My Ultimate Cookie | Basics with Babish

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[@thegreyinitiate3680]

My mom switched over to making her cookies with browned butter years ago and it was one of the most incredible discoveries she ever made in terms of baking. Those cookies are straight up heavenly.

[@emhaggsart]

Brown butter or bust!!!

[@ARCHIVED9610]

Yes!!!

[@PrincessGrumps]

I did it for sugar cookies once and even icing for doughnuts it's next level man also Madagascar vanilla

[@devin234]

I use brown butter in every recipe along with vanilla paste instead of extract (or Watkins baking vanilla extract depending on what I can get) and just 2 changes improve everything. I’ll never go back to unbrowned butter

[@franciscasedo5246]

I love cookies.

[@LOVEMUFFIN_official]

I also love cookies.

[@Sara-never1]

@@LOVEMUFFIN_official me too I love cookies.

[@akaepicgamer]

I too also love cookies

[@tumatauenga6433]

I love biscuits 🇳🇿

[@deanospimoniful]

@@tumatauenga6433 I love both.

[@jstohler]

My three cookies tricks are: browned butter, freezing the dough and sea salt on top. Gets em every time.

[@futasupastah]

You bake the cookies from frozen? Or you freeze the dough, defrost and then bake?

[@nicholi5926]

@@futasupastah I’ve tried several cookie recipes, when they say to freeze them overnight I recommend shaping them into the size you may want that way you don’t have to defrost them

[@SarafinaSummers]

And 500mg cannabis per cookie.

[@cheesedono2984]

Amazing cookies! But one avenue you forgot to explore in pursuit of the ultimate cookie is flour types. All purpose is what I used for making cookies for years until someone explained that by having a higher protein flour like bread flour in your dough you can have add more moisture, hence making chewier cookies. Definitely something I recommend looking into Babish! :)

[@peoplepeople21]

Having 50/50 is a great shout in my opinion

[@videog4me]

I like to use a mix of bread flour and cake flour myself

[@jaybird9451]

that just balances out and ends up with the same protein content as all purpose bruh

[@Mr.PoopyDoobertPants]

The smell that day of filming must have been heavenly 🍪 ❤

[@frstwhsprs]

🍪!!

[@markofthewolvessucks8930]

Unless of course they had a stuffy nose.

[@calypsosgarden203]

@@markofthewolvessucks8930 Even if they had stuffy noses, it still smelled heavenly; they might not have been able to experience it. That's all.

[@markofthewolvessucks8930]

@@calypsosgarden203 oh

[@vampishly]

it was, i was there 😁

[@tebla2074]

the two things I've found really help with cookies is using melted butter and using extra egg yolk instead of just all whole eggs

[@jolee2987]

This is what I do too. One egg yolk with one whole egg for crispy edges and soft insides

[@evanbell]

Not just melting, but browning the butter. It adds a wonderful depth to cookies.

[@futasupastah]

What difference does it make that the butter be melted?

[@tebla2074]

@futasupastah tbh I'm not entirely sure, maybe it dissolves the sugar slightly?

[@broobit7540]

@@futasupastah the proteins in the butter undergone the Maillard reaction and get a deep nutty flavor.

[@t1mtwc]

I found (on accident )that when hand mixing the recipe from your cookbook, if you whip the butter and sugar, fold in the dry ingredients carefully, and add the eggs when it almost starts to become a shaggy bunch of stuff and finish mixing carefully, the cookies don't spread so thin. I don't understand the science behind it, but its what works best for me without the stand mixer.

[@HardlinerTheGeek]

Andrew, I'm proud of you & your team for taking time out of your busy lives to make these cookies & donate the proceeds to No Kid Hungry.

[@eliloveless3859]

Eventually we are going to get a home made girl scout cookie episode and I’m here for it

[@jakepullman4914]

I don't know, I'd be scared to get on the bad side of the girl scouts.

[@Dctctx]

@@jakepullman4914 Just punt all of them like a field goal

[@Raphie009]

The moment of truth comes from whether Babie decides to improve upon the classic Samoas or the inferior...Caramel De-Lites.

[@javiersaugar376]

and then have that cookie turned into a sausage if we're lucky.

