Cookie Shipping Secrets and Two Christmas Desserts | Full Episode | America's Test Kitchen (S25 E11)

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Tis the season for holiday baking! Today Erin McMurrer starts off by showing Julia Collin Davison how to make stollen, a traditional German Christmas bread with a delicious marzipan center. Lisa McManus gives tips on which Christmas cookies are best to ship, plus she demonstrates a foolproof packing strategy to ensure they don't get squished in transit. Lan Lam explains the secret of making browned butter that's the perfect color for baking. For an extra festive bake, Elle Simone Scott shows Bridget Lancaster how to step up your Christmas cookie game by using meringue to make adorable Christmas trees, adorned with sugar stars, sprinkles, and Hershey Kiss tree trunks. Stollen Recipe: https://cooks.io/3MqvU9R Meringue Christmas Trees Recipe: https://cooks.io/4ptKADQ Read About How to Pack Cookies for Shipping: https://cooks.io/3KuCZWl Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:25 How to Make Stollen 11:19 Best Way to Ship Christmas Cookies 13:33 15:05 Make Meringue Christmas Trees Subscribe to ATK Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/@ATKFullEpisodes?sub_confirmation=1 ​ Discover more rigorously tested recipes like those shown in this episode on the America’s Test Kitchen App: https://cooks.io/41U3KZF Get exclusive access to every recipe, review, and more via our homepage: https://cooks.io/48ACqnf Buy The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001–2026: https://cooks.io/4oCYG4n Discover the latest recipes, tips, and tricks from Cook’s Insider: https://cooks.io/4iHIH3E Subscribe to Cook's Illustrated: https://cooks.io/3KuD9Nr Watch More!​ Cook's Country: https://youtube.com/watch?v=aq-PTfsokrw&list=PL5OCJ46MPEbsRY3B8XlFJR4NWRbRwWq61 ​ Julia At Home: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5OCJ46MPEbumBCWw_mLGQLn3hQPQW3bb ​ America’s Test Kitchen: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericasTestKitchen ​Follow America's Test Kitchen: ​​ Instagram: https://instagram.com/testkitchen ​​ Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/testkitchen ​​ TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@testkitchen?lang=en ​​ Facebook: https://facebook.com/americastestkitchen ​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/testkitchen ​​ At America’s Test Kitchen, we investigate every aspect of cooking—recipes, equipment, ingredients, and techniques—with a goal to empower and inspire home cooks. Since 1992, our team of 50+ cooks, editors, and culinary creatives ask a lot of questions—and do a lot of testing—so that you get dependable, delicious recipes, comprehensive guidance, and thorough and unbiased equipment and ingredient reviews. You can find us in the pages of Cook's Illustrated magazine, on our television shows America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country, in dozens of best-selling cookbooks, and via the 14,000+ recipes, reviews, and classes available on our website and app. Whether you’re in search of a great weeknight meal or an impressive dinner-party dish, we’ve done the testing to deliver reliable recipes and comprehensive cooking info to your home kitchen. Bring your curiosity, and we’ll make you a better cook. #AmericasTestKitchen #FullEpisode #FoodScience