mine for baking is

The Clueless baker. I love this book, I cannot even screw up the bread recipes

and then my all time trusty Betty Croker cookbook, so worn but I reference it all the time

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married 8 years to a crazy Brit, mommy to a banana, she is 4 and a pineapple who is 11 months, mommy to 3 ~angel~ babies

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give. ~Ellen Glasgow
~Childhood is that wonderful time of life when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath

The Joy of Cooking is my bible! Others are fun to read, but I know if I need a recipe, I can open it and 99% of the time, it'll be in there!

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Any of my Paula Deen ones!!!! I love her!

I'm making my own cookbook with recipes I use often. Most are recipes I've printed off allrecipes, hillbillyhousewife, foodnetwork. That is my favorite!

I dont really have a favorite. I have so many that I just know where to go when I want something. A long time ago I printed off a bunch of recipes and put them in a three ring binder. my mom found the cookbook when I moved.

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Mom of one kangaroo!

My hubby gave it to me for Valentine's Day. It is AWESOME!

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I do like the Top Secret Recipes 1 and 2.

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Mom of one kangaroo!

Fix it and Forget It
It's a crock pot cookbook and it is awesome! I actually found one with all diabetic recipes I want to buy! They also have one that is for entertaining. I just own the regular one.

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Food to Live By

from the owners of Earthbound Organic Farm. I've had so many compliments on recipes I've gotten from that book!

I have too many also. I guess I could say the Redbook Cookbook from the
70's. My dad bought it for my mom for their Wedding I think? It is falling apart very badly, and I would love to buy a new one. It has all the recipes I need in it.
I love my Taste of Home Cook book from 2001. That is also falling apart. Not Just Beans is a good one too, but I can't find all the recipes I need in it.
I am going to have to look into The Joy of Cooking.

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I have nothing to declare except my genius."
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) upon arriving at U.S. customs 1882