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Welcome to Linda's Best Recipes! I have been obsessed with recipes, cooking, baking, and the science behind it all for 50 years. I have made food the focus of my career and so I know a thing or two about how to get the best results out of the kitchen. Join me and you will be able to create wonderful dishes for your family and friends.

 

Caramel Cream Bars

I love so many of Pillsbury’s Bake-Off recipes. This makes sense when you know that I grew up reading their Bake-Off cookbooks, and that my mom saved the newspaper inserts announcing the Bake-Off winners in the 1960s and 1970s. In fact, I still have some of those crumbling pages. It’s...
May 18, 2017
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Pesto Chicken and Tortellini Skillet

Skillet meals are some of the easiest recipes for dinner. All you need is a skillet, a stovetop, and some simple ingredients to make a fabulous entree in a hurry. This recipe combines chicken, cheese tortellini, veggies, and pesto to make a fresh and delicious dinner. It only take about...
May 16, 2017
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Lemon Truffle Bars

There’s this Pillsbury Bake-Off recipe for Lemon Truffle Pie that I think is one of the best recipes in the universe. The problem is that it only serves six people (four if they are real lemon lovers) and the pie takes quite a while to make. It’s not that the...
May 15, 2017
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Crockpot Curried Chicken

Chicken and curry go together like, well, peanut butter and jelly. The moist and tender chicken is perfectly accented by the warm and spicy flavors of curry. This easy recipe cooks all day in your slow cooker. It works because the chicken breasts are added to the crockpot while they...
May 12, 2017
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Caramel Special Kay Bars

For years, I made a no bake recipe for Special Kay Bars that uses a combination of a brown sugar syrup and peanut butter, topped with a creamy chocolate frosting. Everyone loved this recipe, but I thought it could use an upgrade. So I added some melted caramel to the...
May 11, 2017
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Grilled Havarti Apple and Bacon Sandwiches

Grilled sandwiches are one of the best joys in life. There’s something magical about combining bread with butter and cheese and heating it until the bread is crisp and toasty and the cheese is melting and soft. There are infinite combinations for grilled cheese sandwiches, and you can put just...
May 9, 2017
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Rich Peanut Blossom Bars

I have always loved Peanut Blossoms, that classic Pillsbury Bake-Off recipe that tops a tender peanut butter cookie with a chocolate kiss. I changed the recipe quite a bit over the years, using all butter, reducing the flour for a more tender cookie, and adding a chilling step. But the...
May 8, 2017
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The Best Burgers

Most people are very particular about their burgers. They are picky about the meat they use, the way the burgers are formed, what’s added to them, and how they are cooked. But there’s one thing most people forget about burgers: food safety. See, the cuts of meat used to make...
May 4, 2017
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