[@lilsebastian1458]

Claire Saffitz did this on Bon Appetit a couple years ago

[@MauriceMoss666]

I feel like you stepped past basics here and went into food dissection. It was beautiful and awe-inspiring. I can't remember the last time I was this captivated with a cooking video. Knocked it out of the park this time Babish, home run video. And your combination of "Stuff" is genius. You may have created the ultimate party cookie.

[@michaelmoccio2225]

Nothing like a classic babish video with the continous backdrop of "Murmurations" by Blue Wednesday. The song is and always has been perfect for his vibe.

[@dolphincrescent54]

I've used butter browned in a cast-iron skillet to make a skillet chocolate chip cookie and the smell is HEAVEN!

[@GregCurtin45]

I love how you seriously thought out your control. Educating viewers is paramount to entertaining them and you manage to do both -- very well. Thank you for the time put in to film, edit, upload (and help fund a charity).

[@EfymirTheTransient23]

A cool trick i use in my cookies is when i am done browning the butter instead of just throwing in water ice cubes, i toss in 1-2 coffee ice cubes i make prior along with a teaspoon of instant coffee (Trust me among all the other strong flavours in my cookies it's not overpowering). instead of adding granulated salt i like to mix in a small handful of himalyan pink rock salt so you get more concentrated pops of salt among all the other flavours going on, maybe some toasted nuts, and of course a nice mix of dark and mild chocolate. You get toasted nuttiness, chocolatiness, toffeelike, mocha like salty cookie. quite nice

[@flingage]

and the excellent reason you have for not sharing some of these with me is...?

[@JoooshTaaaylor]

Yo. Coffee ice cubes is next level. I'm making these asap.

[@joshrivet6225]

why didn’t i get born as one of your relatives so i could have one

[@Skubbes]

greeeat idea! ill do that too!

[@hurleygurlie2388]

I’m making the dough right now and it smells incredible. Thank you for explaining the proper way to brown butter. Two things about the recipe as it prints out from the website: -vanilla extract is a listed ingredient but never mentioned in the instructions -it would be easier to follow the recipe if the ingredients were listed in order of which they are used. The vanilla extract is listed within the dry ingredients. I can’t wait to see how these turn out, and I look forward to having fun with the different inclusions. Thank you for sharing 💙

[@justmeandmy]

Vanilla would go in at the same time as eggs.

[@jeremybeamer3029]

I’ve really enjoyed watching your videos over the years and seeing the ink collection on the forearms grow!

[@maluse227]

I really really really love the structure of this video, its really informative if we want to change the recipe and have our own perfect cookie. I would love to see this kind of thing with other foods like pizzas where you have a similar level of differing variables. It would save a lot of people a lot of time building their own recipes to see it.

[@noahsmith5719]

You’re the one that me on to brown butter, so while I’m skeptical of the flavored coffee, I’ll absolutely try it!

[@retro989]

Love it. I use shortening. Less baking soda. And I take the tray out and smash it on the floor half way through baking. Flatten and wrinkle.

[@Joe___R]

My favorite cookie uses a basic chocolate chip base, but it has the light brown sugar switched out for dark brown sugar. The butter swapped out for brown butter. Then, make it into a white chip macadamia nut cookie that spreads out nicely in the oven for a soft chewy cookie with crispy edges. These changes also make a great chocolate chip cookie if you use mini chocolate chips and only half the amount that your standard tolehouse recipe calls for. This keeps it from being too chocolaty and still gets a bit of chocolate in every bite.

[@MarsBar_]

Wow this covers so many different aspects of making cookies in under 9 minutes. Great video ❤

[@CptVein]

Yes! I love adding nuts and other stuff into my cookie dough.

[@oldschoolsolarpower8077]

This is the first I’ve heard of Shef. I’ve been looking for a way to sell my baked goods and now I might finally have a chance to do it. I signed up the day I watched this video. Even if Shef isn’t in my small town yet, I hope to be ready as soon as it arrives. Thank you Babish!

[@SarafinaSummers]

I could use it to start my canna cafe!

