Betty Crocker - Betty Crocker Best 100: Favorite Recipes from America’s Most Trusted Cook

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Names: Crocker, Betty, author. | Betty Crocker Kitchens.

Title: Betty Crocker best 100 : favorite recipes from Americas most trusted cook / Betty Crocker.

Other titles: best 100

Description: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021010014 (print) | LCCN 2021010015 (ebook) | ISBN 9780358381136 (hardback) | ISBN 9780358379690 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Cooking. | BISAC: COOKING / Regional & Ethnic / American / General | COOKING / Courses & Dishes / Casseroles | LCGFT: Cookbooks.

Classification: LCC TX714 .C7514 2021 (print) | LCC TX714 (ebook) | DDC 641.5dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021010014

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021010015

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Dear Makers,

100 years is a big reason to celebrate. 100 years of history in the baking of literally thousands of kitchen-tested recipes that have been stirring things up for generations. Its always been about recognizing that the kitchen is the heart of the home and the joy of sharing good food is a magnet that connects us with those we love.

Makers get that when you cook, it has the power to stretch a food budget, beckon a sleepy head from their slumber, teach while sharing a fun, delicious experience and create memories. Ive been the friend in kitchens everywhere, sharing what I know about cooking and anything related to food, sparking your own cheffiness to make dishes youre proud to serve, which in turn, ignites conversations and invites laughter at the countertop, the dinner table and the backyard patio.

Great, well-written recipes lead to amazing dishes, no matter what your cooking experience. This book gathers the best tried-and-true favorites that have risen to the top of the Betty Crocker Kitchens recipe card box. Whether transcending the decades or lovingly updated for todays trends and tastes, theyre all incredibly delicious and sure to be a success because as always, they have been thoroughly tested in the most-trusted test kitchens in America, the Betty Crocker Kitchens.

Also sprinkled throughout this book is a look back at my story and how Ive come to be (and still am) one of the most recognized names in America. 100 years later, Im still stirring up recipes to trend with the times and sharing the wealth of my cooking knowledge; empowering you in the kitchen to create your own magical food connectors. So, put on your apron (your supercape).

Lets get making!

Betty Crocker100 years old and still one of the most recognized names in America! Betty was born in 1921, but not in a hospital or at the hand of a midwife. She was born in an office! Spoiler alert: Betty is NOT a real person. When the makers of Gold Medal flour held a contest asking people to solve a puzzle and send it in to receive a free flour sack pin cushion, what they got back was more than completed puzzles. Consumers also sent in questions by the hundreds, asking for help in cooking and baking. The executives at the company decided that there should be a personality created who would respond to consumers questions and provide recipes as well as cooking and baking advice.

And so, Betty was born. Company executives took the name Betty, a popular, friendly sounding name of the time, and paired it with Crocker, the name of a beloved retired leader of the company. A paper was passed around the office, and everyone wrote her signature until one was found that they liked, and it became her signature signature!