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00:00Season's greetings, bakers.
00:12We've heard you bake up desserts so irresistible,
00:16they keep Santa coming back for seconds, then thirds,
00:20then fourths.
00:23Rosalind and Amber, Michelle and Lauren, Lori and Haley,
00:27you're all going to whip up treats in the jolliest place
00:30this side of the North Pole.
00:33This is Bake Master Battle Holiday.
00:40Let's meet my candy cane crew and your judges.
00:43She's our sugar plum fairy, the queen of finessed frosting,
00:47April Julian.
00:49Hi, bakers.
00:51May your stand mixers be merry and your piping be bright.
00:56And the nutcracker prince himself,
00:58the joyful genius of the kitchen, Chef Dwight Smith.
01:03Hi, bakers.
01:04I hope you all make the dessert nice list.
01:07And I'm the Snow Queen's funnier punnier sister,
01:11and your host, Dina Pugliese.
01:12Woo!
01:14My dessert elves, we've got two festive and flavor-packed
01:18challenges for you.
01:19First, the fast and frosty dessert dash.
01:22And then the batter royale, a merry match where skill,
01:26innovation, and holiday spirit collide.
01:29The winners of the batter royale will be crowned our Bake Master
01:33Battle champions.
01:34And we'll walk away with a tasty $10,000 from our friends
01:39at Instacart.
01:40Woo!
01:44OK, I admit it.
01:45I'm truly obsessed with the holidays.
01:49Taking stock of my decorations the other day,
01:51I realized it's time for an ornament upgrade.
01:54I brought some samples as inspiration.
01:57But I need a little help from you, bakers.
02:00For this dessert dash, we're putting you in charge
02:04of the holiday decorations.
02:05You will create four chocolate truffle ornaments,
02:08with a baked element inside, and covered in seasonal decor.
02:19Glossers!
02:20Your ornaments will be judged on creativity, execution,
02:24and taste.
02:25The winners of the dessert dash will earn a special surprise
02:29in their stockings.
02:31You have one hour to create your chocolate truffle ornaments.
02:35Get ready, because your time starts now!
02:39Let's go!
02:40Yeah!
02:41What are we going to do?
02:42What color do you want to do?
02:43Uh, red.
02:44Definitely red, Christmassy, green, and gold.
02:47OK, perfect.
02:48I'm Rosalyn.
02:49And I'm Amber.
02:50And not only are Amber and I teammates,
02:53I'm also her mother-in-law.
02:59I want it as red as Chinese New Year.
03:01OK.
03:02To have all the colors of the Chinese culture,
03:04I own a little bakery.
03:06And I like to put a little bit of the Asian flavor
03:08into the Western baking techniques that I'm using.
03:11And I actually became Rosalyn's employee.
03:14Then eventually, I became her daughter-in-law.
03:17Let's grab our baskets!
03:18OK.
03:19We are making Dak the Hall's chocolate truffle ornament with red and gold and dark green Christmas decorations.
03:26How's it going over there?
03:27I'm trying to fill this guy up.
03:29Is everything going well down your side?
03:31Yeah.
03:32I'm currently working on the cranberry.
03:34The flavors of the truffle, we put the dark chocolate ganache with a chocolate pistachio streusel and cranberry sauce.
03:41I'm going to start on the streusel.
03:43Perfect.
03:44We're going to win this because we want to show to the world that a daughter-in-law and a mother-in-law can work together.
03:49I think I want to do a traditional sphere, but maybe with something to catch the light.
03:56I'm Lauren.
03:57I'm Michelle.
03:58And we've been friends for a really long time.
04:00And we tend to have a lot of fun, no matter what we do together.
04:03True.
04:04So Michelle and I are on a little adventure, which we love to do, a road trip adventure.
04:10We've taken planes, trains, and automobiles.
04:13But the bucket list trip is Italy.
04:16I love her dress.
04:18Maybe we could try to do something sparkly.
04:21Sparkly, pretty.
04:22Michelle and I, we've worked together.
04:24We've worked in bakeries.
04:26I specialize in cakes, gingerbread houses.
04:29I like to bake all different things.
04:31And I specialize in custom hand-decorated cookies.
04:36Lock it in, break it in.
04:37Lock it in.
04:38Let's go.
04:39Come on.
04:40We're making Christmas winter wonderland ornaments.
04:43They're going to be very sparkly.
04:45Yes.
04:46We like a bougie tree.
04:47Oh, this is nice apple butter.
04:49So our flavor profile is white chocolate ganache with apple butter, maple, and rosemary crumble.
04:57Kind of like cozy flavors.
04:59How's the crumble coming?
05:01I am ready to go in the oven.
05:02Awesome.
05:03My ganache is almost there.
05:05Oh, it smells really good.
05:08We could do like a nutcracker.
05:09Oh, my God.
05:10What a great idea.
05:11I'm Lori.
05:12I'm Hailey.
05:13And we are a dynamic mother-daughter baking duo.
05:17You look thick on your tooth.
05:18Oh.
05:19Sorry.
05:20My entire life.
05:21She always does that.
05:22What else can we do the nutcracker?
05:23They do the sugar plum.
05:24Sugar plum fairies and the sugar plum flavor.
05:26Yeah.
05:27And it all works together.
05:28We have a family business.
05:29Yeah.
05:30It's Flower Hill Cookie Factory.
05:31She started it when I was actually still in elementary school.
05:34But it grew over the years.
05:36Let's roll.
05:37I'm scared.
05:38Don't be scared.
05:39It's what you do every day.
05:40A little extra for good luck.
05:42We're making sugar plum fairy chocolate truffle ornaments.
05:45We love the nutcracker.
05:46It embodies Christmas for us.
05:48And Hailey used to dance and she would perform in the nutcracker.
05:53And we still go to the nutcracker ballet every single year.
05:56Okay.
05:57I need to toast the caraway seeds.
05:58Yeah.
05:59Get that going.
06:00We're making white chocolate truffles with caraway and plum apricot jam and sugar cookie crumbs.
