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The 43rd Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest

Tens of thousands of recipes were entered in the 43rd Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest. One hundred finalists competed on April 14, 2008, and judges voted Double-Delight Peanut Butter Cookies from the Sweet Treats category the Grand Prize winner.

Carolyn Gurtz of Gaithersburg, Maryland, brings home the million-dollar Grand Prize. In addition, she won the Jif® Peanut Butter Award.

Winning recipes

Everything’s bigger in Dallas, and that goes for the 43rd Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest, too! Prizes awarded at the contest included:

Grand Prize
Carolyn Gurtz
Double-Delight Peanut Butter Cookies

Category Winners
Pamela Shank
Breakfast & Brunches Category
Mascarpone-Filled Cranberry-Walnut Rolls

Edgar Rudberg
Entertaining Appetizers Category
Salmon Pastries with Dill Pesto

Niki Plourde
Pizza Creations Category
Apple-Jack Chicken Pizza with Caramelized Onions

Vanda Pozzanghera
Old El Paso® Mexican Favorites Category
Mexican Pesto-Pork Tacos

GE Imagination At Work Award
Phyllis Weeks-Daniel
Blue Cheese and Red Onion Jam Crescent Thumbprints

Jif® Peanut Butter Award
Carolyn Gurtz
Double-Delight Peanut Butter Cookies

America's Favorite Recipe Award
Gwen Beauchamp
Toffee-Banana Brownies

America's Favorite Recipe Sweepstakes

America’s Favorite Recipe Sweepstakes has ended.

Gwen Beauchamp from Lancaster, Texas, received the most online votes and won America's Favorite Recipe Award for her Toffee-Banana Brownies.

The randomly drawn America's Favorite Recipe Sweepstakes voter was Carmen K. from Ridgeway, Iowa.