I Tried Following a Christine McConnell Tutorial (spider cookies!)

[@sleepiestmoth]

Rachel saying "I can't bake" and then starting on one of the most extra cookie recipes ever is incredibly on brand.

[@taraaawhatt]

lol I was like what is she thinking?!!?

[@neuswoesje590]

@@taraaawhatt no think. only chaos.

[@ariana.billett]

Exactly 😂 I WORK in a BAKERY and I would not choose a recipe of this complexity to "do for fun at home"

[@kpacubo.]

I'd do the same thing 😭 and thats why i watch her channel 😂

[@amandabehnke5825]

Yup

[@ChristineHMcConnell]

I love this SOOOO MUCH!!! And your cookie turned out fantastic! Getting them to stand on their own is the trickiest and you nailed it!! This just made my whole year :)))

[@indaomerefendic3679]

She has spoken 🙏❤

[@karencaballero541]

I’m sooo happy you saw here cookies 🙌❤

[@stevosrockinmom]

I've followed about four different recipes of yours, and I wouldn't call any of them "failures"...but my family may have! They may have been ugly, but every one was tasty! Thank you for sharing your talent and chaos with everyone!

[@lothcatskilledthesith6903]

I'm convinced Christine McConnell uses the dark arts to make her crafts. "It doesn't have to be perfect" says the woman who makes photo-realistic spider cookies.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

christine mcconnell is a genius of epic proportions

[@marilena84312]

With anatomically correct limbs

[@morley364]

Seriously- I love baking and do it fairly regularly and I'm still working up the courage to try some of her Halloween stuff!

[@glw2]

Agreed she's definitely a witch 🧹

[@TheAshesvondust]

"I'm going to be baking!" *dons the largest sleeves known to humanity* I can already tell this is going to be amazing

[@hadrianryan4179]

She needs those sleeve garters fancy bartenders wear lol

[@devoragray3357]

A non-angry baking note: Christine’s recipes are insane. I mean, her haunted house was beyond. So good for you for tackling a master perfectionist’s time-warping 7th dimension cookie job.

[@strawberryghostie]

Precisely!!! So impressed with her!

[@baritonebynight]

Her "cookbook" is simply a coffee table book to look at her pictures. She does not explain how to make the creations..."make the snakes" were her directions. She's an artist....not a cooking teacher.

[@redhawkseye7099]

@@baritonebynight it's not too hard to follow though. Most of the "make ___" is usually just pretty straight forward stuff if youve been around the block with baking and all. Then you'll know how to do alot of it already and don't particularly need step by step stuff. It's more advanced recipes I guess is what I'm getting around too and all in good fun to try it out a few times until you get the hang of it. 😊

[@xxxsaraHelloxxx]

She’s designed a wall paper I’m-obsessed with🐭🐀🦉

[@Kalnanaa]

Just in case you need to hear it, the time, care and creativity your putting into your video, the content and editing, title cards etc. IS NOT GOING UNNOTICED, it's something that adds such warmth to your videos, something a lot of KZbinrs have lost. Keep SLAYING AWAY, and thank you!

[@petrastedman669]

A-MEN! Say it louder for the meanies in the back. We stan our darling Miss Maksy!! ❤🧡💛❤

[@Courterfly]

This is such a great comment and I wholeheartedly agree ✊🏻👏🏻

[@charlibrown7745]

Slaving away....not slaying away.

[@marydarko3380]

@@charlibrown7745 pretty sure it’s slaying away, get it? like slay? slayy

[@emdem93]

So true, Rachel's content is driven by passion and that is a glorious thing to watch ❤

[@Toad_stool]

Not even two seconds in and Rachel hits you with: “is my hair triangular enough?”

[@anthonyhorn5914]

Those are the vibes we seek when we click on her videos. Random fun that we always wanted but never know about it until it happened

[@blondeepartygirl]

😂🙏

[@staceyrice9536]

Lol yes, so good

[@lilguy3]

lmfao🤣

[@jule4772]

Rachel should really cosplay Bill Cipher.

[@steamgoth-lassassin4099]

The French kiss pun caught me so off guard my poor husband had to make sure I was okay because I was in tears. Top-tier. Incredible.