06:07The recipe was actually my grandma's truffle recipe that we kind of built off of.
06:11Gotta mix this all up and I'll be good to go.
06:13Ah!
06:14I'm like covered in white chocolate like a snowman.
06:16I'm a chocolate mess.
06:18Oh no!
06:19We've asked the bakers for chocolate truffle ornaments with a baked element inside.
06:23That can be streusel.
06:24That can be cake.
06:25There's so many different directions that they could take this.
06:28I just want to see creativity.
06:30But also them injecting a little bit of their personalities into it.
06:32I can see the bakers over here are filling their molds.
06:35The key with these molds is getting an even coating.
06:39Okay.
06:40Not too thick.
06:41Not too thin.
06:42You want to see them have a ball with it.
06:43See what I did there?
06:44Uh-uh.
06:45Come on, baby.
06:46Is it almost done?
06:47Yeah.
06:48Yeah.
06:49First set going into the fridge.
06:50Okay.
06:51This is done.
06:52That was a close call, man.
06:54You need to relax.
06:55I know.
06:56I have to tell Rosalind to calm down a lot, but she takes it with a grain of salt.
07:00All right.
07:01I'm just going to get our molds ready.
07:05I'm going to make the shells, and I'm working on swirling and melting my chocolate.
07:09Now I'm going to push them in to make them nice and thin.
07:12I'm starting the fondant to decorate the truffles.
07:15I'm thinking some snowflakes.
07:17Oh, yeah.
07:18That'll be good.
07:19Start the chocolate for the inside of the truffle.
07:22Okay.
07:23Let's do it.
07:24I want to finish with the sugar cookies.
07:26How are you doing over there?
07:28Struggling.
07:29No.
07:30The measurements are throwing me off a little bit.
07:31Do you not make those every single day of your life?
07:33No.
07:34I don't usually make this small of a batch.
07:35Oh.
07:36I need the trash.
07:37Watch out.
07:38I need to throw this away.
07:39God, just start it over.
07:40Sugar cookies is the thing that I know how to do best.
07:41I've done it probably 12,000 times.
07:43How's it going?
07:44Four.
07:45Good.
07:46Oops, sorry.
07:47Measuring.
07:48I'm sorry.
07:49I won't talk.
07:50I have so many other things that I need to get done, and I'm stuck on my simple signature sugar
07:53cookie recipe.
07:54Finally.
07:55Sugar cookies almost took me down.
07:56Yes.
07:57Oh, my goodness gracious.
07:58Mom, stop the chocolate.
07:59You're burning it.
08:00Oh, shoot.
08:01Oh, no.
08:02No, no, no.
08:03Burnt the chocolate.
08:04I didn't realize you didn't put it on a low setting.
08:06I thought I turned it low.
08:07Oh, my God.
08:08I'm sorry.
08:15I burnt the chocolate.
08:16I didn't realize you didn't put it on a low setting.
08:18I thought I turned it low.
08:20Sorry.
08:21I'm sorry.
08:22We burnt the chocolate.
08:23Yes.
08:24Because we weren't, like, standing over the chocolate.
08:26It's my creativity that gets in the way of my brain.
08:29So we have to dump the chocolate.
08:31And start over.
08:32Could be worse.
08:33Listen, it's the one thing Rina had to do is roll with the punches.
08:3720 minutes left, bakers.
08:39We are a little behind.
08:41Putting the cookies in the oven.
08:43I'm doing a bowl now, Amber.
08:48OK.
08:49We have to make Christmas truffle ornament.
08:52And I've been making the decorations.
08:54Roses done.
08:55The streusels come out of the oven.
08:57And I'm making the ganache right now.
08:58OK.
08:59Yeah.
09:00The tree.
09:01That's not yours.
09:02Not yours.
09:03Not yours.
09:04Not yours.
09:05Huh?
09:06How are you doing?
09:07I'm just going to get crumble, because that's going to have to cool.
09:10That looks good.
09:11Oh, it looks beautiful.
09:12Oh, our ganache is firm.
09:14So how are you doing on snowflakes?
09:16I'm on my last row of flakes here.
09:19Cookies are finished.
09:21Sugar, sugar, sugar.
09:22We are doing the decorating to convey that you're immersed in the nutcracker and the famous Christmas tree scene.
09:31This looks like wood paneling.
09:33Amazing.
09:34OK.
09:35Now I have to make the truffle mixture inside.
09:37Sprinkle the caraway seeds and the apricot jam.
09:41Gonna add some plum jam to really make sure our sugar plum truffles taste like plum.
09:46And then the cookies.
09:47Just fold these in so they get the cookie crunch and the jam all in one bite.
09:52What is the trickiest part of all this?
09:54It's a sphere.
09:55So removing that thin shell out of a mold is absolutely nerve-wracking.
10:00If that chocolate breaks, there is no turning back.
10:03There's nothing to sphere but sphere itself.
10:05Oh, Dina.
10:06Come on, baby.
10:08Be good to me.
10:10You're praying to the molds?
10:12Praying to the ornament mold.
10:14Perfect.
10:15It's coming out.
10:17OK.
10:18My molds are done.
10:19We should be able to start some filling, right?
10:21All right.
10:22To assemble the ornaments, we have to layer the different components so that the judges taste the different layers and texture.
10:29I can put the ganache on.
10:30You can start with putting them together and decorating.
10:32To make sure the judges don't see the connection where we joined it, I have to spend a little bit more time with the candy melts to make sure I spread it evenly to hide the seams.
10:42Fixed it.
10:43Place.
10:44Ten minutes left.
10:45Let's go, bakers.
10:46Yes.
10:47OK.
10:48Time to turn this into a truffle ornament.
10:49I'm ready.
10:50Let's go.
10:51I feel like a doctor and nurse during this part.
10:53Think together.
10:54And I hand it off to you.
10:55And we hand it off.
10:56I'm like...
10:57That's good, though.
10:58Scalpel.
10:59We're teammates.
11:00Stack.
11:01It's all going to be amazing.
