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Houston's tortillas, Cookie madness, and Sheldon tackles puff pastry!

Where are they now: Season 1 winner - Edd Kimber (Theboywhobakes)

Season 3 E15 - Christmas Masterclass

Christmas cake: like a fruitcake. Tips on treacle. Mary Origami. So much TIME. Want more visuals when discussing the "crossroads" of a bake.

Mince Pie: UK eat 70MM a year! Sweet short crust pastry - looks fun! No blind bake needed. Paul swears it's more robust because he uses his hands to mix.

Buche de Noel: essentially a chocolate ganache covered swiss roll. Special pans needed. Baking parchment with foil - where is this marvel? Tips on gangle minimal mixing to avoid reducing volume. Rolling secrets! How not to ruin ganache.

Paul's Panettone: Brioche meets panettone. lots of fruit means lots of yeast needed. Room temp eggs and warm milk get things started. Look for the webbing. Then after butter - you want that sheen. Chilling overnight CRITICAL. Another special pan? ... maybe a paint can will work?

A side story of the christmas pudding - Agnes Weston and the sailors that she took care of.

Christmas pudding: tip on how to get rid of muscovado sugar lumps. Bread crumbs are better with JUST 1 day old bread - too much more and the crumbs are too small. Parchment foil... or parchment, then foil. Mary the foil engineer...7 HOURS in a water bath... Finally, Paul needs to can the "old" jokes.

Christmas chelsea buns: Great way to use Christmas leftovers. How much liquid for your dough? You have to "feel it". Rolling vs kneading... For enriched dough Paul is generous with the bench flour. Tacking the dough important for this recipe - you need to "lift, tug, roll" to get the tight bun desired.

Next week - perhaps diving into S1 "wedding cakes episode" or S2 masterclass.