Dry-aged Bacon Fat Cookie Cake with Miso Caramel | What's in the Fridge? Basics with Babish

This week on Basics or What's in the Fridge or whatever this is, I'm seeing what's in the fridge and making something Basic out of it! As it turned out, I had some cookie dough accidentally aging in the icebox, which created the perfect conditions under which a skillet cookie could thrive in captivity. Let's see what happens!
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[@koryschrutz7357]

When you cant tell if its cheese or butter there may be something wrong with your cheese or butter.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

If you can't believe it's butter, there's something wrong.

[@rexevans100]

I can't believe its not butter..... dysentery edition

[@The_Sleepiest_Socialist]

Or is it cream?

[@hsandco9560]

Turns out it was milk

[@noob3snlthenoob835]

what if it's Velveeta

[@PowWowAnimations]

I love the amount of emotion behind "It's a cheese, Brad..."

[@CazadorSlayer]

I half expected him to hit Brad with a "YOU UNCULTURED S W I N E!!!"

[@MaftaYeahYeah]

@@CazadorSlayer Something something cheese culture pun...

[@TheActualCinnamonGirl]

Time stamp:

[@KingJbag]

Very big "they're minerals, Marie" energy

[@abigailgomez-munoz4601]

@@TheActualCinnamonGirl 1:57

[@CenturyBlade]

Andrew going full plumbers asscrack with dusty-but-expensive-floor-chocolate is definitely some kind of mood

[@Ioliar]

Nice to see that Andrew is as much of a Gremlin as the rest of us.

[@MaatStile]

this bit really destroyed me, i would say, asscrack andrew is my spiritual animal

[@PhattRedNola5049]

@@MaatStile not asscrack Andrew 🥴💀🤣

[@dilfs.9196]

This is the greatest piece of poetry of the century

[@WaterPuppy]

Buttcracks with Babish, anyone?

[@SonicKing84]

Dry...aged...skillet cookie...I would honestly order that if it was on a restaurant menu. Always loved cookie cakes for my birthday growing up, and the couple of skillet cookies I've had have been absolutely divine!

[@calebw9372]

Honestly when is the Dining With Babish restaurant gonna hit the streets?

[@themooseandthebears]

@@calebw9372 I’d travel across the country for that

[@jacknlax609]

@@calebw9372 rowrrrrtrrrrurruorurrrrrtrrrqtttrrutuorrrorrpuuprpurorouruurortrrrrpuuuururrturrrteuutrurtrruutrutruruurtrrruruyuutt

[@calebw9372]

@@jacknlax609 i agree

[@smolchild1057]

I've never had a skillet cookie, just Pillsbury doughboy cookies.

[@EZOnTheEyes]

This might be the first time I've ever heard of a 'Dry Aged Cookie' ... _and I've never been more mouthwateringly curious_ 👀

[@i.d.9754]

When I heard that, I was sickened. But curious

[@jamesiyer4937]

I've won..... But at what cost?

[@antonikudlicki1100]

Don't 3 months old gingerbreads count?

[@flappymagikarp1806]

"This chocolate is very hard to find, very expensive." *proceeds to throw it halfway across the room*

[@Bananjen]

My mom went through an ice cream obsession phase and ended up buying that fancy ice cream scoop. She recently shipped it across the world to her new house in Germany. I'm pretty sure she's writing it into her will lol

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

She did all that for ice cream? What would she do for a Klondike bar?

[@strawbebbes4388]

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 the stars aligned for this joke

[@isabellebyrne5378]

I love how Babish has made an entire set of genres here. The regular Cooking with Babish is your basic cooking show, Botched by Babish is a drama, so on and so forth. This has just become the horror genre episodes.

[@calamaribowl8683]

This is like the bloopers

[@dattos140]

@@calamaribowl8683 could also be the comedy show

[@missmoode]

Andrew: “Once again, we cannot legally recommend that you eat the delicious aged cookie dough.” Everybody: “danger cookie danger cookie danger cookie”

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Taste the danger!