[@odessawellington3388]

Ah!!! There it is!! I skipped back like three times trying to get it! Thank you, stranger friend. You have set my mind at ease. 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️😂

[@steamgoth-lassassin4099]

@@odessawellington3388 You are very welcome! I was hesitant to comment with the actual answer but I'm glad I did!

[@TheBrennaSings]

Literally scrolled to see if someone would explain it. I APPRECIATE YOU. 😂

[@mizuki7uchiha]

Thank you! I got kiss them was stuck. 😂

[@jennierobbiano2887]

Oh my gosh thank you! I could not grasp the pun because I was stuck on ‘mime’ instead of ‘french’

[@lindseybotelho]

Just an FYI: the video Rachel followed is now available for all to watch on Christine McConnell's KZbin channel. It's no longer a Patreon only video. 🖤

[@Zillah82]

"Is baking a relaxing for someone?" Yes. I stress bake and then I feel better. I appreciate baking chaos.

[@FruSalling]

And even when you don’t feel better after baking, at least you have cake.

[@elieli2893]

Yes, I LOVE baking just for the activity, I hope I could do more of it, but I live alone and have to eat every single piece of what I make unless I have friends over, so it limits my hobby :'D I find it so interesting how much of a different outlook I seem to have to Rachel with these things, she seems to stress over the process and put up with it for the end product, while I definitely like the process, both with baking and crafts, and the end product feels kind of like a bonus? It's nice to have the thing I made, but I mostly did it for the pastime it offered 😄 Of course with baking I'm a total sugar fiend so there's that :'D

[@Zillah82]

@@elieli2893 I'm a single mom and some of the things my kids won't eat so I share with neighbors so you can always do that or give to a local shelter/elderly home. Just an idea.

[@elieli2893]

@@Zillah82 Hmm, yeah that's a possibility 🤔 A friend also suggested bringing the surplus treats to my workplace's coffee room 😄

[@Zillah82]

@@elieli2893 You'd be real popular. 😆

[@beyondallmeasure]

I was raised in a house with a professional cake decorator. So a lot of baking stuff was ingrained in me from a young age. Baking is relaxing for me -- but only if I'm making something I've made 100 times before. I admire Rachel's willingness to try things she's never done before in front of an audience (even if it is edited for YT). I love that you don't let the naysayers discouraged you from trying new things, Rachel. 🥰🥰🥰

[@mariaaguadoball3407]

Baking Christmas cookies was a massive, multi-day undertaking every year for my mother & us kids, so I learned to bake before I learned to cook. Having said that, the batch of cookies I tried to make today were pretty ...meh.

[@blowitoutyourcunt7675]

Sounds like you would love the Anti-Chef! Check out his Cooking with Julia Child series : )

[@stephaniebetthauser]

Agreed! Baking isn’t easy, and there’s a lot of science to it (I mean, it’s chemical reaction). And like all science projects, you’re going to have some duds along the way. Naysayers just take the fun of messing up out of it.

[@myownbravado]

@@blowitoutyourcunt7675 Yes, he's the best!!!

[@erinbailey4631]

I was too! My mom was a professional cake decorator/baker for 25 years and it’s just in my blood and I bake when I happy or stressed or angry! It took a while for me to realize it doesn’t come easy to everyone (especially my husband 😂). I really admire her for diving head first into it! That would be like me trying to sew! I just can’t 😅

[@CheyeW13]

"I have baked maybe 3 things in my life" *makes the most intricate, delicate recipe she can find* 😅

[@theaverageglasses6197]

Literally my first thought. I love baking, I bake a lot, I have regular baking "projects"..... this looked *difficult*. I think cute Halloween muffins would've been way less stressful, but that spider was still pretty impressive!

[@crow-jane]

@@theaverageglasses6197 I feel this. I’m primarily a cake baker…the idea of architectural cookies is so much nope for me.

[@elieli2893]

I mean, she could have been trying to bake macarons, shortbread in the shape of a spider is still... manageable? xD

[@ESJohnson14]

Rachel: I do not bake. Also Rachel: *owns Kitchen Aid mixer and baking airbrush* 😂

[@LJmysticOwl]

and you know she only owns it to use it for, like, papier mache and stuff

[@Roserae16]

It's for the ✨️aesthetic✨️ 😉😁

[@Hanaconda_Aquaponics]

And a "baking" airbrush!

