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The Bake-Off
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Recognizing creative home cooks across America since 1949.
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Seven decades of the Bake-Off
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Contest
Since our first competition in 1949, more than 4,000 finalists have vied for the Grand Prize. Our first winner took home $50,000. Our next one will walk away with $1 million. Take a journey through 58 years of Bake-Off
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Contests, and see how amateur cooks like you reflect and set trends in American cooking.
Finalist Spotlight
Dolly Craig
Get her inside story
on the 41st Bake-Off
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Contest.
Featured Recipe
Peanut Blossoms
Freda Smith
Bake-Off
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Contest 09, 1957
