Melted vs Softened Butter in Cookies

[@martid03]

I soften my butter but I think I'll start melting it now

[@xa-xii1617]

brown your butter!! it adds so much depth of flavour

[@recoveringsoul755]

​@@xa-xii1617that's what i keep hearing. Brown the butter, maybe a bit more because some evaporates. Then mix the dough and refrigerate overnight. If you can stand waiting. It's supposed to make them so much better

[@matinhosmatos]

​@@xa-xii1617omg YES!!!! I only make cookies with browned butter and without vanilla (overkill, in my opinion) and its THE BEST cookie in the entire planet

[@ThaOddGurl]

Brown it. That's the only way I make chocolate chip cookies

[@Appaddict01]

This is a great video on the science behind the perfect chocolate chip cookie. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXTXZKuegKiLZ80

[@angelachen-my4ez]

I love baking, and your channel has helped me so much!

[@Noba46688]

Same, it’s so much fun! Love sharing with others (:

[@blueperson77]

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[@fIowering]

one thing i have to say i appreciate is how you dont say things like "you have been doing xx wrong". i love that you provide us with the info unbiased and let us know of the outcome so that we decide which is the correct one for ourselves 😋

[@insertcreativityhere7747]

Same 😄 Just giving us the information to make what we prefer most :)

[@lilybeanie]

Right?? I have no idea how many times I've been told wrong by somewhat online cooks. When there could be different personal preferences out there

[@TheDiosdebaca]

YOU'VE BEEN WRITING COMMENTS WRONG THIS WHOLE TIME! You should be issuing judgemental strawman comments to keep your interlocutors angry allowing you to win the argument! Oh, wait, wrong comment thread, my bad!

[@TurtlesTM]

frrr more people need to make videos this way instead of making it seem like one method is superior to the common one

[@EmberPines]

I use melted and tend to "undercook" them. Sooo good

[@sxhizornsmn]

it always has to be slightly gooey - anything over and it’s too much hahaha

[@AHHHHHHHH21]

As long as it's 180 degrees internally in the end, it's baked enough, so yeah

[@eurekaruto4392]

you don’t get how much my baking has improved literally from a few of these short vids I’m so happy 😭

[@TurtlesTM]

I like how in these comparison videos, you never say one is "better than" the other, but you rather compare the results in a factual, comprehensible way that allows the viewer to feel more in control when they bake. Ur shorts r especially helpful for beginner home bakers like me who don't wanna take a class per se but just find quick tips like these useful to leave it to me to tailor my own baking to my personal preferences. Good job and keep it up

[@abigailshepherd2406]

Me and my mom love your videos. I have learned so much about baking from them!!!! It gives us a chance to spend time together and make up for time we didn’t have when I was little. Thank you so much!

[@millienexu5684]

The problem is I always forget to soften it and don’t wanna bother w the hot water trick so it always goes the melted route 😂

[@ambrosia7904]

I forget this all the time. Something I do is take the butter, cut it into at least 8-16 pieces on a plate, and microwave for 5 second intervals until it just barely starts to melt a teensy bit. Then by the time I need to cream it with the sugar, it’s settled to a good temperature

[@jadebell8790]

@@ambrosia7904May as well brown the butter if yuur gonna melt it ? Brown butter gives such nutty flavors and delicious cookies

[@hi-wf9ql]

you should put all your cookie hacks in a full length video imo

[@bakeitsimple]

This channel has helped me grow as a pastry chef! Thank you 💜

[@HappyLovers81]

I love cooking and baking, so this is very good and easy instructions for me! Thank you!! I love your channel!

[@enriqueortiz5036]

How bout this: could you brown your butter, cool it, then aerate it with the softened/creaming method? I’m almost sure I’ve seen that in some recipe video, sounds like best of both worlds

[@LotusHearted]

Sounds like Claire Saffitz, at least if my memory serves.

[@peterprime2140]

Binging with Babish does this in his cookies.

[@cchloers]

This is really helpful, thanks for sharing! Also, I was wondering if you could show how to keep your cakes (specifically pineapple upside down cake) from baking too long, and how to make sure they are moist.

[@sempressfi]

Can you describe what you mean by baking too long? As in - getting too brown/crisp on top, too dry inside, etc

[@cchloers]

@@sempressfiSorry if it was unclear! I meant as in too dry. 👍

[@itashious]

I should just put this guys entire channel on my playlist at this point

[@nightmarishtaco3434]

I appreciate that he didn’t one or the other bad, usually the bottom result is the best in his vids but id prefer the top softer one

[@aveenmoaaz7814]

these videos are Soo helpful .I am quite new to baking and this is a game changer.thank you Soo much 😁

[@benjaminthebaker]

I'm so glad they help!