[@Paprika-six]

Maybe Nick is a secret culinary god and she's just never told us

[@bookmouse2719]

@@LJmysticOwl No, that was the flour. She uses flour for paper mache. lol

[@dezyroxursox]

I've been baking for 28 years, I knew exactly what you were doing wrong and what was going to happen. No one should be putting you down. I laughed so much I cried. Not the least bit of hate or shade. You did a great job and I like yours better. This video just shows you don't have to do everything perfectly to end up with a perfect end product. I watched this with my kid, you are silly and made us laugh. We are a silly family so we can relate as well. And your edits make it that much funnier. I'm a crafter as well I'm always making mistakes and learning, then forgetting and relearning. You are doing great.

[@vickytimmerman1365]

I know you must know this but you do know when you measure flour you don't have an ant hill on top of every cup you take a knife and make it flat

[@foreverjynxed]

“I’m having fun and I’m not stressed at all.” Rachel, speaking to all of our mid-project chaos selves

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[@lindseyjenrette4023]

I'm one hundred percent sure that Rachel started by saying 3 cups of flour and the stress of not being able to find the measuring cup turned it to 4 cups in her brain....which I have totally never done.

[@itzel1735]

Or read teaspoon in a recipe and used tablespoon to measure the baking soda. 🤮

[@lindseyjenrette4023]

@@itzel1735 I'm glad it's not just me. Lol

[@itzel1735]

@@lindseyjenrette4023 Made our traditional Christmas fruitcake one year, forgot the flour.

[@user-el2nh5uo1w]

You are so correct. That explains the problems. Thanks for catching it.

[@MegaKellyschannel]

nope 😬 nor me 😬 I've never, ever forgotten which tablespoon of Marge I was up to 😬 and added too few or many 😬 many 😬 too many 😬

[@lilyquinn1711]

This video has all of the chaos of the fairy godmother trying to make Aurora's birthday cake and I'm here for it 🤣🤣🤣

[@ashleystahlhut8409]

Okay but Christine literally has endless patience and perfectionism... the fact that you took on one of her project *and* it turned out pretty damn good is impressive. We need a Christine and Rachel collab ASAP!

[@kirsten5335]

Rachel in 2019: maybe I'll make a patreon! -- rachel in 2022: plugs another creator's patreon instead of making her own 😂 (i sure hope rachel sets up her own soon like she was thinking about on insta!)

[@mayfair_forest_witch]

Rachel in 2019: I'll make a video of myself gaming. 😅

[@mandolinember4360]

the balance of ✨️ chaos and cosy ✨️ is immaculate

[@AutumnFictions]

Rachel: "Next step: We have to make some aqua..." My brain: "...Tofana" Rachel: "...Aquafaba"

[@aurorincorporated]

Yeah, my brain also farted out loud at that point, looking for “tofana” as the next word. Must’ve been an influence of Bailey Sarian or someone else similarly naughty. :D

[@ImNotACatLawyerButIPlayOneOnTV]

My people!

[@AllTheHappySquirrels]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one.

[@missbeans]

IYKYK

[@annaabney1420]

SAME THO.

[@Jess_Tyr]

As a baker, I was appalled and enthralled by this thoroughly entertaining disaster. Love you Darling, keep the great content coming!

[@Wayne_Smith]

I noticed she forgot her magnifying glass.

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[@XenusMama]

Pastry chef here….. I wanted to leap through the screen & help! But of course I just sat back & enjoyed the show.

[@digimori1142]

As a baker, I was both horrified and also cackling. The innocence of being naïve to baking is just way too stinkin' adorable.

[@edelleaa]

i love that we are immediately starting with the wrong amount of flour lol

[@rachelmarie3450]

When she says "3 cups of flour" and immediately counts out 12 rounded 1/3 cups = 4+ cups. 😂 No wonder you needed more milk, love! 🖤

[@myladycasagrande863]

And not just rounded - need to sift before measuring so the flour is not packed together! I just sat there thinking "oh, Honey!"

