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Oprah's Favorite Foods

Updated November 07, 2018
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Prosciutto, Fontina, and Fig Panini
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Serve up a few of her self-proclaimed favorite foods and toast the Queen of Daytime Talk TV and our everyday girl crush, Oprah Winfrey.

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Shakshuka Is an Easy One-Pan, Runny Yolk Miracle

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Shakshuka Is an Easy One-Pan, Runny Yolk Miracle Recipe

Oprah's new favorite way to start her morning? With some shakshuka.

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Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken Pot Pie
Credit: Jonny Valiant; Styling: Kate Parisian

Chicken Pot Pie Recipe

Even a television star has to eat dinner! Oprah celebrated Centerville Pie Company’s top-quality chicken pot pie because it tasted delicious and meant dinner was only a few minutes away; the pies come frozen! Get behind Oprah’s comfort-food theme and make this decadent Chicken Pot Pie. Our users gave it a top-rated five stars.

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Classic Skillet Cornbread

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Credit: Jennifer Causey; Styling: Claire Spollen

Classic Skillet Cornbread Recipe

Oprah celebrated her most recent birthday with her favorite meal: a mixture of black-eyed and field peas and cornbread.

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Classic Pasta Carbonara

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Credit: Gina Desimone; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis; Food Styling: Adam Dolge

Classic Pasta Carbonara Recipe

This simple, classic pasta carbonara recipe is the perfect dish when you need a special night in. And with this foolproof method for nailing the signature creamy sauce, you can go into the kitchen with confidence. Traditionally, you would toss your hot pasta with the eggs and cheese right in the skillet you’ve used to cook the pork (over low heat) to create a smooth, emulsified sauce. However, this method takes practice to get right—and crossing the fine line between gently cooking the eggs and scrambling them is all too easy, even for a pro. With this smart test kitchen technique, you essentially create a double boiler to provide just enough heat to melt your cheese and emulsify the silky sauce, without running the risk of breaking it. Finally, drizzling pancetta drippings over the pasta disperses rich porky flavor throughout the sauce even without ever having the pasta in the skillet. We use pancetta for this recipe as it is easily found in most supermarkets, but guanciale is traditional and worth trying if you can find it. Gemelli pasta is a great noodle shape to pair with this rich and saucy dish, but feel free to use whatever noodle you prefer.

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Caramel Corn Ice Cream

Caramel Corn Ice Cream
Credit: Photography: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Jan Gautro

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Chicago’s King of Popcorn won the Queen’s heart by serving up its famous cheese-and-caramel popcorn. Treat yourself to a can or make your own. However you make your caramel corn, make sure you enjoy it our way: served over homemade ice cream.

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Elderflower Pound Cake with Lemon-Elderflower Glaze

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Credit: Whitney Ott; Food Styling: Mary-Claire Britton; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis

Elderflower Pound Cake with Lemon-Elderflower Glaze Recipe

This delightfully floral pound cake is a super fun and elegant twist on the classic 7-Up pound cake—not to mention, a most delicious introduction to elderflower if you’re not familiar with its flavor. Easy to whip up and incredibly impressive, this elderflower dessert is a fantastic option for your next dinner party. The floral notes from the elderflower liqueur and tonic water, as well as the lemony tart glaze, perfectly balance the pound cake’s richness. You can find elderflower tonic water at grocery stores such as Whole Foods and Fresh Market, but you can also order it online if you have trouble tracking it down locally. You will have leftover tonic—but don’t worry, that’s just a perfect excuse to make yourself an elderflower gin and tonic to enjoy while your cake bakes. While the flower flavor in this fabulous cake certainly shines, it isn’t at all overbearing. 

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Malted Toffee Brownies

Malted Toffee Brownies
Credit: Jonny Valiant; Styling: Kate Parisian

Malted Toffee Brownies Recipe

A lover of edge pieces, Oprah gave away free Baker’s Edge Baking Pans to her “Favorite Things” audience in 2010. Today, the pans are easily accessible on Amazon, and we think a little malt and toffee are the perfect tastes to complement that chewy edge brownie texture.