11:02That one was perfect.
11:03Let's start gluing.
11:04Now we just have to get all of our snowflakes to stick on.
11:07Ugh.
11:08They keep falling off.
11:09We have to hurry.
11:10How are you doing over there?
11:11Ready to gloom together.
11:13We're going to make these truffle ornaments, almost like the old-fashioned Christmas balls that had like an indentation.
11:19Yeesh.
11:20This one's a little cracked.
11:22A lot of cracked.
11:23So I'm trying to fix it up because the trim has to go around the seam.
11:30Come on.
11:31It kind of looks like a two-year-old made this, but it's okay.
11:35Almost there.
11:36Some of the bows are breaking.
11:38You made extra, right?
11:39I can make another one.
11:41Bakers, only three minutes left on the clock.
11:43Let's go!
11:44Yes!
11:45Get those ornaments on your tree!
11:47We need some time to put it on the tree as well.
11:49I'm going as fast as I can.
11:51Ready for the tree.
11:53Do we want to spray them with a little of the glitter spray?
11:56Yeah.
11:57Ooh, yes.
11:58I like it.
11:59I just want all the glitter.
12:00Is it okay so far?
12:01Yeah.
12:02I'm just going to spray the rest out then.
12:04I definitely think decorating my tree at home is much easier.
12:07But probably less tasty.
12:09Hailey, get them on the tree.
12:10Get them on there.
12:11Now.
12:12Now.
12:13Down to the wire.
12:1410, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
12:23Hands up!
12:24Ha-ha-ha-ha!
12:25Ha-ha-ha-ha!
12:26We did it!
12:27Yay!
12:28Oh, God, I'm sweating.
12:31We managed problems that we did not expect.
12:33So just the fact that we're done, I'm happy about that.
12:36A for effort, okay?
12:37Okay.
12:38A for effort.
12:39High-five!
12:40We are exhausted, but we feel great and proud of what we have accomplished.
12:44Oh, my God, we did it!
12:47So pretty.
12:48The ornaments look exactly like I hoped they would, and they stayed together.
12:53At this point, it's a nail-biter.
12:55Bakers, we asked you to create four chocolate truffle ornaments.
13:00Rosalind and Amber, tell us about these treats.
13:02We made deck the hall chocolate truffle ornaments.
13:05We wanted to infuse the colors of the east and the west, which is the red, the gold, and the green,
13:11blending with Chinese culture for the holiday season.
13:14This is a lovely ornament.
13:16I love that mix of east meets west, the red being very good luck.
13:21Good luck, good fortune.
13:22Lovely.
13:23The only thing I would point out, it looks like you used a faceted mold.
13:27I would have loved to see more of that texture.
13:29It's a little bit covered up from the candy melts that you used in between the seam.
13:34But it looks like a real ornament.
13:37You've got the gorgeous wreath, the detail on these little bows.
13:40I thought that was a really nice touch.
13:41Great.
13:42Well, time to put the tree in treat.
13:44Slice it up, April.
13:45All right.
13:46So we chose to do dark chocolate ganache truffle with a chocolate pistachio streusel and cranberry sauce.
13:53So it has like a holiday element.
13:55This is delicious.
13:56I'm a big fan when there's acidity that's been added to chocolate just to brighten it up,
14:07give it pops of flavor to kind of combat that richness.
14:10And it was also a textural masterpiece.
14:12The ganache is perfectly set.
14:14It's not grainy and a beautiful amount of that crunchy pistachio goodness.
14:19And I think you have a perfect balance between the components.
14:23Thank you so much.
14:24We feel very proud of our work.
14:26They loved our flavors and the look.
14:28So we think we got this.
14:31Hailey and Lori, tell us what you made.
14:33We did sugar plum fairy chocolate truffle ornaments.
14:36We really wanted to tie it into something that's really close to our hearts, the nutcracker.
14:41The design on the chocolate that you have just underneath the tree, it looks fantastic.
14:46So well done there.
14:47But the belt around the ornament could have just been a little bit tighter.
14:51You used real chocolate on the exterior, which is very finicky.
14:54Perhaps if it was tempered, it would have held its shape a little bit better.
14:58Yeah.
14:59Which is why we see it's caving in a little bit at the top.
15:01But when you peer inside, you see that beautiful Christmas tree with ornaments on it,
15:06which is very sort of meta and referencing itself.
15:09So I applaud you for that.
15:12Speaking of nutcracker, it is time to get cracking.
15:14Open it up.
15:15Okay.
15:16We did white chocolate truffle with caraway plum.
15:20Apricot jam and sugar cookie crumbs.
15:27I love complex flavors.
15:29It's warm.
15:30I love that there is the sugar cookie bite in there to break up that very soft interior.
15:37And then there's this underlying note of tartness because you have that apricot and plum, the sugar plum that runs through there.
15:46And I dig it.
15:47I was trying to get the individual flavors, but it's quite complex.
15:51Yeah.
15:52So you married them well.
15:53Thanks.
15:54Some of the caraway probably could have been blitzed up just a little bit finer because I did find myself with a little caraway seed in my tooth.
16:01Is that a toothpick?
16:02That's a toothpick.
16:03I'm okay.
16:04Thank you, Lori.
16:05The sugar cookie.
16:06For me, it's the best part of this whole thing.
16:08Really?
16:09Yeah.
16:12Haley and Lori, thank you.
16:13You've clearly left the judges with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads.
16:16It's very nerve-wracking.
16:17It's just...
16:18I think my heart is pounding out of my chest.
16:20There's a stocking surprise.
16:21And of course we want to win it.
16:23Lauren and Michelle, tell the judges about what you've created here.
16:26We created a Winter Wonderland truffle ornament.
16:29We really wanted to get an icy, snowy kind of feel with lots of glitter and white and kind of a swirly blue and white pattern.
16:36We were inspired by your sparkles.
16:38I absolutely love the uniformity, the details on the top.
16:43This minimal design is amazing, but it would have been nice to see maybe one other design element.