[@CulinaryPhysics]

Babish’s ultimate cookie recipe has me drooling! I can’t wait to try it out and indulge in the deliciousness. 🍪🤤

[@kingtempest4029]

Babish: Teaches us how to make them. Also Babish: YOU CAN ORDER THEM RIGHT NOW

[@tiffanyblitz]

Except that I, at least, cannot. No shef here, apparently, despite living in a major city...

[@brt5273]

@@tiffanyblitz Same for me

[@scaper8]

@@tiffanyblitz Yeah, it won't even let me see the page. As soon as I enter my ZIP code I get a redirect to a blank page that, sometimes, has a queue list. The whole website seems poorly designed and planned out unfortunately. Great concept, poor execution.

[@n9ne]

baking powder is baking soda mixed with cornstarch and cream of tar tar. cream of tar tar is used in candy making it keeps sugar from crystalizing and hardening. cornstarch gives a shew, and baking soda has a reaction with the cream of tar tar which fyi is an acid, and that's why it makes things rise.

[@Abelhawk]

My favorite cookie recipe is the one on Basics with Babish. The browned butter and sea salt on top combine to make a truly foodgasmic flavor and texture. So grateful for that recipe.

[@WhyDoBabiesStareAtMe]

Warm chocolate chip cookies are amazing. Brown butter brings them to a truly transcendent level

[@SarafinaSummers]

Add in slightly toasted oats, instant espresso, and pecans or walnuts for some truly heavenly cookies.

[@tw1zzl3rs92]

I baked a batch cookies right after I finished making the dough and some cookies 48 hours later and the difference in taste and texture was crazy. The 1st batch just tasted like your run of the mill cookies but the 48 hour cookies were crispier and was more chewy on the inside but had more flavor than the 1st batch.

[@ARCHIVED9610]

!! congrats

[@JohnD808]

Ya whatever. U know its just a lie to get people to buy their cookies bcuz they will not want to wait 2 days. 🙄

[@Hungry_Hufflepuff_]

Awesome! Definitely will take this into consideration for my next batch!

[@maryamaps9879]

I love the baking stules

[@DaShreker]

Absolutely amazing recipe babish,my entire extended family and girlfriend's family went crazy for these they thought I brought these from an expensive bouje bakery , because especially in my country these are rare .I added nutmeg and cinnamon too. And it made the cookies smell even more nice

[@trinaq]

Thanks, Babish, cookies are my favourite thing to create, so this is the perfect video tutorial. 😋🍪

[@loganandroid]

Bab knock it out of the park

[@samwilliams6820]

Banishing with Babish

[@frstwhsprs]

Banning with Babish

[@Krysta1Rose]

Banish: You attempt to send one creature that you can see within range to another place of existence. The target must succeed on a Charisma saving throw or be banished.

[@Cookie_Comment]

man i love cookies too :) hence my name lol

[@gamerbreadbaker]

i love you babish, thank you so much for sending us food videos during Ramadan.

[@katyrichardson9046]

Definitely brown butter and definitely chill the dough. That should be the standard😊 my husband also uses roughly chopped semi sweet chocolate wafers, which gives a nice choco distribution

[@idontknow_whattowritesooo130]

i love the bombardment of recipes and foods on the day i’m fasting

[@deanospimoniful]

You're a madman, Andrew, with all those mix-ins. I approve.

[@Wogsan]

The best cookies are the play dough one that may or may not have sent me to the hospital as a kid

[@IntelliSchool-zx6ie]

this is how I build resilience not to break my fast, just watch your channel daily, and I have no chance of being overwhelmed.

[@christianburkhart3601]

I use an ASL mnemonic device for baking powder and soda. Soda spreads (S to 5) and Powder puffs (P to K)

[@MatthiaGryffine]

It feels like an episode like this deserves an in-depth episode where you experiment with different combos until you get to the recipe you have now.

[@Quanic2000]

Isn't that what he did in this video?

[@gwenstacy6568]

​@@Quanic2000pretty sure they meant the viewer can mix and match using babish's results as a guide

[@camitoast]

YESS MY COOKIE DOUGH HAS BEEN CHILLING FOR 2 DAYS NOW. I’m making chocolate chip cookies with ginger & chili ☺️

[@TheLittleThingsAroundUs]

Wait, I'm trying to become a professional baker one day and I make a mean Tres Leches and Chocoflan (all from scratch) so thank you for introducing Shef! I'm signing up right away!

