Making Shortbread Into a TRUE Christmas (Tree) Treat

[@AdelardRen]

I love the hybridization of cooking channel meets woodworking. It's fantastic, and creative.

[@powerpuff4ever]

don't forget botany!

[@amistry605]

​@@powerpuff4everand some history!

[@astranix0198]

​​@@amistry605 and ✨ *chatoyancy* ✨

[@thegoldenjuvi5977]

@@astranix0198 it’s what we -are here for- live for

[@smugdodofart27]

And giving me the urge to eat trees

[@lamedame1213]

Man made a shiv

[@AmandaTheWheelOfCheese]

Tlou flashbacks

[@ZodiacLeopard.]

The most conspicuous shiv

[@haloone1130]

Shortbread shiv

[@Mark-ki7ic]

TVA has him on a list now

[@taylorcassell6268]

Im sorry sir but this would be a shank

[@BennyBigIron]

“If anyone asks you what you’re doing when you’re out harvesting Douglas Fir needles, just tell them you follow a weirdo on the internet”😂🤣😂 Justin, you are my spirit animal.

[@petermcallister1725]

Dude as a young cook I really enjoy foraging for ingredients to make my specials, and the fact that you just do this for your enjoyment at home is so cool. It really makes it worthwhile knowing people are attacked to that natural flavor.

[@nothing-2-live-4]

I appreciate your mellow editing style. The camera angle choices and where you place cuts are cool, without having that unceasing tempo of most youtube videos.

[@mimimaitri1]

Spruces are sharp, firs are friendly, pines like to party 😊

[@travelingman45]

Powdered sugar is just blended sugar, so you are good. Also, you should make a chúng from the needles and use the syrup, I bet that would be good. Basically just put equal amounts by weight the tips and the sugar and it’ll make a syrup that’s really good

[@Justinthetrees]

Made spruce tip syrup a bunch! Stay tuned for that this summer

[@miriamduhamel8679]

most powdered sugar also contains cornstarch as an anti-caking agent. still probably wouldn’t have hurt it, though

[@bradleylauver]

After following here for the last year or so, I bought my first lathe this week, and turned a Douglas fir vase (turned out shockingly well!). Oh boy was I ever excited when I found a bit of chatoyancy on one side!! 😅

[@ooooneeee]

Awesome! 🤩

[@michaelsteinbichler]

congrats!

[@EvzieBoii]

Hey Justin, any chance you could make a Welsh Lovespoon out of some appropriate wood (possibly Sessile Oak)? I’ve been commenting on your shorts to try get you to see this! Guys.. help me out

[@des971]

I really enjoy how you incorporated cooking and wood working it's fun to see what you make and how you use them for the foods you bake

[@valaya.3]

It is amazing how you can seem so wise and experienced while also completely clueless at the exact same time

[@commiedog425]

Hello, I don't know if you read comments that often but I think it would be really interesting to watch you sharpen your tools. It's a pretty weird request but I feel that process gets skipped over a lot I get that it's not the most interesting thing for some people but I find it's the most important part of projects and deserves some love too.

[@Fostero7]

The only KZbinr not to make an april fools video lol

[@catdemon922]

Your dinosaurs are wrong didn't as well

[@Squidward589]

I started to wonder if it was an April fools thing when he started eating trees but nope he’s just, ya know, eating trees…

[@Justinthetrees]

Didn’t even realize it was April fool’s day lol

[@Squidward589]

@@Justinthetrees whY diD yOu eAT a TREe

[@gedreillyhomestead6926]

Check out Atomic Shrimp! 😂

[@Moon_Truth9000]

Absolutely love the fun facts about trees and their uses, the woodworking, and the foraging of such ingredients to use with a project. This channel is very entertaining and I’m always coming back for more

[@drpickle9817]

I know you get this a lot but I just want to tell you I absolutely love your videos in every way and you look amazing

[@wilsonamyc]

Poking holes in a dough or crust to prevent rising and unwanted bubbles is called "docking" so you made a docker.

[@Solutad]

on the one hand, here for the handcrafts and tree facts. on the other hand, also here for the randomly wandering the woods in a snowstorm eating fir needles directly off the branch like a madman.

[@chattyotter3300]

I’m tempted to take over my mum’s kitchen and make a thousand variations of tree shortbread, that looks amazing!😋💚

[@StellarLimpkin]

Going around eating trees in the snow casually

[@Mikemm54]

I love your videos and shorts. The looks, the humor, and the learning.

[@anufoalan]

A docker, you made a docker

[@Steveofthejungle8]

The snow we’ve gotten in SLC this year has been insane! Ready for the snowmelt to make its ways to the GSL!