[@thisisme2681]

Lol yes when she said she needed to add a lot more milk than the recipe, I laughed because, of course, she used so much more flour than the recipe called for

[@TheCrazyTamis]

My little heart almost failed me during this part. No wonder the dough wasn't working the way it was supposed to, she had a whole extra cup in it xD

[@maitesoto1953]

And she added one extra third on top of that! I'm not going to play baking purist because lord knows I always commit the sin of adjusting recipes as I go, but even I know adding a whole extra cup of flour can't be good

[@M3ynna]

This is why the rest of the world uses grams lol

[@stephaniebetthauser]

I went to culinary school for baking and Christine’s creations intimidate the the shite out of me! You’re a friggin’ champ for tackling that project.

[@LSSYLondon]

Christine is a true artist with every medium. Christine says : "I'm not a ... - impressionist painter goes on to paint her walls to match 100 year old wallpaper perfectly - woodworker goes on to make perfect planter boxes, a new sofa, cabinets for her kitchen -sculptor makes candles, putty pieces - baker makes wedding cakes, full famous gingerbread house " etc.. The woman is ridiculously talented.

[@stephaniebetthauser]

@@LSSYLondon she is a renaissance woman for sure!

[@SunnySkies]

I appreciate that you don't bake often so you went with the most difficult and time-consuming food-creator on KZbin. Every CM tutorial I've ever seen is like 6+ hours, 3-4 weirdly specialized tools and so much specific knowledge that no earthly mortal could possibly repeat them.

[@andizana]

You banishing the plant is my favorite thing today. "Did you hear what I said?!" *Shoves 🌱 once more*

[@rainyhaze2053]

Rachel's _skill_ to make chaos look aesthetic... I'm in awe ✨

[@elizabethbennet4791]

yes yes this this!!! i noticed it too lol

[@heatherhammerquist6239]

Baking is like food chemistry, it rewards precision. A tip for making shortbread, cream together the sugar and the butter & then work the flour into that. Basically to cream is to mix them really well until they look like paste. I think you did great for the first time trying cookies. 😊

[@rachellawley879]

Coming from someone who has a degree in baking and pastry, works in a specialty cake shop, and has been on Food Network: keep baking!! No one should spew negativity towards anyone who bakes at any level! Baking is for everyone, and I'm so glad you're sharing it with us! 💕 You are the ultimate comfort channel!

[@aurafluff]

I hope Christine sees this!! It'd be so cool if the two of you made a video together, about literally anything.

[@fractalcat3696]

Recipe: Take 3 cups of flour... Rachel: *adds 4 cups of flour*

[@valentinahendrick9540]

Ok I thought I was going crazy, but yeah that probably contributed to consistency

[@bm4867]

I was worried and cringed. American schools at its best … She lives near Harvard,right? I still love you, Rachel. I want to know more about the new doggy. I also demand more Frodo & friends.

[@gods_little_potato]

I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one to notice 😂😂 the chaos

[@AMarie333]

and measures them without aerating the flour or leveling off the measuring cup. 😂

[@parryyotter]

@@bm4867 it has nothing to do with schooling. She is just not good with math, as many people aren’t, despite any quality education. I went to a really high performing private school and I still suck with numbers.

[@clarekrmiller]

Baking: fun and relaxing Rachel’s videos: fun and relaxing Watching Rachel bake something hideously complicated that I personally wouldn’t attempt: VERY STRESSFUL

[@lupusdirus]

yesssss! I've always described you to my friends as the lovechild of Christine McConnell and Jenna Marbles. I'm so excited to see you do this!

[@hollymasgras4802]

This is such an accurate description! I love it!

[@ingeborggranli9547]

omg! so true tho!

[@Ashley-xu1lk]

Anyone else had the conflict between a fear of (realistic-looking) spiders and watching a new Rachel Maksy video? lol

[@tytoalba6573]

Yeah lol. Had to tell myself she wasn’t actually eating spider legs.

[@theatermx]

Yeah it was disgustingdfggf so good job Rachel 👏

[@crow-jane]

Me, no. I probably couldn’t put this on with my SO in the room, though.