[@powerlifting1012]

Our caramel recipe is awesome at our restaurant and really easy. I melt 1lb butter and then stir in 4 cups of sugar. Add 4oz Bourbon. We let that caramelize for a bit then add a quart heavy cream at the end and whisk in in slowly so it doesn't clump up or seize the sugar. If you wanted a salted caramel just add more salt that unusual to taste

[@ZombifiedWatermelon]

I am 40 years old. By now I have eaten countless pounds of raw cookie dough, licked gallons of cake and waffle batter off my fingers, and probably not observed proper sanitation methods while bare hand mixing a thousand pounds of raw meatloaf. Salmonella infected me once. After 5 agonizing agonizing days the Salmonella died.

[@recoil53]

Never let the food win.

[@annabellelin7730]

Do you still eat raw cookie dough, or it not worth the risk?

[@Mr_Spaghetti]

i would also want to know how bad the salmonella was, and if u still eat cookie dough

[@mmori673]

@Annabelle Lin I have had salmonella and still eat raw cookie dough! it wasn't that bad a case, I was sick for a couple days and felt like I was dying but covid was worse tbh. and if I get infected one out of a hundred times I eat raw cookie dough it's still worth it to me

[@NibbleSnarph]

"The big, big... You know the big cookie" "Cinnabon!" "NO!"

[@jazzy_taste]

I was a little scared with these ingredients, but now I'm so curious to try it.

[@quantumvideoscz2052]

You can always use non-salmonella-ridden dough and butter, I'm sure Andrew won't mind as he watches you from the heavens. With a drone, he's pretty much still alive.

[@necogreendragon]

Don't forget the floor chocolate. It adds depth and umami to the dish. XD

[@GradeAMolvanian]

They make pasteurized eggs, if your truly worried about any contamination risk.

[@katiegivens1523]

my mom's a real one and made 4 cookie cakes from scratch for my 16th birthday, and bias aside they were some of the best cookie cakes ive ever had

[@thairinkhudr4259]

Nice, so lucky!!!

[@nhatquangophu1759]

This episode is literally "Trying to get Salmonella and Food infections speedrun any %"

[@MidoseitoAkage]

Glitch or glitchless?

[@CenturyBlade]

No Rocky Moment Glitchless Optimized for current patch 2.0.22a

[@bongjovi4928]

Cringe

[@TheDiplomancer]

Jess' face when Babish is blowing on the caramel is priceless. You agreed to marry that face!

[@missjopon]

And it was the best (and easiest) decision I've ever made! Caramel blowing and all ;)

[@DayoOgunde]

@@missjopon is this really jess?

[@MrSplic3r]

If it is, the next series in the BCU (where she cooks) is gonna be called "Jess Opon a Time"

[@mmori673]

@@DayoOgunde I hope so bc that's adorable lol

[@lynleeburns7515]

Andrew opened the container, only to find more guacamole. Little did poor Andrew know, the guacamole was taking over, and would soon consume him and his team.

[@ctmdwhub]

I love it when banish does healthy recipes like this one

[@deathpyre42]

so, you know how in some places they age butter until it coalesces into a delicious, eldrich mass called smen? how about replacing the butter in a cookie dough with homemade smen?

[@babishculinaryuniverse]

That was a pleasure to read

[@deathpyre42]

@@babishculinaryuniverse Jokes aside, a smen video would probably be really interesting and largely untouched territory by food youtube standards

[@41rmartin]

There's a 0% chance babish is mature enough to manage to complete an episode about "smen."

[@philipbarton3456]

@@41rmartin Give it to Alvin, his awkward energy would only add to it.

[@ampersand.8888]

@@philipbarton3456 So… 36 hour butter to smen video?

[@doodledibob]

Quark is kind of like something between cream cheese and sour cream. You use it in a lot of German baking, including danishes and cheesecake.

[@Crosshill]

three quarks for muster mark

[@aquadraco20]

My favorite thing about this series is that it minimizes food waste. :)

[@meagan.868]

Andrew’s chaotic energy is forever a mood

[@guyver441]

or just, ya know...gin.

[@jacobpie3692]

Ok

[@Starla-G]

This miniseries is brilliant, I won't lie. If you keep making vids like these, I'd watch!

[@waheedabdullah6371]

You should make Prawn-a-Thon (Popcorn Prawn, Prawn Skewers, Prawn Scampi, Prawns Casino, Lump Prawn, & Prawn-Tini) from The Simpsons Season 33 Episode 14

[@evildaemo]

scampi is a species not a dish

[@Fartucus]

No

[@reconecting6229]

Yessssssss

[@reconecting6229]

Andrew Gotta do this

[@ashleyjohnson9651]

@@evildaemo to be fair, its sort of both? scampi is indeed a specific species of small lobster, thats eaten. but we also largely took scampi (the animal) out of the equation when the dish got exported out of Italy, i guess because it was easier to just get regular shrimp in other places? so scampi also refers to several dishes using small prawns, shrimps, or lobsters

[@luisytacc]

Andrew missing the giant butter container right at eye level on his door is hilarious. Tbf it's in Spanish.