[@paigemclachlan2189]

I always brown the butter but never thought to add a bit more!! My aunt always did butter flavoured crisco instead of butter as well

[@flourchylde]

I made two batches of these cookies. In the second batch I cut the quantities of the sugars in half and they were the best.

[@SarafinaSummers]

You can also make them with half splenda or half stevia for a slightly less sweet cookie.

[@nappa0582]

Finally a Basic with Babish episode doing what the title says, going over the basics. Granted the last time he did a cookie episode was a year ago, this is a welcome addition.

[@cabbage385]

made this recipe for christmas, the fam loved it!

[@purplerose244]

I tried this recipe, and it was INCREDIBLE. The cookies are incredibly crunchy yet fudgy inside, they're gloriously buttery, and that hazelnut flavoured coffee adds a subtle bitterness that makes you legit crave for more. They're EXTREMELY rich so I can't make them that often, but this recipe is one I'll definitely bring again next time my friends come over (I went with normal chopped dark, milk and white chocolate for the additions, and the white becomes crunchy and delicious, super recommend)

[@thepinkpeanut7]

How many cookies did you get out of the recipe? his photo only shows about 8!

[@purplerose244]

@@thepinkpeanut7 I think I got around 20? Although I made mine a little smaller, and it probably depends on the scoop

[@matthewduck302]

All 1500 cookies were bought in like 20 minutes. So crazy!!

[@conan_der_barbar]

I sure would've appreciated a written recipe of the final cookie

[@GardenGuy1943]

Turn on subtitles

[@sabrelion8426]

It’s in the description

[@WayStedYou]

3rd link in the description

[@wontonii232]

Do you not read? It's in the description lol

[@luperdrgz]

The written recipe is in the description but in oz and grams

[@videog4me]

Also you can make brown sugar if you have molasses and regular granulated white sugar. ya know, in case you forget it at the store like a dingus or feel like mixing more things together.

[@thecheck968]

This video really came at the perfect time. My friend is designing my first tattoo so I want to return the favor by baking her favorite dessert

[@MrsNandi40k]

Hey. Not noticed this feedback anywhere but you didn't mention adding the vanilla on the recipe on your website for your ultimate cookies. It's just in the ingredient list. Just so you know!

[@BDD_c2bn]

Small suggestion: When giving directions like "fluffy, but not too fluffy", it'd be really helpful to give a better visual of what you're talking about. Especially in a BWB video.

[@evanractivand]

Browned butter, great idea to try! Another would be to try toasted sugar, can add a great kind of caramel nuttiness. My favourite recipe personally is a Frankenstein Levain knock off choc chip

[@MELOWARMACHINE]

in case anyone else was confused about the butter amount: the recipe says 8oz/226g which is 2 sitcks of butter. so you need to add 25% when browning it. so 2oz/56.5g lol/a quarter of a stick

[@ihateracin]

Finally, Babby Boy shows us how the Cookie Crumbles

[@Bluetartinator8]

What if you made all the snacks (minus cereal soup) from Craig of the Creek episode, "After school Snackdown"

[@jameshenderson1498]

I haven’t watched basics for a while but it made me so happy he hasn’t changed the theme music and video 🤌

[@staceyvaas1210]

This is brilliant! Thank you ❤

[@Mzriguezz]

Oh Lord. I can't with this right now, happy passover ❤

[@StopSpiderMan]

I want to see you make Leaning Tower of Pisa Honeycake from Arthur

[@winniethewhor]

If you're afraid of Hazelnut Coffee, I like to use a little bit of almond flour to make the cookie a little denser and add a light nutty flavor.

[@UumaZooma]

Would love to see you make all the foods that T-Bo jammed a stick through from iCarly

[@samsouyave-murphy986]

Please do Andy’s Mouth Surprise (Skittle Sandwich) from Parks and Rec and the Gummy Breakfast Burrito from Brooklyn Nine Nine! Thank you. :)

[@nalder4x4runnerfamilyoverl93]

wonderful video. may have been mentioned in comments or you may have done the research, but B Powder is essentially B Soda with an acid added to elicit the gas release is less than acidic use case. example being making pancake batter. b soda pairs with the buttermilk to create leavening. if you were to omit the acidic buttermilk you may need B powder to add back some acid. But why would you skip on the buttermilk?