[@Dawnzerlylight]

Yep, by the time it was finished I had to look away! But I listened until the end anyway.

[@Burning_Dwarf]

Yes, put off watching the video for like a full day whilst pondering this dilemma But here i am, with a mantra of theyre not real

[@undercoverginger4200]

I don't know if any of y'all have played the kids game "Cootie" where you had to build a bug based on random dice rolls, but the spider builds gave me an immediate flashback to childhood me trying my best to get a right leg with a boot

[@kunegund9690]

I found that game so statisfying, the way all the pieces sat together.

[@helenm1085]

That sounds very similar to the game "beetle" where you have to assemble a bug on a leaf

[@mala3isity]

YES!!!! I loved Cootie!

[@VampireLestatTheBratPrince]

I love that Rachel keeps worrying how realistic it looks… while it’s setting off my arachnophobia and I’m having to just listen to the video.

[@saphirephoenix1173]

Miss Rachel, I have a baking tip for you: freeze your butter and then use a cheese grater to grate it into your flour mixture. It makes it easier to blend. I do this for my scones and pie crusts as well so that your dough doesn't get tough from developing gluten strands.

[@themurrrr]

Rachel “I am pooped, I felt like I needed a little bit of a break” Also Rachel, in same vid “baking makes me feel so frantic”

[@latelierdelafleur6799]

Bébé spider dropping in like, "sculpt me, like one of your French girls." 🤣🤣🤣🕷️ This came out really cute and I especially loved your chapter transitions for this! ❤️

[@mala3isity]

lol Love that spider quote.

[@littleleafy]

Yeah the transitions were impeccable!

[@theladyinthetinymanor]

The vintage queen, trying to recreate a creation of the spooky queen ?! This is an absolute Halloween perfection !!

[@tabbynakamura]

I feel like we need a video of just...Rachel Does Relaxing Autumnal things like trying apple ciders and frolicking in the leaves.

[@victoriao7039]

Um agreed

[@francesca2427]

only rachel who states she is not an experienced baker can choose a complicated recipe and still end with it looking really good?? i love this cookie so much i think she nailed it

[@robinbirb]

Rachel, I really appreciate how often you take creative chances and bring us along for the ride. Creativity is supposed to be fun and engaging and yes, sometimes messy and flawed! The point isn't about achieving perfection. And yet so many of us get caught up in wanting to make things perfect (I know I certainly do), to the point that we stop trying new things or taking creative chances. So I just really appreciate you showing how fun and messy and fulfilling creativity can be, especially when the end result isn't perfect. ❤

[@amandajaneh]

Hear hear! 👏❤️

[@mala3isity]

Perfection DOES have its hurdles, including all the perfect steps in preparation for the perfect project.

[@Selene13zz]

It cracks me up that Rachel chose **those ginormous sleeves** to do messy baking with! But, I got creeped out by the finished spider (arachnaphobia), so I'd say that was a pretty darn good job.

[@geenamaeanne]

Did she make that shirt? I need one.

[@rachael4516]

It genuinely brings me so much joy to see Frodo running through the fall leaves with his Frisbee

[@hannahcorwin2304]

Rachel's absolute bamboozlement over the fact that one stick of butter is half a cup was *chefs kiss* (Also, that thredup ad got me good)

[@oldtavernfarm]

I'm a pro baker, and I feel the same way about sewing patterns 😆. Like who do I think I am trying to make clothes? 😂😂😂

[@PupRiku]

How has Rachel not already done a Christine McConnell video? The Collab we all NEED.

[@BoneForest]

Rachel: *makes spider cookies* Me: “…I wonder if she realizes that she just bounded as Rick and Evelyn O’Connell.”

[@tarakennedy707]

I'm impressed that she managed to be both lol

[@LivingThroughLove]

While watching the goddess herself, Christine McConnell. All of the Connells

[@jokerzbabe13]

To be fair, her whole aesthetic seems to have shifted heavily toward Rick/Evie O'Connell since she cut her hair into the cute little bob

[@petrastedman669]

Awww. Beat me to it.

[@petrastedman669]

'Take *that* Bembridge Bakers!"

