Your best recipe could be worth a million bucks

Published 10:56 am Tuesday, January 22, 2013

You could win $1 million with a simple recipe.

Pillsbury is accepting entries for its 46th Bake-Off Contest, which encourages easy-to-make recipes.

Recipes must include no more than seven ingredients and take up to 30 minutes to prepare, excluding baking and cooling time.

And now, the public will be able to choose the finalists in the competition by voting online in each of three categories:Amazing Doable Dinners, including foods like quick-prep pizzas, calzones and sandwiches; Simple Sweets and Starters includes appetizers, bruschetta, pies, tarts and cookies; and Quick Rise and Shine Breakfasts, which includes egg dishes, breakfast sandwiches and pastries.

You can submit entries for Doable Dinners through Feb. 7.

You will vote for 100 finalists to compete in Las Vegas for cash, prizes and trips. Voting for dinners will take place from March 14 to 28; for starts, from June 13 to 27; and for breakfasts, from Sept. 12 to 26.

The bake-off will take place from Nov. 10 to 12.

For more information, visit www.bakeoff.com.

Herald staff