[@AlphaFX-kv4ud]

Aren't these past several months breaking several records for snow here in utah? It's supposed to be spring why is there so much snow!

[@coolwatyr]

I love these adventures into cooking & woodworking. ❤

[@kaselier1116]

Oh yeah, this is the wholesome content I need.

[@SuperBeardWill]

Your passion shines through in each and every one of your videos and it's so infectious 😊

[@Cat_Obsessed521]

You should try making something with the paperbark tree of Australia, or the Melaleuca quinquenervia, anyhow, love the content ^^

[@daxroth5633]

itd be really fun if you did a meet and greet sometime, im sure me and my fellow utahns would love that they dont have to travel like 2+ states for once lmao

[@AlphaFX-kv4ud]

Yes

[@HelloIAmJo]

I'm still building my background on Justin's life story as I'm marathoning all of his videos, but from what I gather - at the beginning of the video he has asked and directed his partner (or a dear friend) who he has invited with him on a winter hike during thick snows to film him biting trees while he screams into the sky... and I think that's really special.

[@HeyRaeSunnyDay]

Delightful video, those cookies looked so good and literally made my mouthwater! Great channel and love the little pup in the last shot 🙂

[@loafingjay]

Your vids are just as entertaining as ur shorts! Had lots of fun watching your process x)

[@ren.9029]

i absolutely love your videos they are so calming

[@rizrhys1]

I love this series so much.

[@SmolPotato8]

Powdered sugar is actually blended granulated sugar, so I think your substitution is perfectly okay!

[@diggysoze2897]

You’re thinking of castor sugar - powdered sugar is cut with corn starch or an equivalent.

[@athelonus]

@@diggysoze2897 Also called Confectioner's sugar.

[@diggysoze2897]

@@athelonus yup yup. Powdered = Confectioners Castor = Granulated

[@briannathomson3050]

I've never wished I could smell a video before now

[@krisksolmikarusol]

I don't bake nor carve wood but here I am fascinated by your videos

[@sophiavincent7785]

he should make a restaurant where you get these recipes on the wood of the tree the dish is associated with

[@embyrr922]

Your creativity is truly inspiring.

[@shamapes]

Is it "Myles-friendly"... asking for our 4-lgged furbaby and fur friends LOVE how Myles is like...'well well- whad do we have there?'

[@orellinvvardengra6775]

I had a guy up in Alaska who was a tour guide give me and my wife a free tour experience because we worked with his girlfriend. Fresh spruce tips are amazing! Also goose weed(?) great stuff. Grows by the shore and picks up the salts nicely and makes a great addition to salads!

[@HaloFreak1337]

"Don't let anyone tell you that you can use a skewer or a toothpick..." Lmao

[@369thegoosedrankwine]

"A lemon and the notion of Christmas had a baby" 😂😂

[@Casualchess1234]

My man! Can u made a chessboard!!plssss!!!

[@aspengreaves5719]

Foraging in that snow looked insane! That's a sacrifice

[@kris_kreations]

Awesome. I would absolutely love to try this, but sadly we do not have trees like that where I am from, or at least I don’t think so.

[@westernpink]

Now I'm on the look out for Douglas firs this spring. I don't have a lathe. Will have to settle for carving a chop stick.

[@thomasafrica9724]

The way the mic peaked when you gagged sent me bro😂

[@lospagnolofalso]

I'm kind of curious now if you made a caramel from the douglas-fir sugar, would it taste good? Or rather, would it still taste...fir-y?

[@YodelingKid4943]

Thanks for giving Utah a good name

[@StarryRoses]

Oh to be in your kitchen ❤

[@cicada.and.pomegranate]

I used this sugar technique to make some Eastern White Pine sugar cookies. The flavor is very subtle so they’re great if it’s your first foray into the conifer needle flavor, but I imagine you could also make a pine needle pesto. Considering pesto already has pine nuts in it, I think it’s fitting. I don’t intend to do this myself, but you can also buy pine nut oil (it’s pretty expensive though) and you could use that to replace the olive oil used in pesto for a 100% pine pesto.

[@jillesoom3305]

Just here trying out your long form content!!

[@jillesoom3305]

By the way, you are giving me brad Leone vibes a little! I feel like your videos would work amazing with some graphic editing (maybe not quite its alive style but something similar)

[@EmoExpression]

Thank you for not doing april fools.

[@powerpuff4ever]

god I love this content

[@shadow_flux2304]

My mom leaned over to see what I was watching and went: why did that man eat a TREE?!??!?!?!?!?

[@patricioiasielski8816]

What if you infuse the butter instead?

[@annconover1277]

Can you use what is sometimes called red cedar to eat? I believe it is a juniperus virginiana.

