The competition kicks off as host Jesse Palmer asks the twelve bakers to embrace the seasonal transition by making fall and winter doughnuts. For the main heat, the competitors combine holiday cheese board staples in creative apple and cheese desserts. A double elimination looms and judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Carla Hall must send two bakers home for the holidays.
The Kitchen hosts create a cozy menu full of fall's finest recipes! They showcase the season's best produce with Katie Lee Biegel's Beet Crostata with Agrodolce, Sunny Anderson's Easy Acorn Squash Soup and Jeff Mauro's Sheet Pan Pork Tenderloin with Caramelized Fennel and Apple. Then Geoffrey Zakarian serves dessert Iron Chef style with his Spiced Pavlova with Roasted Pears and an Amaretto Sour.
Catherine McCord makes adorable pumpkin pie parfaits with layers of pumpkin and cream cheese, crushed graham crackers and, of course, heavenly whipped cream.
From pushing chocolate candies into warm cookies to drawing spider legs and making silly eyes, these scary treats are entertaining for little ones and adults to make together.