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America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated: Chewy Brownies And Chocolate Cupcakes

Cast members of AMERICA's TEST KITCHEN: Jack Bishop, Adam Ried, Christopher Kimball, Julia Collin Davison and Bridget Lancaster.
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Cast members of AMERICA's TEST KITCHEN: Jack Bishop, Adam Ried, Christopher Kimball, Julia Collin Davison and Bridget Lancaster.

Airs Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK'S ILLUSTRATED, public television's most-watched cooking series, returns with 26 first-run episodes featuring more of the popular segments viewers love and trust.

America’s Test Kitchen Feed

America’s Test Kitchen Feed is a destination for free recipes and food stories from the crew at America’s Test Kitchen–we’ll be featuring everything from how to make homemade bacon jam to how to solve kitchen problems with a hairdryer. You’ll also get a glimpse of exclusive, behind-the-scenes snapshots of life at the Test Kitchen.

Season 11 also marks the return "Doc" Willoughby, and his "man on the street" segment. Julia Collin Davison, Becky Hays, Bridget Lancaster and Yvonne Ruperti, prepare 52 all-new recipes, including ultimate chocolate cupcakes, old-fashioned beef pot roast, bread pudding, indoor pulled pork, Chicago-style deep dish pizza, cherry pie, easier fried chicken, hands-free risotto, foolproof grilled tuna and more.

In this episode, Doc Willoughby investigates boxed versus homemade brownies in a head-to-head tasting. Then, test cook Julia Collin Davison reveals the secrets to better-than-the-box chewy brownies at home.

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Next, host Christopher Kimball visits NYC’s famous Magnolia Bakery to find out what all the fuss is about! Then, test cook Yvonne Ruperti shows Chris how to make the ultimate chocolate cupcakes. And finally, gadget guru Lisa McManus divulges the best baking gadgets.

Episodes from past seasons are now available for online viewing.

AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN is on Facebook, and you can follow @TestKitchen on Twitter.

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