[@debrareed-prewitt7127]

I'm 70 and I love everything about you. You make me smile, you make me laugh and that aint easy. You sew like a dream, and I hate sewing with a machine, preferring needle and thread. You go outside your comfort zone to try and make an intricate cookie when it's Way into the Twilight Zone outside your repertoire by your own statement. But you try anyway and laugh at yourself which only endears you more. You're funny and fearless and you rock. Rock on!

[@maribelcardenas5257]

This is definitely what I needed in my life. 1st rule of baking….make sure you’re wearing the appropriate amount of sleeves.

[@kymberlei25]

Sponsor Rachel's sweater is absolute autumn perfection! 🍂

[@KatieRohrer]

Does anyone know where it might be from its so cute

[@amberiscoool]

So beautiful! I wonder what the brand is

[@chris-lx2fi]

Rachel: I dont have a sifter but I do have this Rachel: *pulls out sifter *

[@89alandin]

That's a sieve 😊

[@kunegund9690]

@@89alandin Still what I use for sifting!

[@89alandin]

I do too 😂

[@shevaunhandley1543]

When you don't have an actual sifter, one of those seives will do in a pinch 🤣

[@mikespangler98]

Is sifting even needed with modern flour? There isn't any chaff or bran flakes left in even the store brand of flour.

[@foreverjynxed]

Two of the best cozy, spooky content creators influencing each other? Yes. YEEESSSS!!!

[@lacepaws499]

A Rachel and Christine "collaboration". Fall has now peaked and can't get better!❤️🧡💛❤

[@miss_ayla]

Rachel, we like your baking videos not because you are good at it but because you are so relatable! Your mistakes and human tornado-ness are all of us who do not possess the magical qualities of those that refer to themselves as bakers. Seeing you struggle through a cute Halloween tutorial makes us feel like we could also successfully make a shape-shifted alien spider.

[@TheshINYMooSES]

Rachel should make a ✨whimsy✨cooking book that would only have the names and ingredients of the dishes, pictures of her with the finished product and the instructions for each of the would be "futz around and find out". I'd buy that.

[@stetrick612]

Pretty sure that's now 3 Sir Mix-A-Lot references in a row? I'm wondering how many videos Rachel can keep this up for!

[@MeldaRavaniel]

3 for 3!

[@fiery_nymph5652]

Came here to say this lol

[@FriggyEsq]

me: (watching the amount of flour in each cup going in the bowl) oh no that's going to be so much more than you need rachel: i needed way more milk than it said me: sounds about right

[@Lamefoureyes]

Ya gotta hit 'em with the ol' leveling off with the back of a butter knife trick. Or better yet, weigh the flour because it is spiteful and will betray you.

[@Tyrysa]

Did you notice that she initially said 3 cups ... and then multiplied by 4? She made some delectable sugar biscuits alright XD

[@petrichor_dreams_]

Yeah the not scooping or leveling the flour can only lead to chaos. A long with miscounting 😭

[@EileenNestman]

yes. this comment is my thoughts exactly. Too dry.. welll..........too biscuitty.. well.......... it's because it was WAY too much flour. :O Still Love Rachel, but holy canolie. eek

[@5leafclover1]

Me:oh bless your heart…darling no that’s to much

[@Marakyo]

That little jumping spider on Rachel’s hand ❤ it was destiny 😊

[@jaehaywardkent]

jumping spider? interesting! in england we call those money spiders

[@Samantha_Jarrett96]

Rachel: “I can count on one hand how many times I’ve baked.” Also Rachel: *owns an Airbrush specifically for baking* Like girl I bake all the time and I don’t even own a handheld mixer, much less a stand mixer OR a baking airbrush. Bust out the ole fork and giant bowl and my arms are the stand mixer.

[@averiefraser1749]

You should try a Mrs. Crocombe recipe! They’re a lot of fun. I live for amazingly tacky Victorian food decorating.

[@meemo32086]

Oh yes!! I love her!!

[@anniesoernym]

"I'm having fun and I'm not stressed _at all_ ." she says, frantically rolling the dough 😆 Rachel, I love your baking videos because they make me feel better about my own failed attempts AND you're way funnier during it than I am 😅

[@JoannaFarleyWriter]

Thank you for being a delightful tornado of a baker. It's nice to be reminded other people can literally take a full day (or two) to make one batch of cookies, and I'm not the only one thusly cursed! Seriously, this is the first time I've laughed since getting ill with Covid on Monday, so thank you for providing the highlight of quarantine!

