Baked in Vermont - 1 ª Season

To celebrate the holiday season, Gesine Prado hosts a gingerbread house-making party for her friends. She bakes Pistachio Cinnamon Stars and Gingerbread Cookies in cheerful shapes and sets out Sugared Spicy Almonds for snacking.

Gesine Prado hosts her knitting club's monthly get-together and stitches together a menu of small appetizers including Cheese Puffs and Steak Hand Pies. Dessert includes a Charlotte Royale Ice Cream Cake and Homemade Caramels.

A chill in the Vermont air inspires Gesine Prado to make a meal cozy enough to eat by the fire; she makes a turkey pot pie with a biscuit crust; broccoli salad with baked croutons; for dessert, a roasted plum shortcake and maple shortbread cookies;

Gesine makes a home-cooked meal for football players from her husband Ray's alma mater, Dartmouth College; she bakes a hearty pork pie with a big green salad; she makes the big Winooski fudge cookies and a decadent interior cake for dessert and tops it off with a rich, chocolaty hot cocoa.

Gesine Prado invites friends for brunch and cider-making; poached eggs on English muffins with Helga's hollandaise; apple cider donuts; latticed apple slab pie; sparkling apple cider cocktail.