[@user-xv4tx6ls2p]

baking soda needs acidity to fully effect leavening, it also denatures proteins which lets the cookie spread more. Depending on how much leavening and how much spread vs cakiness you want, you can change the ration between soda and powder.

[@umedyn8371]

Babish made the Everything Bagel, now he's made the Everything Cookie.

[@unironicaly908]

this seems like a long shot but i imagine you could make a whole series of arcade with alvin just based on cookie clicker

[@creaturefromtheblacklagoon6300]

At the beginning of the video I was worried I was doing something wrong. Since I found vanilla paste I refuse to use extract. Thank you for the validation.

[@saulgarcia7347]

I can’t wait to try these!!

[@waheedabdullah6371]

Maybe an early Easter video can be you making Eggs Bunny-dect from Close Enough cartoon

[@Idonotlikepeanutbutter832]

Please do the types of jams mentioned in 2019 Aladdin movie

[@bethetroubleyouwant]

I would love to see yall make a pure chocolate chip cookie with lab pure products! Yall have a amazing team to be able to create it!

[@bluesdjben]

I know it's not fancy, but my ultimate cookie recipe is just the chocolate chip cookie recipe on the back of the Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate chip bag. The only change I make is replacing maybe a quarter of the flour with whole wheat flour, preferably freshly ground so you get the flavorful bran as part of it.

[@BrainMax_]

Please do Riddler's Latte and slice of Pumpkin Pie from 2022 Batman

[@loganandroid]

Nice

[@michellelogreco3351]

Yes! Brown the butter!!

[@MantharManzoor-li8cc]

Great recipe.. looks delicious 😋

[@tkimball861]

Saw the stickers on the containers at the end and chuckled because in my head I was like look “Baking Bad” cookies 🤣🤣

[@joshuakahky6891]

*If it were up to me, I'd use your final recipe but roughly chop some dark baking chocolate in lieu of the multitude of fillings. Simple dark chocolate "chips" will always be superior imo*

[@TurrettiniPizza]

when you bake with brown butter, you need to make up for the moisture lost from browning the butter or else the texture will end up brittle.

[@benamini5701]

Whenever I follow a American recipe, I only use about 40 to 50 percent of sugar in the recipe. American recipes at least in KZbin are too sweet. I don't understand why sugar weight always is at least as same as the weight of flour.

[@dch528]

I think you made biscuits.

[@FreakZoid101]

I love this cookie recipe 🤤😋

[@shere125]

Amazed by the these cookies

[@xsxedaddyx4541]

hello babby baby

[@cathylin6140]

Finally it’s here

[@bigpig88]

I swear didn’t you already do a video like this, not complaining tho, just gives me more reasons to make cookies

[@user-pp1mc3tc6y]

Wanna try this recipe

[@komi_lot6040]

I literally yelled “ OOO COOKIES” , I’m so glad I’m in my room alone 😅

[@nolavalon]

I added brown miso paste and sourdough discard, extra umami and delicious

[@robinlowery9385]

Cool cause you're donating to. I respect that. Nice job in making dough for people to order.

[@jaweedalimughal8216]

Great recpie...looks delicious❤️❤️

[@elizabethalvarado8698]

I gotta do something like this, real soon...!

[@ivanas442]

This was a great video! I signed up for Shef after watching, the Babish cookies weren't available in my city but I found some cool cooks on their :)

[@kimberlyhenshaw8368]

I SAW that Kerrygold label, sir! My favourite butter as well.

[@fatimazeeshan166]

I love cookies.your recipe is awesome ❤

[@ajr3605]

Chocolate salted caramels are a game changer in the dough

[@aeyshaaeysha8769]

They look amazing

[@karate_koala6233]

Ok, I looked it up and it says theat baking soda gives things a fluffy texture, but too much will cause any baked goods to collapse in on itself. Baking powder on the other hand is a mix between baking soda, cream of tartar, and corn starch. To put it simply, it's a subtle alternative to baking soda.

[@onlineproductsoforiflame1652]

I will try it bcos I love the recipe

[@AsimArshad-uz7en]

Iwill try