A staple in my hoard of cookbooks. Like the "Joy of Cooking" I can't imagine a cookbook library without this in it.

Betty Crocker's Cookbook_ringbound by Betty Crocker (1978)

Lots of great tips and recipes!

Recipes I've used recently:
-Pumpkin Pie
-Chicken Pot Pie

Of the over a couple of dozen cookbooks in our shelves, this general cookbook is one of the ones we've used the most over the years, certainly in the top four. The section tabs make it very easy to find recipes and the Special Helps section and inside covers make sure useful information is at your fingertips.

One of my favorite cookbooks. I have 5 editions.

This belonged to my mom. Some of my favorite recipes came out of here, including the best recipe for gingerbread people I've ever found. The recipe for the hot fudge cake is killer!

Has so many great classic recipes. My mom gave it to me as my first cookbook... I love it!

Getting the 1969 edition is key. I use mine daily. The baking and canning sections I use most and every recipe is perfect. Enjoy.

Very simple recipes for very simple food, but I always receive enthusiastic compliments for anything I make from this cookbook. A def. crowd pleaser.

This will always be my favorite, go-to recipe book!

I grew up with my mom's old bent paged copy and got a new revised one when I got married.
Great book- ideas, pictures, information- like how to cut a whole chicken....
but with today's youtube how-to videos and Allrecipes.com you don't really need a cookbook- but I still like to have something in my hand- albeit with an occasional oil stain and flour on the pages.

I collect cookbooks. I love leafing through them, looking at the photos and reading recipes. Yet I seldom COOK from them. This book and the Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook are the exceptions, the books I go to time and again simply because they have recipes for "real" food, practical meals with common ingredients. It's my "go to" gift for brides to be."