[@nathansieg6006]

Well… that because it’s LARD!!!

[@luisytacc]

@@nathansieg6006 Huh, you're right! That's different kinds of Spanish for ya lol.

[@Qarcuss]

When you thought you were going to watch a normal Basics with Babish but you saw Babish with no apron, his full body shot and a moving camera 👁👄👁

[@Yamtaggler]

I've never related to someone on a screen quite so much as I did when Andrew said, "This is dusty now, but I'll still eat it."

[@ruthrichardson9717]

Five second rule! 😂

[@avocadoos9493]

I love watching Andrew enjoying his last years like this

[@dark_wolf017]

Babish: Throws chocolate on the floor Also Babish: This is very hard to find and expensive chocolate

[@UnkillableMrStake]

I can conclusively say that as a child I had many a pizza cookie for my birthday as opposed to a traditional cake. I'm not a huge cake fan, but I am a massive pizza cookie fan.

[@KairuHakubi]

cake is pretty crummy overall. it can be made well but .. yeah ice cream cakes are better, cookies are better.. even mug cakes are usually better.

[@k80_]

@@KairuHakubi i agree. There’s only one “true cake” I enjoy and that’s purely for nostalgia since it’s the designated family birthday cake. Ice cream, brownies, cookies always win out

[@johns6014]

My sister prefers to go with a cast iron peanut butter cookie pizza with granulated sugar and vanilla ice cream. It's one of the best desserts out there.

[@lucasgoncalves4252]

Who would think that dry-aging cookie could be so interesting.

[@alexbacon4785]

14:43 “Oh you’re gonna like that” deserves to be a dj tag or ad-lib on a song

[@mrstupiduniverse731c]

1:16 You... you threw my sandwich away??...My sandwich? MY sandwich.... MY SANDWICH???

[@insolentvalkyrie251]

Hearing Brad and Babish interact is just so heartwarming

[@NitroxVsGaming]

I always love how chaotic these episodes are.

[@LunaEllis]

the videos like this, where you pull back the curtains a bit on the show, are so fun and such a joy to watch!

[@Iamstickman]

I disagree I think it's kind of cringe

[@WardyLion]

Not that there’s anything wrong with the usual format, I like this un-scripted, loose, almost chaotic style a lot.

[@uneek35]

Something that could be fun is a live-streamed version of this where the chat can shout out ideas.

[@impish_snake3526]

The ABSOLUTE DERISION behind that “It’s a *cheese*, brAd,” has killed me.

[@lisa-m-jennings]

I had no idea cookie dough worked like this. What an interesting outcome. Thank you for the video and the idea. My husband acts just as your betrothed after I am finished cooking something. He is going to get real happy mixing his two favorite foods. Well done!

[@DrewWillson]

16:55 "And... it's healthy" The comedic timing of that is unbelievable.

[@jello3201]

Those "raw" videos where its just faces and kinda bloopers are so much fun

[@daps559]

Andrew has a Jack Skellington vibe during this series..."What's this? What's this? There's guacamole everywhere!"

[@CherryCanDraw]

in the running for my favorite Babish episode. whimsical, dynamic, and an inordinately delicious-looking end result.

[@Bluetartinator8]

Now that Arthur has ended, please make Leaning Tower of Pisa Honeycake from, "Dad's Dessert Dilemma", episode

[@Fartucus]

No

[@erwinlimawan3158]

I’ve never tried miso caramel, although I’ve used miso as a substitute for salt in brownies/blondies and even cookies before.

[@GlyphicEnigma]

okay I really like this new series you're starting, I just hope this doesn't turn into the "new basics" or something cause I still really enjoy the original form factor of basics but I also really hope this series continues lol

[@conmattang8492]

There's only so many things that can have a "basics" made out of them, though.

