instructions, prep and cook times, tons of can't-fail cooking tips, and 400 gorgeous full-color photos. Come join our community and discover your own favorite recipes! You'll be glad you did -- and your family will reap the delicious benefits that can only come from home-cooked dishes made with care and love.

ABOUT THE "AUTHORS":

Taste of Home is a go-to resource for the holidays and any time of the year for information on food, cooking and entertaining. Each year, thousands of great home cooks from across the United States and Canada submit more than 40,000 recipes, of which 3,000 are published in Taste of Home magazines and online, making Taste of Home one of the largest and most successful practitioners of user generated content. Before being published, every recipe is tested in the Taste of Home Test Kitchen to ensure that it can be prepared with affordable, everyday ingredients from regular grocery stores. Taste of Home content is available in print; online at Tasteofhome.com; in books; via digital download on iPad, mobile apps and Kindle; and Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. 

  

Look at all you get:

• 1,485 tried-and-true recipes from our readers—cooks like you.
• Yummy recipes for every meal, every occasion—from quick & easy weeknight meals to Sunday sit-down dinners to holiday-special feasts.
• BIG variety—savory main dishes, tasty sides, comforting soups, quick appetizers, delectable desserts and more!
• Giant hardcover book with 928 pages, 26 well-organized chapters.
• Luscious full-color photos throughout.
• Everyday, easy-to-find ingredients and clear step-by-step instructions.
• Recipes tested and selected for taste, accuracy and ease by the Taste of Home Test Kitchen—guaranteed to work every time.
• Kitchen tips & shortcuts that help you spend more time with your family.
• Prep and cook times for every recipe.
• Easy-to-use index for super-fast lookup.

A SAMPLE RECIPE...JUST IN TIME FOR OCTOBER:

PUMPKIN CUPCAKES

Excerpted from Taste of Home: Best Loved Recipes: 1485 Favorites from the World's #1 Food & Entertaining Magazine

By Taste of Home 

Yield: 16 cupcakes
Prep: 30 min.
Bake: 20 min. + cooling

A unique mix of pineapple and pumpkin creates a cupcake with mouthwatering flavor.
-- Mary Relyea, Canastota, New York

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• ¾ cup maple syrup
• ½ cup 2% milk
• 1-½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1-¼ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
• ¼ cup butter, softened
• 1-½ cups confectioners' sugar

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, beat shortening until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition (mixture will appear curdled). Beat in syrup and milk. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, ginger and allspice; add to shortening mixture and beat just until moistened. Stir in pumpkin and pineapple.

2. Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to a wire rack to cool completely.

3. For frosting, in a small bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until smooth. Frost cupcakes.

MY THOUGHTS/REVIEW:

Thanks to Leyane at FSB Associates, I received a copy of TASTE OF HOME: BEST LOVED RECIPES to review (and enjoy). With 1,485 recipes, TASTE OF HOME BEST LOVED RECIPES has it all! TASTE OF HOME has chosen 100 reader recipes and each includes comments from readers just like you who help to give each recipe sensible and valuable ideas. Using simple ingredients, often already found in your kitchen, the easy to follow recipes make this an extremely easy and practical cookbook.

Each of the 26 chapters features eight pages of pictures so readers can see what these tempting recipes look like. The chapters range from standard topics like appetizers, desserts, and beef to TASTE OF HOME uniquely themed chapters such as Cooking for One or Two, Potluck Picks, and Mom Made It Best. Each recipe has the name of the reader who submitted the recipe and a little about the cook. You do not have to be a great chef to make these recipes and the cookbook itself makes for interesting reading. With the cooking tips, easy-to-follow directions, and the Top 100 Favorite recipes, TASTE OF HOME BEST LOVED RECIPES is sure to be a favorite in your kitchen and one you will use over and over again.