16:49But you absolutely nailed taking two halves of your ornament mold and sealing them together in a way that's seamless.
16:56And it just so happens to match my outfit, so gotta give you another point for that.
17:02It's definitely giving sparkle and ice, but does it taste nice?
17:06So our inside is white chocolate ganache with apple butter, maple, and rosemary crumble.
17:12Judges, time to let us snow how this tastes.
17:19Maple and rosemary, amazing combination.
17:26I absolutely love that flavor profile.
17:29The crunch from the pecans, I think it all really, really works well together.
17:35The only thing I would say, I would have loved maybe a little fleur de sel.
17:38I love when you have a little bit of salt that breaks up the sweetness, because of course white chocolate is very, very sweet.
17:44Right.
17:45But it's a lovely combination of flavors.
17:48So I do wish I'd put more salt in there, because it does help.
17:52We really hope that this is enough to win this challenge.
17:55We'll just see what happens.
17:56You never know.
17:57Lauren, Michelle, thank you.
17:59Judges, there's a lot hanging on this decision.
18:01Boy.
18:02Someone is alive on thisidad.
18:03Oh, we got to love it, guys.
18:04Hey.
18:05We got to love it.
18:07I ain't talking about being a tree.
18:08Bakers, we asked you to trim a holiday tree with your delicious and beautiful ornaments.
18:12And while all of you decked the halls with dazzling creations, only one team earned top spot on the tree.
18:19Congratulations.
18:25Michelle and Lauren.
18:30As the winners of the Dessert Dash,
18:32you have won a very special stocking stuffer.
18:35Ta-da!
18:36Congratulations.
18:40Take a look inside.
18:42Oh, my gosh.
18:44What? We won.
18:47We're putting it into our travel fund
18:49for our bucket list trip to Italy.
18:51Well done. Bravo.
18:53Thank you so much.
18:57Okay, so I've been getting ahead on all my holiday shopping.
19:00And let me tell you, I'm giving Santa a run for his money.
19:03One of my favourite parts of the holidays
19:06is checking my mailbox to see if I've received
19:09a special gift or a card.
19:11And opening the mailbox to find a present
19:13never gets old.
19:15Check it out.
19:16We've got a special delivery.
19:21Presents!
19:24So exciting.
19:27What do you think's inside?
19:30Ow!
19:31Ow!
19:32Ow!
19:33I'm okay.
19:37From greeting cards to perfectly wrapped presents,
19:40the holidays are all about sending sweetness.
19:43Bakers, in this batter royale,
19:46you'll be making gingerbread mailboxes
19:49fully bedazzled with festive edible decor.
19:53Your gingerbread mailboxes will be judged on creativity,
19:57execution, and taste.
19:59All right, bakers.
20:00You have three hours to deliver
20:03impressive gingerbread mailboxes.
20:05Ready, set, go!
20:06Woo!
20:07Woo!
20:08Okay, so we're gonna do a mailbox.
20:09So let's go with more of a rounded roof,
20:10so then it's like less like a house.
20:11And then the door will be here,
20:12and then some poinsettia here.
20:13Yeah.
20:14We are making cookies for Santa gingerbread mailbox.
20:15Gingerbread mailbox.
20:16Gingerbread mailbox.
20:17Gingerbread mailbox.
20:18Gingerbread mailbox.
20:19Gingerbread mailbox.
20:20Gingerbread mailbox.
20:21Gingerbread mailbox.
20:22So let's go with more of a rounded roof,
20:23so then it's like less like a house.
20:24And then the door will be here,
20:25and then some poinsettia here.
20:26Yeah.
20:27We are making cookies for Santa gingerbread mailbox.
20:28Gingerbread mailbox.
20:29We were disappointed when we didn't win the first round,
20:32but we're now more determined than ever.
20:34So far, it's really floral.
20:36Should we add, like, maybe, like,
20:37a cute element to it?
20:38Gingerbread man.
20:39Gingerbread man.
20:40Maybe it could be playing in the snow.
20:41Yeah.
20:42I think that's pretty cool.
20:43What flavor gingerbread?
20:44I think it's something citrusy.
20:45So orange.
20:46Yeah.
20:47And then I think espresso.
20:48I think those two flavors blend tremendously well
20:50with gingerbread.
20:51Yeah.
20:52Let's go.
20:53For the gingerbread, we want to make the flavors pop
20:55by adding espresso and orange
20:57to the classic gingerbread recipe.
21:00I'm starting on the gingerbread.
21:02If you want to start with, like,
21:03maybe the wet ingredients.
21:04Yeah.
21:05I love the smell of gingerbread.
21:06You should bake this when you're selling your house.
21:10So I feel like we should do
21:11maybe a couple different houses.
21:13I got the best idea of the North Pole Sweet Shop.
21:16Yes.
21:17And then make the mailbox here.
21:18We're making a North Pole Sweet Shop.
21:20We're both kind of candy lovers,
21:22and with Christmas, you know, it's a time to indulge.
21:25We could make, like, a chute.
21:26It's like a conveyor belt.
21:28Then I would put Starlight Mint.
21:30And then what if you did a Santa maybe in the front?
21:32Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:34Okay.
21:35Let's go shopping!
21:36Do you want to get to the Starlight Mint, hey?
21:39Okay.
21:40We're going to flavor the gingerbread with peppermint.
21:42It's not a complex flavor,
21:44but with all the spices in it.
21:46It tickles your taste buds.
21:48You're going to make two batches of dough at once
21:49because we need time.
21:50Yes, yes, yes.
21:51All right.
21:52Do you think as far as, like, the Woodlands theme?
21:54Okay.
21:55And then for the mailbox, cottage style,
21:57like something a little off-kilter,
21:59and then some type of a window.
22:01Maybe, like, a little candy cane and a heart.
22:03Candy cane hearts.
22:04Like that.
22:05Okay, I love it.
22:06Okay.
22:07This challenge is going to be difficult
22:08because I have not made a lot of gingerbread houses.
22:11Lauren has.
22:12So we're going to both make the gingerbread.