[@GlyphicEnigma]

@@conmattang8492 true, but of all of the vastness of culinary feats across the entire world, do you really think he's truly exhausted *everything* he could show off on basics already? Methinks not lol

[@Kskillz2]

Can your make the legendardy pink frosted sprinkle donuts from The Simpsons

[@ConfusionFace]

Are you....a bot? How are you so fast?

[@Dctctx]

@@ConfusionFace no… he’s a person

[@ARSZLB]

why it’s just a donut

[@someoneawesome8717]

@@ConfusionFace some people are just fast like that

[@ratty81]

what about from smosh

[@DraftBarley]

5:35 It’s very stiff and you’re just massaging it until it’s soft. Nothing weird about that

[@cristinagomez3283]

I mean, we all do it, so.......

[@paprikamerah]

Wow.. amazing recipe video, thanks for sharing ❤️

[@elix1133]

"It's very expensive, it's very hard to find" So you threw it onto the floor?

[@LyleLylefr]

This guy is hilarious in non scripted videos

[@ichsagnix4127]

Another brilliant episode of Unhinged with Babish.

[@MrSplic3r]

"Bonkers with Babish".. Or in this episode.. "Botulism with Babish"

[@BrainMax_]

Try making Mixed green salad and garlic zoodles from Peacemaker

[@Fartucus]

No

[@jorixpalorn3738]

between the dry aged cookie and the floor chocolate, this looks like a desert to die for.

[@Cooked-with-Love]

There was dry aged cheese, beef, pork.. and then there was Dry aged cookie!

[@lustionwang2172]

Now this is what I call "Inspirational Experiment" Bacon Fat+Chocolate Chip Cookie×Rose+Cheesecake Ice Cream and Caramel +Miso as drizzle topping. Thanks Babish, this is really awesome and I'm making this recipe as soon as I gather all ingredients✌🙏💓

[@brianbrunett5412]

All these episodes later and I'm still waiting for basic with babish bread part 2. T.T

[@PhatTrumpet2]

imagine biting into a leftover refrigerator sandwich not expecting it to be soggy af

[@2j-light]

16:55 the aggressive Babish head shake of disapproval as he stares into your soul at the mention of “health” was the cherry on top.

[@bigchungus8287]

Make the Troy-Jan horse from Community, it’s ham, lettuce, ham, bacon, and chocolate

[@godisdead6611]

For some reason I remember always wanting a cookie cake but it was more of a *extra* special occasion thing, not sure why, my parents could’ve very easily made it themselves

[@Perkygoth]

Someone once introduced me to the term "iffit" when I was at University, as in "If it's in the kitchen it's going in the meal". Works surprisingly well with the kind of things you have on hand as a student...

[@CornOnMacabre69]

Unhinged Babish is my favorite Babish

[@basicchannel3234]

I'd love to see you make the honey banquet from Pokemon episode, "Danger Sweet as Honey"

[@Fartucus]

No

[@nps86]

Yes!

[@EeveeRealSenpai]

Which season is that?

[@nps86]

@@EeveeRealSenpai From Bulbapedia: "The Dangerously Sweet Honey! is the 124th episode of Pokémon the Series: Black & White, and the 781st episode of the Pokémon anime."

[@rosansoorya6366]

This episode was just Babish channeling his inner Ryan Reynold.

[@donaldsousek9078]

I like making a chocolate chip/candied bacon cookie. This looks great in it's own way.

[@TakiMomoify]

Chocolate chip and _candied bacon??_ That sounds divine 🤤

[@tubby1947]

I love this series so far its like and Eric Andre mixed with cooking! Keep up the great work!!!

[@possibly8180]

Petition to get Andrew to do Hannibal's world-famous dimsum

[@pandoratheclay]

You made the cookie dough on sunday, it’s Friday. The math tells me you are hiding a time machine

[@thespectacularlymonochrome7891]

"Can you guess what it is?" *POO!* * *SNIFF* *

[@noahharding9242]

“What the hell’s quark?” “It’s a cheese _Brad_ ”..

[@jameswent48]

Thanks Capt Obvious.

[@codswim5857]

I love how more relaxed these videos are

[@lemoonmade]

babish talking about alvin's friends makes it sound even more like they are father and son

[@Jedibob5]

Between these episodes and Botched, it makes you wonder just how many shenanigans get cut from the regular Binging and Basics episodes...

