Pillsbury Created a Food Star You'll Actually Love — She's Doing Things

The Pillsbury Bake-Off, at least in my mind, has always espoused certain values: good taste and convenience in the kitchen. This year, the Bake-Off rewarded something else: story-telling. Every recipe has a story, and those stories have inspired a now-familiar blog format. Readers are treated to a glimpse into the author's life, followed by a recipe that ties it all together. It's a format we love, because who doesn't want to know what people eat? (Well, maybe a lot of people, but I want to know.)

Winning recipe developer Amy Nelson captured the taste buds and hearts of this year's Bake-Off judges and fans with her recipe for bejeweled cranberry-orange rolls. Amy might not be classically trained, but she has a lifetime of experience that has gone into her cooking and her writing, and she cooks with a lot of heart. The Pillsbury Bake-Off rewards that experience.

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