22:14Get some good ones here.
22:15I got limes.
22:16You got limes?
22:17Yeah, do you need limes too?
22:18I got some more limes.
22:19We're making coconut lime gingerbread.
22:22We're going to have to pick up the paste a little bit, I think.
22:26I'm going to start rolling out the dough.
22:28Is this thickness okay?
22:29Yeah.
22:30It's important to think about the thickness of the dough.
22:32That way it bakes evenly in the oven.
22:34And baby, I start cutting too.
22:35Yeah.
22:36Perfect.
22:38Okay.
22:39Let me see you go over there, Santa.
22:41Probably should have put your belt on before I put your arms on.
22:44Talking to her.
22:45I'm talking to Santa.
22:46He's giving me a hard time, but I love him.
22:48This.
22:49Icing.
22:50Okay, so while that is mixing,
22:51I'm going to do the gingerbread dough.
22:53We didn't win round one, but we're ready for round two.
22:55We know the steps to follow.
22:56Because we're the gingerbread queens.
22:58Yeah.
23:01We do gingerbread house replicas.
23:03It's our wheelhouse.
23:04Yeah, this is what we do.
23:05We got this.
23:06This is what we do.
23:07You're done.
23:08We'll get it in the oven, okay?
23:09Obviously.
23:10If I get this part right, we're chilling.
23:11You're right.
23:12I am finally getting my pieces rolled.
23:13Special skills required for gingerbread.
23:14Knowing how structures work.
23:15So a little bit of architecture.
23:16You have to kind of know how things are going to fit together.
23:17I really love that texture roller I have to get that stone texture.
23:18It's so fun.
23:19I love that too.
23:20Judges, it's the batter royale.
23:21This is going to be such a fun gingerbread mailbox challenge.
23:22But don't you think the mailboxes need a little something special in them?
23:23Like gingerbread cookies?
23:24Oh, I love that idea.
23:25But let's not have to make just any cookie.
23:26How about shaker cookies?
23:27I love that.
23:28Oh, that's a good idea.
23:29Bakers.
23:30Oh, I love that.
23:31Oh, I love that idea.
23:32Okay.
23:33Oh, yes.
23:34I love that.
23:35I love that texture roller I have to get that stone texture.
23:36It's so fun.
23:37I love that.
23:38Oh, I love that too.
23:39Judges, it's the batter royale.
23:40This is going to be such a fun gingerbread mailbox challenge.
23:41But don't you think the mailboxes need a little something special in them?
23:43Like gingerbread cookies?
23:45Oh, I love that idea.
23:46But let's not have to make just any cookie.
23:51How about shaker cookies?
23:54I love that.
23:55Oh, that's a good idea.
23:56We've got a little request for you.
23:59In addition to your gingerbread mailboxes,
24:02we'd like three gingerbread shaker cookies.
24:05Shaker cookies.
24:07I'm so excited because I love making cookies.
24:10Those are our favorite.
24:12That's not very nice.
24:14You definitely go on the naughty list.
24:15It is all nice, no naughty.
24:18We'll order some extra ingredients for you
24:20through Instacart.
24:22Ooh.
24:23I'm going to start the order up.
24:24Good idea.
24:25Dina, can you get a shared cart going?
24:29Done.
24:30Awesome.
24:31I'm going to add red and brown modeling chocolate
24:34for Roslyn and Amber.
24:36I'm going to add isomalt granular crystals
24:38for Lauren and Michelle.
24:39And I'm going to get decorating sugar for Lori and Haley.
24:42Ordered.
24:43Nice. Thanks.
24:45How's it going, Michelle?
24:47I think I'm ready to make shaker cookies.
24:49A shaker cookie is two cookies with a hole in the middle
24:52that you fill with isomalt and sprinkles.
24:55And when you sandwich the cookie together,
24:57you can shake it and see all the little sprinkles inside
24:59moving around.
25:00And we're making Santa gnome cookies because we love gnomes.
25:05And it's exactly perfect for our woodland design.
25:08Our shaker feature is going to be cookies in his little Tommy.
25:12All right, I'm going to go in the oven.
25:15Those look great, Michelle.
25:16Mmm.
25:18Icing's done.
25:19OK.
25:20And then what was the other thing?
25:22A snowman.
25:23Mom, you need to cut these.
25:24What am I cutting?
25:25These are the chimneys.
25:26OK.
25:28Are you ready for the oven?
25:29In a second, yeah.
25:31This one.
25:32OK, I'm going to go to the oven.
25:33Oh, great, great, great.
25:34Hey, Cam.
25:37Hey.
25:39Just in time.
25:41Now our gingerbread will deliver some holiday magic.
25:51It's the coarse decorating sugar.
25:53That was exactly what we needed.
25:54I love this sugar.
25:55Ah.
25:57Icimalt.
25:58Oh, we need ice.
25:59So I can use that for my cookies.
26:00Yeah.
26:01Thanks, Cam.
26:02Just what we needed.
26:05We need icing for the treats.
26:07Now it's time to do the shoots.
26:09Just say a prayer.
26:10Yeah, take your time to do those shoots.
26:12What's challenging is they're freeform,
26:15and you have to do it on tinfoil,
26:18and you have to fit from one building to another.
26:20So you have to make sure the angles are right.
26:22We wanted to challenge ourselves,
26:24and we really want to add that component to stand out.
26:27Haley, do you need any of these measuring cups?
26:29Please don't talk to me.
26:30I'm doing the shoots.
26:31Okey-dokey.
26:32Bakers, you're halfway through the challenge.
26:34Shake it till you make it.
26:37I'm going to start baking the shaker cookies.
26:40We're already making gingerbread men,
26:43so we're going to pivot and use the gingerbread men
26:45to make the shaker cookies for the judges.
26:47For the chocolate chip cookies for the center,
26:49can I use the modeling chocolate?
26:51Yeah, modeling chocolate.
26:52The gingerbread, I think it's almost done.
26:54There's only five minutes left.
26:55Just double check on it.
26:57Oh.
