Christmas Cookie Challenge

Five cookie makers are challenged to create cookies that look like handcrafted gifts. Then they have to make cookie garlands featuring smoky ingredients like paprika, smoked almonds, Gouda and scotch.

Five cookie makers face the dreaded slice-and-bake challenge, where the design must be baked into the cookie itself. Then they have to create showstopping centerpieces made of cookies using herbs and spices.

Five festive cookie makers decorate cookies showing beloved characters from the North Pole getting fit. Then they redesign and reconstruct Santa's house using only cookies infused with tahini, avocado, olive oil and more.

Five creative cookie makers have to wow the judges with their colorless cookies, using only detail, texture and relief. Then they let loose with an explosion of color as they create tarts with layers of cookies, cream and fruit.

Eddie Jackson invites five of the finest cookie makers to take on the world of fine art by assembling spectacular cookie mosaics. Judges Ree Drummond, Dwayne Ingraham and Gesine Prado decide if all the pieces fall into place.

The five cookie makers have to craft creative Christmas cards out of cookies. Then they reach for new heights by building beautiful Christmas tree toppers out of cookies and incorporating mini marshmallows and maraschino cherries.

The five cookie makers have to create Christmas character masks made of cookies. Then they're challenged to craft 3-D cookie displays capturing the adventures of a mischievous elf in the workshop.

Five cookie makers use classic cookie cutters to make dazzling designs that have nothing to do with the cutters' original shapes. Then they use edible stained glass to make cookie versions of traditional Christmas decorations.