[@wolfie_toonz5023]

JUSTIN you should make some knitting needles!

[@sewmuchtatting]

I like the idea of the poker. But maybe make one that will cut and poke at the same time or poke multiple holes at the same time. 😂 I'm not sure how to engineer that. Just a thought.

[@justfornothing]

They do make rollers for poking multiple holes at a time, if you Google pastry docker you can see what those look like. I haven't seen something to cut and poke holes at the same time though so there is definitely room for innovation 😀

[@RICHx323]

My boy looking like a young John Oates. I dig it

[@EricHonaker]

Bonus - if you've ever imprisoned in a coniferous forest you can make a shortbread stabber to use while settling beefs in the prison yard.

[@jujujewel2172]

Wooden ice pick stabber stick. And they quietly sent you away from the store, you say?? :P Also, the weirdo comment, LoL, wanna say oh well, you're our weirdo, hahaah Love it, and all you do. You have the best job ever, making all this stuff, and making it interesting, enriching our lives with all your knowledge and expertise from over there in your lovely home... And we appreciate it Very fine workmanship on the big (giants) toothpick

[@Monarains]

You rock! I love you ❤️

[@muzamilhoque7149]

I love your videos ❤❤❤

[@anamariaharvey725]

that tool also makes a great cake tester!

[@logansweeney7186]

You should definitely sell some of your home made wood works, I think that you would really make a lot of money

[@krankarvolund7771]

Before you showed the name, I thought it was "Douglas's fur" tree XD

[@issa.worries2much]

WHY TF DID I NOT GET NOTIFICATION FOR MY FAVOURITE MAN'S VIDEO

[@FryedCalamari]

1:37 i did NOT expect that

[@Hawkpelt94]

Im planning on making some pine cone syrup come spring, but I'm not sure what kind of pines we have in our yard. Are all seed bearing pinecones safe to make syrup with?

[@stephenb3414]

hey dude, i watched a video of yours where you featured an ashtray you made out of mountian mahogany. do you know where a guy could buy/harvest a good sized piece of this stuff? it seems like it would be really good for a fingerboard on a guitar. or a neck for that matter. it looks sweet and i bet if you cut a long thin piece, hung it from a string and rang it with a stick, it would ring like a bell.

[@leightonlewis3167]

If you don’t mind me asking, what oil do you put on the wood when your done? Is it food safe? I’m trying to find something I can use because I want to hand carve bowls and platters for my little brother (he loves making sushi)

[@minergirl4370]

Maybe if you like the smell so much you should make a Douglas fir candle.

[@goaticusmaximus9067]

I would like to see you make an octagonal handle for a knife, would be fun to watch

[@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst]

Him: i have no idea what im doing Also him: im not following those instructions *proceeds to say his own measurements

[@astrid554]

only 15 seconds late! hehe

[@StewartFletcher]

🎶UTAH PEOPLE WORKIN' TOGETHER🎵

[@blytheryan3314]

💛💛💛

[@Direct_miss]

He looks like just fought a raccoon in the first cooking part

[@bluepartyhat93]

❤❤❤

[@lateformyownbirth]

14 table spoons? Please, North Americans, buy scales. This madness has to stop.

[@humanperson7930]

The day I buy a scale is the day when I admit defeat

[@Prudenthermit]

❤❤❤❤

[@Lee-ne7bb5ps2g]

Commenting for the algorithm

[@miki09876]

Have you made a knife handle before?

[@margaretdanic2560]

The world needs more weirdos 😊

[@n.ftoons2535]

Sound disclaimer at 1:40

[@ThatOneWhiteguy2]

you should do live streams

[@jcsrst]

That piece of wood looks like a paper birch....

[@gedreillyhomestead6926]

Aah, Fork it! 😂

[@Kristian-s-1]

What oil do you use on the wood?

[@brycepatties]

Somehow, I am watching a man bite trees and valuing his tasting notes...

[@m4nc0o]

ugh the snow is so infuriating here, utah weather ain’t utah-ing very well

[@eatmarth]

I would guess you would call that a docking tool?

[@antoni000o]

You have a nice voice.

[@whalelikesfries4511]

He looks like Pedro Pascal

[@oilnfrench]

make a podcast

[@Lee-ne7bb5ps2g]

Here

[@HBCrigs]

This is one of those guys that makes me question my sexuality.. but as a gay woman hehe

[@i_fuze_hostages6]

I’m engaged to my girlfriend and I’m convinced I’m gay 😂

[@the_real_THlNG]

You can't just use an Æbleskiver plate for shortbread! What are you doing!!!

[@SortaProfessional89]

Shatoyancy

[@עומרהפטמן]

Plz make chess for follow♟️