How to Prevent a Bûche de Noël from Cracking

We have a very special episode today. Ahead of the busiest baking season of the year, we’ve got an entire show dedicated to answering your biggest holiday baking questions! And we’ve invited some friends to help us. We’ve assembled an all-star collection of our King Arthur colleagues, including Molly Marzalek-Kelly and Sarah Jampel from our Test Kitchen, Amber Eisler from our Baking School, Martin Philip from our YouTube channel, and Melanie Wanders from our R&D team. Together, we tackle pressing questions like how to make holiday cookies ahead of time, what to do if your cream puffs keep deflating, and the best way to make whole grain dinner rolls that are still light and fluffy. Let’s get baking!  

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This episode is sponsored by Plugra. Learn more about their premium European-style butter at plugra.com. 

The recipes mentioned in this episode include:  

Latke Focaccia recipe 

Everyday Olive Oil Cake recipe 

Gingerbread Biscotti recipe 

Fluffy Frosted Orange Rolls recipe 

Buckwheat-Cardamom Chocolate Chunk Cookies recipe 

Olive Oil Sufganiyot recipe 

Jelly Doughnut Cake recipe 

Chocolate Bûche de Noël with Cookie Butter Whipped Ganache recipe