Glory, hallelujah! After a painful three-year hiatus, the iconic Pillsbury Bake-Off is back.

The competition that started it all—and by "it all" I mean Top Chef, Chopped, The Great British Bake Off, and every other cooking competition show—is perhaps still the purest. There are no celebrities, no egos, no drama. Just home cooks, Pillsbury products, and a whole lot of carbs.

The Bake-Off has been crazy popular since 1949, when it was created as a marketing stunt for Pillsbury. That year, competitors entered recipes for one of six categories: breads, cakes, pies, cookies, entrees and desserts. Dangling in front of each contestant was a $25,000 grand prize (which that year was won by Theodora Smafield and her no-knead water-rising twists). Over the years, the competition has shifted forms a bit—it'd been annual for years, then moved to biennial, then back to annual. But it disappeared completely in 2014, leaving us high and dry (and crescent-roll-less!).

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If you think you don't care, riddle me this—do you like bundt cakes? Well, those were popularized at the1966 bake-off. Have you ever made a Beatrice Ojakangas recipe? You can thank the bake-off for her start in the cookbook-writing game (which landed her a spot in our list of 100 Greatest Home Cooks). The competition, which will award a "a prize package with a once in a lifetime experience that money can’t buy" to the top recipe creator, has spawned all sorts of trends that are still kicking, like baking with store-bought dough and using candy in pastries.

Sure, The Great British Baking Show has been doing a fine job tiding us over, but this is the real-deal Americana baking content we've been thirsting for. And now, finally, the drought is over. The hunt for oven-savvy home cooks will begin on October 1st, with further details following soon after the search is launched. Maybe you'll be the mastermind behind the next winner, and you'll stand in the ranks next to dishes like "Hungry Boys' Casserole" (the 1963 winner), "Orange Kiss-Me Cake" (1950) and "Onion Lover's Twist" (1970). Or maybe you'll be like us and celebrate the Bake-Off's return with on the couch. With cake.

If you're entering the competition, you're going to need some inspiration—look no further.