26:59Is it OK?
27:00Uh-oh.
27:01Uh-oh.
27:02Doesn't sound good.
27:04I go to take our gingerbread out of the oven,
27:06and all I see are burnt edges.
27:08Uh...
27:10There's no way we can feed our judges burnt gingerbread.
27:13I don't have time for this.
27:14Oh, no!
27:15Oh, no!
27:16There's no way we can feed our judges burnt gingerbread.
27:17So what do you want to do?
27:19Uh-oh.
27:20I've got to make this work.
27:21I have an idea.
27:22I'm going to shave off the edges.
27:23I'll get rid of some of the burntness
27:24and also level up the size.
27:26Is it OK?
27:27Yeah.
27:28It means you've got to watch the shaker cookies, you know, Em?
27:29Yeah.
27:30It cannot be so long.
27:32One hour left, bakers.
27:33Good!
27:34Let's go.
27:35We can do this.
27:36We can do this.
27:37We can do this.
27:38Yeah, we can do this.
27:38We got it.
27:39Looks good.
27:40We have to build a mailbox made out of gingerbread.
27:43We need to do shaker cookies as well.
27:45Now that the pieces of the house are baked,
27:47I'll make some more cheese.
27:49OK.
27:49I have to assemble the shaker cookie.
27:52I have to assemble the shaker cookie.
27:54I have to do some of the burntness
27:56and also level up the size.
27:57Is it OK?
27:58Yeah.
27:59It means you've got to watch the shaker cookies, you know, Em?
28:01Yeah.
28:01It cannot be so long.
28:02Assemble the shaker cookies.
28:04Oh, yeah.
28:05Do you need any help?
28:06I think it's spreading.
28:07Let me grab anything to pop those bubbles with.
28:12Perfect.
28:14I think we're good.
28:16Trick news.
28:18Perfect.
28:20Put it here to cool.
28:21Tell me when you're ready for the shaker cookies.
28:23Our shaker cookies have a little circle
28:25on it with a little peppermint swirl.
28:27Also includes crushed up pieces of peppermint.
28:30And I really would like to use snowflake sprinkles.
28:32to really shake around.
28:33So it's kind of like a winter wonderland inside of it.
28:35You go, girl.
28:37The shaker cookies are a bit ready.
28:39They're in the fridge.
28:40OK, great.
28:41So we have to, like, assemble the mailbox.
28:43Yeah.
28:44So what I'll do is I'll do the sugar first.
28:46Start making caramel to glue the pieces
28:48of the mailbox together.
28:50Done.
28:51So I start with the base of the gingerbread mailbox.
28:54And then I work on the back, because it's the most solid piece.
28:58Mmm.
28:59I really hope it doesn't fall.
29:04We're a little behind what I was hoping we'd be at this point.
29:07But I am just ice malting the house together,
29:10so it'll be nice and firm.
29:11OK.
29:12Finish your cookies.
29:13Right.
29:14That went together pretty well so far.
29:16I don't want to jinx it.
29:17Ruth is the hardest part.
29:18Come on, stay together.
29:20I'm going to have some drips.
29:21It'll be little icicles coming down.
29:24OK, you should start decorating the gingerbread.
29:26Awesome.
29:29What is this?
29:29This is a side, right, Hailey?
29:31Yeah.
29:32Bakers, 30 minutes left.
29:33You need to finish those mailboxes.
29:35Oh, shoot.
29:36I am doing the shoots, but I'm bummed.
29:39Funny.
29:41How are you doing?
29:42I'm doing ice malts for the shaker cookies.
29:45My hands are tired.
29:47Put the centerpiece on, then I can start decorating.
29:49To decorate the mailbox, we want to create a wintry scene.
29:53So to start, we use royal icing to create the snow effect.
29:57Do you want me to spread it?
29:58Do the front first so I can pack the flowers.
30:00Spread it as fast as you can.
30:02We are now officially at the fun part, decorating.
30:07So we're making the house look really like a woodland cottage.
30:11That is so fun.
30:13Do you see the trunk?
30:14Oh, my gosh.
30:15Love that.
30:15The trunk came out cool.
30:16Yeah.
30:17I'm so modest.
30:1920 minutes left, bakers.
30:21Let's get this gingerbread.
30:22Woo!
30:26You OK, Michelle?
30:27I'm taking me the whole time to do cookies.
30:29Just do your best.
30:31OK.
30:32Haley, I got the roof.
30:34I have to decorate them.
30:35OK, where is that sugar?
30:38Right in front of me?
30:38Right in front of you.
30:39Doesn't get any closer.
30:41Haley, if I don't have time, I'm not going
30:42to do the decorations on the roofs,
30:44because the sugar is pretty enough.
30:47I'm going to glue the shakers together really quickly.
30:50We should probably start assembling, right?
30:51Yep.
30:52Yeah, we're going to do it together.
30:53Back house first.
30:55And now this is what we do.
30:56Put the pieces together.
30:57Like, we know how to do the rest.
30:58Home stretch.
30:59Home stretch, yeah, exactly.
31:00Finish it there.
31:01You didn't finish it right there.
31:01I know I'm getting there, sweetie.
31:03You want me to do this?
31:04No.
31:05Because you're acting like you've
31:06never done this before.
31:10There we go.
31:12Are you in most of the decorations?
31:14Uh, not yet.
31:15I haven't done the flowers yet.
31:17Where's the wafer paper?
31:18To make the poinsettia, I had to cut out the shape
31:21from this wafer paper and add color.
31:23What else have we got to do, Em?
31:25Well, I'm still assembling the sugar cookie right now.
31:27So we could decorate it after.
31:28Yep.
31:30We got our flag.
31:31I'm working on my candy canes, Michelle.
31:33How's your stuff going?
31:35I'm good.
31:36Cookies are done.
31:37Oh, that is so freaking cute.
31:4010 minutes left, bakers.
31:42Don't mail it in.
31:44Um.
31:45The mailbox is almost done.
31:47Do you have anything else that you want to add to it?