[@FoodCookShare]

Just for reference, you can use manteca as butter.😉

[@darkninjafirefox]

My preschool used to have cookie Friday where they gave out cookies at the end of the day it was the best and still makes my dad and me smile

[@michael_bullard]

The dynamic between Brad and Andrew is my favorite thing. Like brothers just f*cking with each other.

[@jredhood]

Andrew:*clicks teeth Brad: woof

[@Muenni]

7:46 - 7:51 Perfection!

[@Neoxon619]

Wait, Basics with Babish on a Tuesday? Not that I mind, but it’s a bit surprising.

[@ThePoopsmith-12345]

It pairs really well with a Tuesday episode of Tasting History.

[@TheCerberusOfHell]

love this series its so intriguing

[@Ignore__Me]

You know, if you’re ever up for another Matrix recipe, apparently there’s sushi recipes hidden in the Matrix code somewhere.

[@maggotbitch]

Sorry, I can't ignore that. I need that recipe. Like, yesterday. 😆

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Well, of course there is. That code contains all of reality; of course there's sushi.

[@aidantyler3051]

I Love how much My boi Babish is putting his great personality out there in the format of these videos

[@FloWoodEnT123]

🤣🤣🤣 I can't stop laughing! Andrew: "This is what we're making kids! Can you guess what it is?" ... Kids: "POOOOO!" 💀

[@KristenHarmala]

🤣*Laughs and wheezes hard until she passes out from exhaustion*

[@natesteward1443]

I love Andrew's manic energy in these videos

[@clashwithkeen]

I'm curious about the miso caramel and also afraid. I've tried adding pure msg to chocolate and it turned out awful but it did make me aware of exactly what msg does to food. It brought out a strange meaty essence in the chocolate which was supposed to mix with peanut butter and go into a milkshake but I ended up throwing it away and starting over. So I still haven't had a successful implementation of msg into a dessert despite hearing so much about how it's common. After trying the chocolate the only thing I could think of is maybe adding it to something that has a buttery bready crust.

[@recoil53]

But salted caramel works, so bringing out the unami might not be bad.

[@StinklesAFI]

I tried it. Works extremely well together.

[@Dawn._]

Sweet&Savory combo is everything, with no doubt.😋

[@infalliblepoet]

Can't believe you haven't tried to make all the soul food craziness from that one Key and Peele sketch yet.

[@shadowstroke678]

That pig noise Brad made after Andrew said they could roll in the chocolate had me rolling💀💀💀😭😭😭

[@ErikTheElectric]

I'll take 50 of em.

[@saekki5023]

i’ll take 51 of those to go

[@acorneroftheinternet4179]

my mom always preferred getting the big chocolate chip cookie cake things for parties instead of traditionally cakes, all the kids would always scrape all that frosting off the regular cakes because it's too sweet. I bet she'd love the aged cookie dough idea!

[@ellenspear50]

Miso caramel sounds awesome, maybe worth the perils of working with sugar syrup.

[@daviddk1988]

Babish: "There's no butter in this house" Meanwhile @1:18: 1lb of butter sitting comfortably on the fridges door.

[@jamesevensen863]

That's lard...

[@daviddk1988]

@@jamesevensen863 it's labeled "Manteca" which means "butter", soooo.... I don't know what else to say

[@waheedabdullah6371]

What if you made Riddler's Latte and a slice of Pumpkin pie that was seen/mentioned in 2022 Batman movie

[@Fartucus]

No

[@MrSplic3r]

Coffee specialty advertiser tie in, focus on the pumpkin pie recipe? That checks out

[@lordblack998]

"Hey what's up guys? Welcome back twooooo Binging with Babish where this week.........I do what the frick I want"

[@piedragon77]

The way she said.. "It's Jess" THAT FELT LIKE A NEW GIRL REFERENCE! DID SHE MEAN TO SOUND LIKE ZOOEY DESCHANEL?

[@AswinTDK]

I do think so and i hope so 😂

[@RubyRoks]

3:36 i got a discord notification perfectly timed with the end of that countdown. brilliant

[@AdamIannazzone]

Quark isn't a cheese, he's a Ferengi!

[@deepseastonecore3017]

A star walks into a black hole but doesn't seen phased.The black hole then turns to the star and says, "I don't think you understand the gravity of this situation."

[@freddy04123]

I always loved my cookie cake for my birthday. Always felt so special!!

[@jackthedripper9815]

Oh yes! I love this series!