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Christmas Cookie Challenge (2017)
Holiday cookies are more than mere sweets: they are gifts, mementos of childhood, and most certainly made with pride. In this Christmas Cookie Challenge hosted by Jonathan Bennett, five confident and daring bakers compete to prove their holiday cookie-making skills. Tough-love judges Duff Goldman, Damaris Phillips, and Sherry Yard are on hand to crown the holiday cookie master, who will go home with a $10,000 prize!
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Episode 1 - Can You Crack This One?
Release Date: 2020-11-09Five talented cookie makers create interchangeable mix-and-match Christmas character cookies. Then the cookie workshop comes alive with the sound of music as the bakers craft 3-D cookie displays inspired by holiday music. They must incorporate ingredients that evoke classic Christmas songs, like pears, figs and chestnuts, into their cookie compositions. Guest judge Gesine Prado joins hosts Ree Drummond and Eddie Jackson to decide which Christmas music cookie display hits the high notes, and when the final curtain drops, one cookie maker will be singing a sweet tune with the $10,000 prize.
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Episode 2 - Visions of Christmas
Release Date: 2020-11-16The five bakers use cookies to show off their vision of Christmas future; building baked and breakable gift displays to re-create the joy of unwrapping gifts on Christmas morning.
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Episode 3 - Homespun Christmas
Release Date: 2020-11-23Celebrating "piece" on Earth by making festive puzzle cookies; bakers are tasked with creating a 3D nutcracker doll out of cookies and incorporate walnuts, pecans or almonds into the product.
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Episode 4 - Christmas Illusions
Release Date: 2020-11-30Five talented cookie makers are tasked with creating Christmas cross-stitch cookies. Then the crafting continues as the bakers combine the beauty of a wreath with the fun of a Christmas character in one massive, 3-D cookie display.
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Episode 5 - Christmas Games and Music
Release Date: 2020-12-07Five talented cookie makers create interchangeable mix-and-match Christmas character cookies. Then the cookie workshop comes alive with the sound of music as the bakers craft 3-D cookie displays inspired by holiday music. They must incorporate ingredients that evoke classic Christmas songs, like pears, figs and chestnuts, into their cookie compositions. Guest judge Gesine Prado joins hosts Ree Drummond and Eddie Jackson to decide which Christmas music cookie display hits the high notes, and when the final curtain drops, one cookie maker will be singing a sweet tune with the $10,000 prize.
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Episode 6 - Christmas is Heating Up
Release Date: 2020-12-14Five talented cookie makers put their heart and soul into crafting cookies that celebrate Christmas weddings. Then the competition heats up as the cookie makers create 3-D Christmas trees inspired by plants found deep in the desert. Guest judge Jason Smith joins hosts Ree Drummond and Eddie Jackson to decide which baker has it made in the shade and deserves the $10,000 prize.