[@sheidama]

I'm loving your channel to the moon and back!! You are answering my life-long questions in baking! Thank you🥹

[@i_Am_TH]

My first time making oatmeal cookies, I accidentally melted the butter - the recipe calls for soften. Thought I ruined it. Turned out that it's the best oatmeal cookies ever! Cause I had never made them that good again! 😂😭 The texture was exactly the same as you showed in the vid!

[@krazedvintagemodel]

Benjamin, at the moment you're my favorite baker. Used to be Martha, and then Nigella. You're in such good company! Peace to everyone 🌻

[@dl43]

You are a brilliant genius

[@kingstonperez-2484]

Love your channel Benny

[@RachelSpaghetti]

They both look delicious in their own way 😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩🧈🧈🧈 I used to make cookies with melted butter (it was easier than cold butter Lol), but I've used softened butter for a while now. I may have to mix it up sometime and try out melted butter again, just to see what it's like Lol probably will go back to softened butter sooner rather than later tbh

[@QIKWIA]

You are a GREAT teacher...one of the best ive ever learned from😂

[@user-jq6ug4ju9k]

i love your content so much!

[@hamssayusuf1430]

Bro never stop making these vids

[@platinumare]

I'm trying melted on the next batch. I love chewy biscuits.

[@katm7992]

I’m loving your videos and learning so much! Do you have a video on how the ratio of sugar to butter to flour might affect a cookie? If not, would you be able to test this please ?

[@MrPilotStunts]

60% softened butter 40% neutral oil As creamy as it gets

[@yayaskids9619]

What the heck is "neutral oil"?

[@countesschocofang]

​​@@yayaskids9619something with a mild flavour I think? So not virgin olive oil or coconut oil, as their flavours would potentially ruin the bake. Sunflower or rapeseed oil would be good choices instead as they have no taste, i.e. "neutral".

[@Mat-xw4ww]

@@yayaskids9619 politically correct oil

[@coldcole]

Omg this reminds me of my experiments when studying food and nutrition

[@thecaffee1065]

Wow, I’ve never thought about that. I’ve always wanted to make moist chewy cookies and not all that crisp. I’ll give it a shot.

[@andrewbobat]

I love cold butter for cookies

[@thedreamer215]

I save everyone of your videos because they are so helpful. Now, I need to actually start baking again. Any tips on using a metal stand mixer bowl? Last time I made cookies, my room temperature butter became ice cold while attempting to whip it. The bowl wasn't cold when I added the butter. The paddle wasn't either. Or should I just invest in another bowl for the stand mixer? I haven't looked into it. It's a Kitchenaid mixer and a few years old. Hopefully, it's not expensive 🙈.

[@heitildeg]

Could you do some focaccia comparisons?

[@SheilaR.08]

I love chewy cookies. 😊

[@dawnmann5896]

I always melt my butter and add extra flour. I get soft on the inside and a slight crisp on the outside. Not at all flat.

[@sleep____]

All grandma's need this

[@jokosusilountung9205]

👍😍

[@samueljett1416]

I use cold butter, holds onto a lot of air and stays really chewy. Best of both worlds

[@Jolyky]

This guy knows more about cookies than Donald trump does about hairstyling

[@imdefinitelyok8658]

This is why I love baking. It's just random science

[@ladonnaderocher1249]

What about chilled butter and baking chilled cookie dough?

[@HansenLianto]

can you do shortbread biscuits!

[@alexbulgarelli4181]

I like my cookie tender too. Usually after i take out the bones i hit it with a mallet. 😊

[@icxcnika2]

Ok thank you I’ll be melting my butter now! 😂

[@cloudsys_shenanigans]

Not the british bake off music 💀

[@carter_1]

I'm not sure which way looks better this time 🤔 I assumed soften butter would be better, but the melted looks awful good. Can you send me a sample, so I can make sure!?

[@autumnstoptwo]

sounds like soften butter equals more cookies per batch.... this is a convincing argument 🫡😂

[@xaviercruz4763]

When are yo dropping a pdf of these things?

[@chachadodds5860]

Baking is a science.

[@thatonepossum5766]

THAT’S WHAT MY BUTTER/SUGAR IS MEANT TO LOOK LIKE?! I didn’t know it changed once it got fully mixed. ;-;

[@SmolPotato8]

I prefer using melted in my cookies. The past 2 times I used softened my cookies spread alot, and crumbled easily. When i was using melted almost all of them stayed together. Next time I bake them I'm going to see if butter was the difference (I also scooped my flour and stuck to the recipe almost exactly every time

[@nonai7897]

Where were you when I was growing up and learning how to bake ☹

[@Meohtoad]

I love browning my butter tho

[@benjaminthebaker]

I love the taste of the browned butter. As an alternate option, try toasting some milk powder (300F for 10 minutes or until golden) and adding a few tablespoons to your cookie recipe. Gives a similar taste and saves you from the process of browning the butter

[@aliveinhim9793]

You can also brown the butter and then refrigerate it again until it hardens up so that it can be creamed.

