A molasses gingerbread cut from seven templates, with the roof measurement that does not match the walls and a safer swap for the raw egg white icing.
Jule Kake Norwegian Christmas Bread (4 Loaves)
A cardamom and raisin yeast bread from Norway, baked as four round loaves, plus the serving count that misleads you and a swap for the hard-to-find fresh yeast.
Christmas Tree Pull-Apart Bread (32 Cheesy Balls)
Store-bought pizza dough, mozzarella and garlic butter baked into a tree shape, plus the ball count that does not quite add up and the real baking time.
Parmesan Potato Pancake (Giada, Serves 4)
Grated Yukon gold potatoes with Parmesan and fresh basil, fried as one big golden cake. Why squeezing matters, and how much oil that 12 inch pan needs.
Holiday Sausage Strata
Bread, sausage and Gruyere soaked overnight and baked under broccoli, plus the bake time the card gets wrong and why the weights really matter.
Overnight Monkey Bread
A buttermilk dough rested overnight in rosemary butter and baked over brown sugar caramel, plus the two bundt pans the card never mentions.
Cranberry French Toast
Challah stuffed with cream cheese and cranberries and fried in butter, plus the wrong pan on the card and why the cranberries need cooking first.
Gingerbread Waffles
Molasses and pumpkin waffles spiced with ginger and cinnamon, plus the real time at the iron and the ingredient nobody expects to find in them.
Holiday Party Punch
Cranberry juice, sparkling cider and ginger ale over ice, plus the bottle size the recipe never gives and what the calorie count quietly includes.
Wassail
Spiced ale and Madeira with baked apples and beaten eggs, plus the egg safety step the recipe skips and why one hour is nowhere near enough time.