The Bread Cast Holiday Special with the Doughboys

"*The Bread Cast* Holiday Special with the Doughboys" is an episode of the podcast, *The Bread Cast*, hosted by Joe Saunders. "*The Bread Cast* Holiday Special with the Doughboys" was released on December 16, 2018.

## Synopsis

Ho ho ho! *The Bread Cast* is back with a holiday extravaganza. Host Joe Saunders welcomes special guests the Doughboys (Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger) and bakes some gingerbread cookies. Plus other seasonal surprises! Follow the Bread Cast on Twitter @TheBreadCast for photos and links to the recipes.

## Joe's intro

I was the only one stirring
'Cause the ingredients needed mixin'
The measuring cups were hung by the oven with care
In hopes that sugar and flour would soon be there
The cookies were nestled all snug in the oven
In hopes that the *Bread Cast* gas would soon give them some lovin'
And I heard them exclaim as they went in our tummies
"I hope that we are very very yummy!"*

## Reindeer rating 🦌

For this week's Holiday Special, Joe bakes some gingerbread cookies with cream-cheese frosting and red cinnamon sprinkles. The cookies are from *New York Times* recipe by Jennifer Steinhauer (here).

See pictures of the baking process below.

They rate the cookies on a scale of 1-9 Reindeers + Santa.

 Nick Wiger
 Mike Mitchell
 Santa Claus 🎅🏼

## Surprise Rise

In Surprise Rise, Joe surprises his guests with a second baked good!

Unfortunately, Joe spills his cupcakes on the floor.

Fortunately, Santa then shows up to save Christmas!

Joe's surprise for this episode was a chocolate cake with cream-cheese icing. It was from a recipe called "Best-Ever Chocolate Cake" via *Better Homes and Gardens Baking Cookbook*.

They rate it on the same scale as above.

 Nick Wiger
 Mike Mitchell
 Santa Claus 🎅🏼

## Quotes

**Santa**: I'll never tell!

## Related Episodes

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* BC2. White Bread
* BC3. Buttermilk Biscuits
* BC4. **Holiday Special**
* BC5. Pumpernickel Bread
* BC6. Dinner Rolls
* BC7. Cornbread
* BC8.
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## Photos of the Process (via @TheBreadCast)

Gingerbread Cookies Process #1: "We got a few pics from the baking process for the Holiday Special’s gingerbread cookies. First, here’s how it looked after adding baking soda to the heated up sugar, molasses, & shortening mixture. Look at that exciting bubbly reaction"Gingerbread Cookies Process #2: "This is the mixture after adding an egg, flour, and the other dry ingredients"Gingerbread Cookies Process #3: "The dough was then shaped into ball which is about the size of a mini-basketball or I guess a volleyball. (FYI: those hands were clean!)"Gingerbread Cookies Process #4: "And here’s the dough after it had chilled in the fridge for 2 hours, ready to be rolled out and cut into individual cookies for baking"Homer Simpson Gingerbread CookieWolverine Gingerbread CookieChocolate Cake Process #1Chocolate Cake process #2Chocolate Cake process #3Chocolate Cake Process #4Chocolate Cake Process #5Chocolate Cake Process #6Chocolate Cake Process #7Chocolate Cake Process #8Best-Ever Chocolate Cake
## Photos of the Surprise

"It all started when Joe accidentally dropped the original #SurpriseRise""Thank heaven Santa was there with a backup #SurpriseRise.""The guests, the Doughboys, practically lost their minds when he appeared.""Amazing that Santa then stayed and chatted. Even magically pulling down his beard to try the gingerbread cookies"