A three-generation family in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains findstheir homestead failing because they choose to live on theuseless side of their land attached to power. The Raneys embarkon a high-stakes rescue to convince them to move to the otherside.
For the semifinals, host Jesse Palmer explores the reasonsbehind some great holiday traditions. Kwanzaa is around thecorner, and one of the most traditional ingredients to cookwith is plantains, so the bakers craft Kwanzaa plantaindesserts. Then in a team heat, Carla Hall celebrates acenturies-old tradition by crafting ornaments, inspiringbaking teams to make large-scale edible ornaments in HolidayBaking's first ever T'Ornament of Tastiness! Another agelessholiday tradition is putting up a Christmas tree, so for themain heat, the bakers create blitz puff pastry Christmas treepull-aparts for judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and NancyFuller to tear into!
Host Brad Smith challenges the baking teams to serve up somecool cakes for judges Ron Ben-Israel, Eddie Jackson and DanniRose, featuring skiing snowmen, playful penguins and othersnow-loving folks keeping it frosty and fun in a winterwonderland.
A building in Colorado is still marked with bullet holes from aWild West shootout between union members and state militia;the ruins of the old mining town tell the heated story of alabor dispute that ended in sabotage and murder.