Mary Berg's super simple recipes free up more time to spend with overnight guests instead of in the kitchen! Mary's Apple Butter Roast Pork keeps bellies full from dusk till dawn, and a make-ahead appetizer of Creamy (without the cream) White Bean Cauliflower Soup gets dressed up with a topping of crispy shallot rings and capers. Plus, get a head start on breakfast with Mary's Overnight French Toast with homemade apple cider cinnamon syrup. Just pop the casserole dish in the oven in the morning and you're a hosting wizard!
The Kitchen Helpline is open for the holidays and the team is ready to bring serious crowd pleasers like Sunny Anderson's Hot Ham and Cheese Wreath and Katie Lee's Crispy Artichoke Hearts. Baker Dan Langan stops by to create Savory Gingerbread People and Justin Warner makes an Easy Beef Wellington Pie. Mini Cheesecakes are then topped with Katie's Chocolate and Raspberries, Geoffrey Zakarian's Blackberry Lemon Jam and Jeff Mauro's Bananas Foster. Finally, Katie shares her Spiced Pepitas and Pecans recipe before the hosts play a game with audience members called the Oven Mitt Challenge.