31:49I need you to just sprinkle some icing sugar on the rooftop.
31:54You don't want all the flowers, right?
31:56Uh, a little bit.
31:57A little bit?
31:58Yeah.
32:01We need to do something on the bottom.
32:02What if we do a little path here?
32:04Yeah.
32:05I need to, what did we say?
32:06Lock in.
32:07Lock in.
32:11You have to hurry up.
32:12Oh, fireplace.
32:13Get me the chimney.
32:14Right next to you.
32:14It's over there.
32:15It's good.
32:16Ouch!
32:16My knee.
32:17Come on.
32:17This is ridiculous.
32:18You're fired.
32:19I'm fired?
32:20OK.
32:21You can have the business all to yourself.
32:22I don't want it.
32:23I could not do it without you.
32:27One minute, beakers.
32:28You're almost there.
32:30We got this.
32:31OK.
32:31What else?
32:32Where's your sparkle spray?
32:33Silver or gold?
32:34Silver, right?
32:35Silver.
32:36This is going to be my signature thing now.
32:41OK.
32:42Do we need to cover the wood?
32:4410, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
32:53Oh, the pencils down.
32:55We love each other.
32:56Mmm.
32:58Good job.
33:00Good job.
33:01We are feeling super proud that we are able to work together.
33:05The communication went well.
33:07And if we win this battle, it will be a great achievement.
33:11We will be so proud of ourselves.
33:12Yes.
33:14We are feeling pretty happy with it.
33:16But we are nervous because it's not exactly the way we
33:20would like for it to be.
33:22I'm not so happy with the base.
33:23I'm 85% happy with it.
33:26I'll take that.
33:27I thought you were going to say less.
33:30I'm loving how this looks.
33:31It's definitely going to impress the judges.
33:33This is where, like, the underdogs come out to play.
33:36And we have a lot of hope that we could win this.
33:38Yes!
33:39Yes!
33:44Bakers, we asked you to make gingerbread mailboxes
33:47with shaker cookies inside.
33:49Laura and Michelle, talk to us about what you made.
33:51Our mailbox is called Gnome Sweet Gnome.
33:54We wanted to do something whimsical.
33:56So we made a little gnome cottage in the woods mailbox.
33:59It's so charming, adding that gorgeous texture to the sides.
34:04And then on top of that, you've added this sort of white wash.
34:07It almost looks like it's been in the woods forever.
34:10And it's just layer upon layer of beautiful details.
34:13And it's giving me life.
34:16On the bottom here, that little stack of logs.
34:19You use cinnamon sticks.
34:21Genius.
34:22The wreath on the front, beautiful.
34:23You guys have done a great job.
34:24Thank you so much.
34:25Tell us about the shaker cookies inside.
34:28So we made this little Santa gnome cookie.
34:30And we wanted to put a little cookie inside Santa's tummy
34:35because he's been eating a lot of cookies lately.
34:37So there is a little cookie sprinkle inside.
34:41My goodness, it is the cutest shape possible.
34:44Beautiful piping work.
34:45This royal icing, it's just the perfect consistency.
34:48And then let's talk about the isomalt.
34:50I mean, crystal clear.
34:52You can see my hand right through there.
34:54And there's a baby gingerbread inside.
34:56It just doesn't get any cuter.
34:59It's cute.
35:00But the real question is, does it shake?
35:03Three, two, one.
35:05Yes.
35:06I can hear it from here.
35:08Shake, rattle, gnome, baby.
35:11It's a coconut lime gingerbread with coconut lime royal icing.
35:15It has all the traditional spices in a regular gingerbread,
35:18plus the coconut and lime flavored.
35:20It's a lovely cookie.
35:24So the classic gingerbread flavors come first.
35:28And then the coconut sort of comes as a wave afterwards.
35:32And then lastly, just the faintest hints of lime.
35:36But it's a little too subtle, those flavors.
35:39May I ask, you put lime into the cookie using some zest.
35:43Is that correct?
35:44Lime zest and the gingerbread.
35:46Sometimes with zest, it's so moist after it's been zested
35:49that it doesn't evenly mix throughout the dough.
35:52It's tasty.
35:52It's good.
35:53It's delicious.
35:55Thank you so much.
35:56I'm hoping that was good.
35:57I think they liked our design.
35:58They seem to.
35:59So hopefully it's good enough to win.
36:03Amber and Rosalyn, tell us about this beautiful gingerbread
36:07mailbox.
36:07So this is cookies for Santa, gingerbread mailbox.
36:10We wanted to get the traditional wooden mailbox
36:14that Santa would have kept millions of years.
36:16It's so old.
36:18And we want to show a little bit more skill in that all the flowers
36:22are handmade and hand piped.
36:23It really sells that sort of antique-y look.
36:27I love that you use an impression mat to create
36:31an actual wood grain texture.
36:33Your greenery along the sides.
36:36It's so nicely piped.
36:37I almost think I can smell pine from here.
36:41And then you've accented that with piped flowers.
36:44It's so charming.
36:46I love all the detail that you have on the trees.
36:48I love that snow.
36:50I was watching you work the snow to make it peak so it actually
36:54looks like it's a real scene.
36:56But I would have liked to see a little bit more design just
36:59on the side or even anything.
37:01With that being said, overall, great job.
37:05And the moment we've been waiting for, the shaker cookies.
37:08We made gingerbread man.
37:10Shaker cookies filled with chocolate chip cookies
37:12that we hand make inside the shaker so that it looks like they
37:15ate chocolate chip cookies.
37:17Oh, my goodness.
37:18The fact that you put teeny tiny chocolate chip cookies with the most
37:22minuscule chocolate chips in there is so gosh darn cute.
37:25The only thing is I can see some bubbles in the isomalt that
37:31perhaps could have been popped with a very quick torching.
37:34And that would have added to the clarity.
37:36I can actually almost see both of you through the cookie.
37:40I have to, of course, do the shaker test.
37:44Shall we?
37:45Three, two, one.
37:49Oh, yeah.
37:51We officially have a shake.
