Dear Pioneer Woman, We’ve spent the last year calling you by name almost daily, believing that you are our distant aunt, cousin, sister, friend, confidante. We have loved your book with the intensity of a favorite novel; pages are splattered …

We made you an index, because we’re VERY nice and we’d like you all to check back and remember the Pioneer Woman challenge any time you want… Angel Sugar Cookies Basic Breakfast potatoes BBQ Jalapeno poppers Beans Braised Beef Brisket …

PW’s final day found us making Pineapple Upside Down cake, which nearly did us in. When we were finishing the cake, we had to flip it over onto a plate, and nearly didn’t make it. We found ourselves laughing, saying, …

Two of our recipes that we had left were the ever-elusive Marmalade Muffins. Once in the grocery store, I remembered that this recipe was on our list, and purchased the only non-high fructose corn syrup orange marmalade in the store …

On our final Pioneer Woman challenge day we tackled the creme brulee recipe. In some ways, it was an utter failure. Our custard didn’t set quite right, and that’s sort of the whole point when it comes to creme brulee. …