[@zenstanza374]

Didn't know we needed this crossover, yet here we are. ❤

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[@NeccoWecco]

Rachel: I don't bake often Also Rachel: Makes most difficult cookies ever

[@DanielleVlog365]

This is how Hagrid actually got Aragog. He baked him up real cute.

[@mewmew6158]

You chaotically trying to follow Christine's directions is hilarious and relatable! Her skill is truly magical.

[@DelightfulDissident]

That lil jumping spider really said, "whatcha makin fren?" They are the only cute spider imo 🥰 they're so curious, very docile, and you can actually see them looking at you. Much cute.

[@TeresaBearCFP]

Rachel "I never bake" Pulls out pricy Kitchen Aide stand mixer Me 'WHAAATTTT"!🤩

[@bradrushing5959]

Must've been a wedding gift . ~ Heather ~

[@beckhill6642]

Yessssssss!!!! I thought the same. 😉😄

[@kunegund9690]

@@bradrushing5959 Or Grandma's. She did inherit the house.

[@bradrushing5959]

@@kunegund9690 the former house, not the one they're in now.

[@kunegund9690]

So they took it with them.

[@kaitlynroberts5027]

NEVER APOLOGIZE for THE CHAOS! Also I 100% relate to baking (and tbh cooking in general) causing one to be absolutely frantic lol 😂

[@britador89]

Christine McConnell's superpower is patience. Yes she's super creative and talented but the amount of patience that woman has to execute her ideas is beyond anything I could ever even hope to achieve. She makes things look easy and yeah, sure, she's not performing brain surgery or anything but omg, the PATIENCE required. I do not have it. I will never have it.

[@Pixxelina]

Ugh Christine is so underrated. So glad to see these two minds come together ❤

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[@Zoe_Lipman]

The Over the Garden Wall vibes that your backyard has in this video -- immaculate!

[@namtellectjoonal7230]

Not sure whether you or Christine would be interested in that, but I'd LOVE to see a collab between you two. I feel like her composed genius combined with your chaotic genius could result in something amazing ^^

[@emilychilders1932]

Rachel you make my day, in my house we affectionately call you “ little Debbie”. And as a avid baker I am loving/ cringing at this.

[@thecollectcyn]

This was a total delight to watch and bravo for tackling one of Christine's tutorials!

[@KimberlyInSoCal310]

She DOESN'T have one of the most common and readily available kitchen tools - a *SIFTER* - but she DOES have a *BAKING AIRBRUSH* ! Gawd, I love this girl! 🤣💖

[@elieli2893]

To be honest, never in my life have I seen someone use a sifter - I had to google what it even was! :D I've only seen people use sieves for this purpose :D So to me, Rachel using a sieve was a completely right thing to do!

[@Hanaconda_Aquaponics]

@@elieli2893 I think sifter is just a weird american word for a sieve. They're definitely the same thing though.

[@RefractedStarlight]

@@Hanaconda_Aquaponics my mom has a vintage sifter, which is as best as I can describe, a pretty painted coffee can with a sieve on the inside and set of metal scrapers that rotate over the sieve mesh when you turn a handle on the outside. I now live the sifter-less life and just use a sieve. Works fine and I feel less alone knowing that a lot of other people do the same.

[@elieli2893]

@@Hanaconda_Aquaponics When I looked it up I got pictures of a tin can-looking thingie with a sieve bottom it seems, that people were shaking powdered sugar through, never seen one of those before, hence my confusion 😄

[@catstreat9434]

@@Hanaconda_Aquaponics They're definitely not. A sifter has a finer sieve and a moving arm that agitates the flour.

[@pompe221]

Rachel, I think I speak for your entire audience when I say we are here for your tornado of chaos energy. And really, as long as the cookie tastes good, that's what's important.