37:52So we went with an espresso orange gingerbread flavor.
37:57We just wanted something more punchy, like a citrus.
38:00And then, you know, Santa's tired from all of his work.
38:02So what's better than espresso?
38:04Give him that little wake-up call.
38:05Boost.
38:10The orange is really well done.
38:12I thought that was really bright and lovely and fresh.
38:15I could taste espresso.
38:16It was a little bit bitter.
38:18That took a little bit away from some of the other warm spices.
38:22Spice notes and the orange.
38:23But it's a lovely cookie.
38:25I would be very happy to have this at a holiday party.
38:28It's nicely baked.
38:30It's got a really nice chew to it.
38:31The orange flavor came through.
38:33I enjoyed the cookie.
38:34I could eat two, three, four, maybe even six of them.
38:37Thanks.
38:38Hearing the comments from the judges,
38:40we have a fighting chance.
38:41We got this.
38:42Lori Haley, talk to us about this stunning, fun creation.
38:46It is the North Pole Sweet Shop, Santa's little factory,
38:50where he makes all the sweets for the holiday.
38:54We decorated it with all different types of candy.
38:57We have a shoot with the little coated candy coming out
39:00of the factory.
39:02And then down below, there's Santa.
39:04And in the back, there are naughty little elves that
39:07are having a little snowball fight.
39:08This is really whimsical.
39:10The presentation is busy, but it's intentionally busy.
39:13Yeah.
39:13But it doesn't really look like a mailbox.
39:15It looks like a couple of really awesomely made gingerbread
39:18houses.
39:19I think what you've delivered here
39:21is my childhood dream gingerbread.
39:24One of the things I noticed right away
39:26are your beautiful conveyor belts that go between the buildings.
39:30Making straight walls is hard enough out of gingerbread.
39:34You've curved them into this sort of concave shape.
39:38And it really just looks like those starlight mints are traveling
39:41from one building to another.
39:43It's so cute.
39:45And the shaker cookie, lots of fun.
39:47There are snowflake sprinkles inside of it
39:49and a little peppermint swirl.
39:50So it's kind of like a winter wonderland.
39:51I like it.
39:52It's quite rustic in a positive way.
39:54It looks great.
39:55The only thing I would say about it
39:57is it's a little bit cloudy.
39:59There's a lot of bubbles in there.
40:00But I love that the image of the starlight mint
40:06is also in the cookie.
40:08It makes total sense in the story that this is coming
40:10from the candy factory.
40:11The big question, of course, is,
40:13does the shaker cookie shake?
40:15Shake.
40:16It's shaking.
40:17We definitely have some shake.
40:18The flavor is our gingerbread with just a little peppermint.
40:27That mint.
40:28It hit me immediately.
40:30It is a little bit spicy.
40:31I would say that it might be a little bit too mint forward.
40:35But it's great flavor.
40:36It almost reads to me like a cinnamon heart.
40:38I think because you have cinnamon, I'm assuming,
40:40in the dough.
40:41Yeah.
40:42And then this mint, you bring them together,
40:43and it's giving me cinnamon heart.
40:44I love the texture of your gingerbread as well.
40:46It's really well cooked.
40:47You've done a nice job.
40:49Lori and Hailey, thank you so much.
40:51This has been Serious Eye Candy.
40:52And I love getting all the minty breath brushes that's
40:55coming my way, thanks to you.
40:57We're really happy because what we built and created was
41:01conveyed to the judges.
41:02We have a lot of hope that we could win this.
41:04Judges, you have to make this decision gingerly.
41:13Bakers, we asked for gingerbread mailboxes
41:16filled with shaker cookies.
41:18And I think it's safe to say all of you mailed it.
41:23Rosalind and Amber, we loved the shimmering snow
41:26and wood grain details of your mailbox.
41:29And your cookies for Santa told a flavor
41:32flavorful story.
41:33However, the coffee flavor made for a slightly bitter plot
41:37twist.
41:38Michelle and Lauren, your woodland mailbox
41:41made us feel like we stumbled into a delectable fairy tale.
41:45Everything from the wreath to the unbelievably detailed shaker
41:48cookies felt so intentional.
41:50We only wish that your coconut and lime flavors packed a little
41:53bit more punch.
41:55Lori and Hailey, your North Pole sweet shop filled us
41:58with wonder.
41:59We adored the fun and whimsy of your design.
42:03But the minty flavors were just a touch too strong.
42:07You all created gingerbread mailboxes
42:09and shaker cookies that delivered on holiday joy.
42:13But only one of you really shook up the competition.
42:17The winners of the batter royale, the $10,000 grand prize from our friends
42:23at Instacart, and the big master battle champions are...
42:33Michelle and Lauren, congratulations!
42:35Thank you!
42:36Are you kidding?
42:37You're going to go to Italy!
42:39We are so thrilled.
42:41It's overwhelming.
42:42I'm very emotional.
42:43And just a dream come true.
42:45Aw.
42:47Don't cry.
42:48We're going to Italy!
42:49We're going to Italy!
42:50Yay!
42:51Woo!
42:52We had fun.
42:54And my biggest take home thing from this competition
42:58is having a great daughter-in-law.
43:00And we didn't fight.
43:01And we didn't fight.
43:02We were able to work together.
43:04A little bummed.
43:05A little sad.
43:06It would have been nice to be us because we are the gingerbread ladies,
43:09but pushed ourselves way out of our comfort zone.
43:12It was honestly magical because it was once in a lifetime experience.
43:18Next time on Bake Master Battle, Holidays.
43:21Ah!
43:23You will create three edible holiday crackers.
43:26It won't stick.
43:28Don't crack under pressure.
43:30I'm just fine.
43:31I'm cracking.
43:32Ooh.
43:33And you'll be baking up some ugly holiday sweater cakes.
43:36We need to get moving.
43:38It's beautiful.
43:39Ah!
43:40Don't look.
43:42Ready to save Christmas.
43:44Oh, my God.
43:45Fire in the kitchen.
43:47This is crazy.
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