[@adventures.withmel]

OK, totally unrelated to the video, but are we not gonna talk about how perfect that 26% was?!

[@captainblocker4324]

browned butter >>>

[@1cyy365]

Dense and chewy, that's how I like my cookies Also my Nickname in high-school

[@nathalieouo7250]

if you brown your butter and wait for it to cool down close to a softened butter would that be better?

[@Ang3lzzzzCr33dPR]

I only cream my butter for double chocolate chip or snickerdoodles. I melt my butter for every other cookie. I also stopped making chocolate chip cookies and instead make exclusively double chocolate chip cookies just because you get way better chocolate flavor and holds on to more milk when you dip it.

[@donnawolff5956]

Does the same determine whether a brownie recipe will be cakey or fudgey?

[@user-je9di8yh8k]

Your 10/10 baker

[@yuhaozhang5268]

I actually don’t think the air mixed in weights so much! That’s kinda surprising

[@jeffjeffries8924]

bro keeps saying dense like I'm not about to only melt butter from now on

[@munzae]

I really thought it was a drawing at the beginning

[@Da_pie-rat]

Next time I’ll melt it then I love chewy cookies 😁

[@VellaiRoja]

How about using Ghee...

[@TheRatSwarm]

Does the effect still work if it’s scaled into a cookie cake (1kg total)?

[@ElizabethLopez-hx6xv]

Recently I’ve been browning my butter bc IMO it gives good results with very little extra effort. Would putting it in the fridge to re-solidify a bit make it so it functions as “softened butter”?

[@2ndpartycrasher954]

Right, except you can't brown butter anymore. I rather stick with that tbh but good to know.

[@Charlie-yv3ib]

what if... i do... both? o.o

[@83croissant]

If I want a snickerdoodle that’s in between chewy and cakey could I use half melted butter and half softened ? Do you think that would do anything? Has anyone tried it ? I’m going nuts attempting to recreate a cookie I had from a bakery

[@Nighhhts]

Melting is required, honestly. Chewy is the purpose…

[@meridian6042]

i use melted butter for my chocolate chip cookies. I just find it easier to mix lol

[@Userabby971]

If rge both look the same 👇

[@silenttwine2368]

What about the browning the butter?

[@a.v2013]

i use oil😂😂😂 and they turn out perfect

[@urfavsniper852]

What flavor cookie is this???

[@jellyfox7573]

I like the melted better

[@itsonlyxmabloxburg]

Brown butter>>>

[@yayaskids9619]

In Las Vegas, the room temperature butter is in between soft and melted. Why are my cookies flat like flying saucers with the chocolate chips sticking up like mountains? Also, I'd like to know what chocolate chips taste the best! Hershey and Nestlé are both garbage, IMO.

[@brandonplays702]

So maybe half melted and half softened?

[@uncleiroh8494]

I like chewy more

[@Yesytsucks]

Im sorry, how does air give itmore weight? We live on a planet where air is the substance we're measuring the weight in. Its like saying that inflated baloon is heavier than a not inflated baloon

[@countesschocofang]

He said the opposite, the melted butter ones (which don't aerate as much) are 26% heavier/denser which results in more cookie per cookie but less cookies overall. Watch the video again because I thought the same on my first watch.

[@tierral.1241]

i think i like melted more

[@__-fm5qv]

So what you're saying is that if I use melted butter I'll get more cookie per cookie... nice

[@benjaminthebaker]

More cookie per cookie but fewer total cookies overall

[@bbqseitan7106]

I actually perfer my cookies dense and chewy

[@megaraichu4729]

Day 30002 of asking for brownie video

[@non-binarymess4515]

I saw 0 difference between those two cookies

[@Nothxbroski]

What happens if I brown my butter then I put it in the freezer?

[@benjaminthebaker]

If you let the butter solidify and then cream with the sugar you will get a result similar to the one with softened butter. It will be a little different, though, because browning the butter drives off the water content from the butter. This will give a slightly chewier cookie

[@ovaaaaaL]

Yeah! Melted butter supremacy! I remember that I started baking cookies because those that are commercially available are too brittle for me. Homemade cookies are the best!

[@megabrian756]

Bro who cares it’s a cookie

[@rifathossain6132]

Those are not cookies, those are whoopie pies at best

[@dynamitoriel9056]

I think the first type of pastries are meant to be demonstrations of it texture

[@Trooper34]

Last

[@nothanksplease]

what if you use half soft half melted? would it be chewy and soft? What if we use tapioca flour? what if you only use yolk? what if i put a bunch of pencil shavings in there?

[@FOR_DA_W1Nters]

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