Host John Henson welcomes some unexpected visitors at Camp Devil’s Food Lake to shake up the competition for the remaining eight bakers. Then, it's all about teamwork making the scream work as pairs tackle creepy cookies from home and a mother of a blind cake bake. They'll have to bake like their lives depend on it if they want to survive judges Stephanie Boswell, Carla Hall and Zac Young.
It's time to find out how the cookie crumbles, Barefoot-style, as Ina bakes up a storm in the barn. There's a double delicious treat as Ina makes Chocolate Chunk Blondies and Cookies from the same incredible batter. Then Patti Page, a fabulous friend and baker, is in the barn to give Ina a master class in cute Animal Cookies. And everyone's cookie conundrums are solved In Ask Ina.
We can't keep our hands out of the cookie jar on today's Unwrapped. First up, don't have time for breakfast cereal? Quaker Oats delivers breakfast in a cookie. Then, Grandma's bakes old-fashioned cookies by the millions, and see how Dreyer's turns cookie dough into ice cream. Cookies by Design has an army of artists who decorate up to 500 cookies per hour, and Harry and David's has a cookie collection to suit any sweet tooth. Finally, what's the next-best thing to a fresh baked cookie? Hat Creek Candles has the sweet-smelling answer.
Sandra gives a great American tradition a Money Saving Makeover. Today she is making tasty bake sale treats at super low prices and it all starts with her festive Lemon Sugar Cookies with Sandy's Colored Sugar. Also on the menu, Sandra's decadent, Apple Walnut Sticky Buns and a creative spin on hot chocolate that you've got to see to believe, festive Hot Chocolate Jars! And at a bake sale, nothing sells faster than savory Ham and Cheese Pinwheels. And Sandra has a terrific Round 2 Recipe for Ham and Cheese Croquettes. These are Bake Sale Favorites that keep costs down and profits up!
Host Jesse Palmer throws a holiday cookie exchange party, and the bakers must create flavor-forward seasonal cookies -- but no decorated sugar cookies or gingerbread allowed! Judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller decide the winner of the preheat in a blind tasting, and the bakers get to vote for their favorite cookie as well! Then, the bakers must rise to the occasion by making holiday cookie cakes that feature two different types of cookies, a minimum of four layers and a flavor twist to help wash it all down.
Journalist and broadcaster Willie Geist visits Ina Garten's home for a chat and a cocktail masterclass. Ina bakes Willie's favorite Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookies, and after a tour of the garden, they shake up Bourbon Sidecars with Dried Cherries as Jeffrey and Willie's wife Christina join them on the terrace for cocktail hour.
It's back to basics on baking. There's a cookie master class from local baker Kathleen King of Tates Bakeshop who shares her recipe for Double Chocolate Almond Cookies, an easy bake Irish Soda Bread and the easiest shortcut appetizer ever, Savory Palmiers. Then Ina is answering everyone's baking dilemmas in Ask Ina.
The Deen boys head to Chicago for a taste of the great Midwest windy city! What better way to start than with Chicago Style Pizza from Lou Malnati's Pizzeria, home of the original deep-dish pizza. Then it's off to Solomon's cookies, where brothers Adam (a former lawyer) and Jason (a recently crowned Ph.D.) gave up their aspiring careers to bake cookies from their grandmother's recipe! The Deen boys sample the Turtle and the Sandies cookies that made the Solomon brothers' grandmother famous! Finally, Jamie and Bobby land at a place where they dive into gourmet pretzels stuffed with mixed berries and chocolate crumb. Yum!
It's boxing night, so Ree Drummond's running her sons to town for practice. She bakes them fruity Granola Chocolate Chip Cookies and prepares a knockout dinner of champions for when they get home: Italian Sloppy Joes with delicious Garlic Toast. Then, she also drops off a fabulous Lemon Meringue Pie with her father-in-law.
Valerie Bertinelli is celebrating a new book by making a few of the recipes that start each chapter for some dear friends. She cooks Sausage and Peppers, a Tuna Egg Salad Melt and a delightful Butter Lettuce Salad with Zesty Green Goddess Dressing. For a sweet ending, Valerie bakes Lemon Lime White Chocolate Chip Cookies.