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Sun Gold Tomato Caprese Salad

Sun Gold Tomato Caprese Salad
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Sun Gold Tomato Caprese Salad Recipe

We use young heirloom Cherokee Purple tomatoes to balance the intense sweetness of Sun Golds with a little acid and umami depth, but other red cherry tomatoes will work well also.

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Ranch Turkey Burgers

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Credit: Photographer: Mark Driskill; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Ranch Turkey Burgers Recipe

A mix of reduced-fat sour cream, mayonnaise, and buttermilk keeps the patties moist, while a few spice-rack staples add the ranch flavor everyone loves.

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Key Lime Pie

Key Lime Pie
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Key Lime Pie Recipe

Nothing beats a good key lime pie, and our readers have given this recipe 5 stars. It's a lighter version due to the fat-free sweetened condensed milk and frozen reduced-calorie whipped topping, but it tastes just as rich and fresh. You'll never know the difference.

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Frozen Lemonade with Coconut Rum

Frozen Lemonade with Coconut Rum
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Oprah celebrated Art Smith’s “Electric Lemonade” in 2000, encouraging her audience to forget the season and enjoy this summertime treat all year long. We hear you, Oprah! We’ll see your spiked lemonade and raise you a dash of coconut rum for a refreshing treat that’s fresh from the blender.

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Bacon-Peanut Truffles

Bacon-Peanut Truffles
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Any friend of Oprah’s can be a friend of ours, especially when her favorite indulgences include peanut butter and bacon. While we assume Gayle dives into these dishes on separate occasions, she should know she doesn’t have to. Bacon-Peanut Truffles combine the all that amazing salty, savory goodness with a dose of heavenly bittersweet chocolate. Better double this recipe.

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Pecan-Apricot-Cream Croissants

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Williams-Sonoma won Oprah’s heart with its shipped-to-order croissants. When you can’t wait for next-day delivery, head to the bakery and pick up a dozen for this brunch-meets-dessert recipe. Store-bought croissants, sliced horizontally, are loaded with a flavor combination featuring apricots and smooth vanilla. Serve for breakfast, as often as possible.

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Baked Smokin' Macaroni and Cheese

Baked Smokin' Macaroni and Cheese
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In 2010, Oprah directed her readers to her favorite mac and cheese, a shipped-frozen dish from Beecher’s. If you don’t have time to wait for overnight shipping, try our rich and creamy version. This baked dish combines three types of cheese with a secret ingredient: smoked ham. Even the tiniest tasters at your table are sure to ask for seconds.

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Prosciutto, Fontina, and Fig Panini

Prosciutto, Fontina, and Fig Panini
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Oprah revealed that the “staple” of her house is a panini press, on which she can make her famous Love Sandwich. Use your panini press or indoor grill to make the Prosciutto, Fontina, and Fig Panini. The rich, sweet fig preserves set off the salty prosciutto perfectly, creating a sandwich that even Stedman would love.

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    1 of 15 Shakshuka Is an Easy One-Pan, Runny Yolk Miracle
    2 of 15 Chicken Pot Pie
    3 of 15 Classic Skillet Cornbread
    4 of 15 Classic Pasta Carbonara
    5 of 15 Caramel Corn Ice Cream
    6 of 15 Elderflower Pound Cake with Lemon-Elderflower Glaze
    7 of 15 Malted Toffee Brownies
    8 of 15 Sun Gold Tomato Caprese Salad
    9 of 15 Ranch Turkey Burgers
    10 of 15 Key Lime Pie
    11 of 15 Frozen Lemonade with Coconut Rum
    12 of 15 Bacon-Peanut Truffles
    13 of 15 Pecan-Apricot-Cream Croissants
    14 of 15 Baked Smokin' Macaroni and Cheese
    15 of 15 Prosciutto, Fontina, and Fig Panini

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