[@hanC21317]

This was so adorable ❤ your outfit, your hair, your face, you’re just a spectacular being! Quick note, the “biscuity” texture from your cookies, is due to overworking the shortbread dough. As a baker, it is a really TOUGH COOKIE to master so don’t beat yourself up. Xoxo❤

[@sonipitts]

well, that and putting in 12 heaping 1/3 cup measures (aka 4+ cups) of flour instead of the requested 3 cups... 😆🍞🪦

[@hanC21317]

@@sonipitts Lol it’s true. Leveling comes with experience. Baking is not easy…There’s a lot of finicky and often frustrating details. 🤪

[@katyhamilton3187]

I laughed so much at the human-ness of your reactions. This video is an absolute delight. And your spee-i-der: a genuinely horrifying creation. You’re a better baker than you think, Rachel. Remember the first time you worked with modeling foam? Everyone begins at square one. Plus, you’re one of the few people who could pull this off with your sculpting and air brush skills.

[@BeverleyButterfly]

Don’t feel bad about not being as gentle and perfect like the spook queen… she is an anomaly in this universe aka a perfect human we all fall short in her presence! I loved this video because there is more Frodo, though I think it’s awful how you have taken over his channel like this poor little man hehe love you xx

[@MielforMilo]

Rachel, I just wanna say... When you read the recipe for the first time you said 3 cups of flour, but when you found the measuring cup you said 4 cups! I think that maybe why you needed more milk and why your cookies turned out biscuit like! Plus all the flour you use to roll out the worms, it probably didn't help 😅 You did well though! Baking is most like a science tbh.

[@mrs_mothra547]

The fact that the lighting is tinted green ... on top of an already delightful spooky/cozy aesthetic ... just too good

[@jaded_gerManic]

IKR! I bet I'm not alone in noticing the adorable skelly lantern in the background and I also need at least one. 💜👾

[@gettysburgmaam8437]

I'm a patron of Christine and her "crafts" are INSANE! I HATE spiders so when she released this video on her Patreon....I had a hard time watching it LOL

[@jojonina9438]

same!!😆😆😆

[@anneroosv]

I swear to god, every time I think "this can't p o s s i b l y turn out well" it still surprises me with how decent it looks! Rachel is a master craftsman, even when she's doing something out of her comfort zone and skill level

[@lindseybotelho]

SO excited for this! I absolutely love Christine McConnell

[@willowflame13]

I find it so funny that this past week on insta you asked for patreon ideas and advice, and I basically offered Christine's set up as an idea. Queen's supporting queens. Love it

[@DrTurtleBee]

Autumn should be all about laid-back, hot cider sipping, watching the leaves fall too. Doesn't all have to be about the costumes. This is good. Carry on.

[@evmakesart545]

I love seeing people just going for it with an activity they aren't really good at. That's how we learn :) And he came out pretty spooky! The sleeves, however, are anxiety-inducing. They're giving me flashbacks to that time I lit my bathrobe sleeve on fire

[@jeanlinder1310]

Why on earth would anyone leave an angry comment on such wholesome entertainment?! Some folks need to lighten up. I'm utterly charmed and delighted by your content!

[@user-nt9id6qf3y]

This is the funniest video you have done. The glorious misteps hahah. Thank you Rachel for being human

[@katelynglidewell2543]

She is human! Seeing Rachel struggle with a creative activity like us mortals was great! 😆

[@riri89927]

you are really serving Snow White energy with your hair and your mug! I love it so much!

[@SchizoFish]

Oh my god, it took me 17 years to figure out the pun: *She's a french kiss*

[@helenm1085]

Omg thankyou haha I was like.... Mime kiss??

[@sophiatorchinsky2444]

Ahh thank you! I couldn’t for the life of me figure it out 😂

[@Alexandretta]

I just now got it. It's been three weeks.

[@XenusMama]

I spent the 1st 12 years thinking …Batman mime?

[@sophiephilips-roberts3311]

Two Halloween queens that go great together!

[@kf10126]

Rachel, I just want you to know, that no matter what I'm watching if I see a notification of yours pop up I will immediately go watch that because I know it'll put me in a better mood than whatever it is I'm watching.

[@QueenDeLuxe]

Thank you for confirming that this cookie would take all day to make😂 I love Christine her baking artistry is unparalleled and unachievable. Great video as always🎃