@@lucaskang548 I love using baking powder to make chocolate chip cookies. I made some today and they looked gorgeous! Baking powder over baking soda any day
That doesn’t matter. It’s just the “control” of the study. It stills gives you relative information how the other factors will influence how a cookie bakes. A perfect cookie is subjective and always will be. This video will help you pick how you might want to adjust your recipe to achieve a certain style of cookie. That’s the point of the video 6:35
Right? I personally love a good sugar or cream cheese cookie. The first cookie is by no means the best. You can always get a better cookie and being just a bit adventurous with baking is good
No offense, but whose perfect cookie is this? I don’t need my chocolate chip cookie to lift 2x it’s weight, I just need it to be chewy slightly crunchy and delicious.
@@kat3217 that "perfect" cookie looks nasty. Too thin, not crispy enough on the edges, and not enough brown sugar used or brown butter. That cookie is probably tasteless
“Baking powder has a more chemical taste than baking soda.” That’s the other way around. Too much baking soda in the recipe will give you that taste. Never had issues with too much baking powder affecting the taste.
Unless you are using too much baking powder or baking soda, then typically neither should have a chemical taste. Some professional bakers will put both baking powder and baking soda into their cookies.
This video is made so carefully! From the texture to the perfect color that a cookie should have. Hands down the best video for the people who are learning to make a cookie Thankyou insider!
But her idea of the perfect cookie looked terrible and not many people would chose that mess over a thick soft chewy cookie with lightly crisp edges and less greasy bottom
So glad I've watched this so that I can then forget all of this useful information in the future when I decide to bake cookies from scratch and then wonder why they turned out badly
I have THE BEST Cookie Recipe Ever! 1) Go to the store, 2) Go to the aisle where they have flour, baking powder, chocolate chips and other baking items, 3) PASS THAT AISLE, head to the refrigerated section and buy a roll of Pillsbury Cookie dough, 4) Buy it, cut it, bake it, toss a little flour in your face and pretend you made it. The End 🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣
@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 number three is all wrong. What ya gotta do is pass the pillsbury dough cause im broke. Then buy the cheapest store brand dough they have. Then proceed
It's the default chocolate chip cookie. It's standard to many households, and it's what a lot of people think of when they imagine a chocolate chip cookie. As far as the video goes, it's a good starting point for seeing how different ingredients affect the overall bake because most viewers have probably eaten or made this exact recipe. I agree there are much more interesting and better tasting/texture recipes out there, but those are nonstandard and harder to compare.
I put half milk chocolate and half white chocolate make the cookies extra large. Some people don't like that but that is what I think of when I think of cookies.
I love how different a cookie can be. Their perfect cookie is one I would’ve considered a failure if I made it. I’m saying that from the perspective that I prefer a denser chewy cookie.
Monique we couldn’t even scrape it off the tray hahaha. It hardened into this sticky coat onto it and we had to soak the tray for hours to be able to clean it off. It’s still brought up once in a while and every has a good laugh
This actually quite interesting and it could help people who never made cookies before. Good video Food Insider.😃 Edit: Thx for the 161 likes it's the most I ever got
my friend gave me her cookie recipe and it's so good. Fun story: I ran out of flour for the cookies so I mixed in tapioca flour with all purpose (along with all other ingredients)and the end product was very flat. The twist is my friend tried it and said they were probably better than the original.
Omg has anyone tried the “brown butter” chocolate chip cookies at Whole Foods? They come in a brown box near the bakery. SO AMAZINGLY GOOD! They look like the first ones shown in this video lol
I have not tried those (thanks for the tip!) but I like making brown butter cookies at home. It's just one extra step to brown the butter for a few minutes but it ELEVATES the entire cookie. Makes it much more rich, and it smells SO good. I use Bon Appetite's recipe as a reference guide but ultimately I make my own recipe.
@@nunuhuda5093 www.bonappetit.com/recipe/bas-best-chocolate-chip-cookies ✌ Edit: I use this as a basic foundation for my recipe but I usually just experiment eachtime. I find I like adding LESS EGGS and MORE OIL for fat.
Okay so people who don’t put eggs in their cookies compensate the moisture loss by either adding more fat or a liquid. That part was very misleading, nobody makes eggless cookies like that.
This was supposed to for a standard cookie recipe with a addition and subtraction of ingredients. This was more of a experiment instead of he perfect recipe
What a great video. I've been struggling a bit with my cookies lately & this video will reset my knowledge of them. I'm still new to cooking/baking, ( just over 1 year ) so this will help a lot. Thank you.
Great amount pf research has been put onto this video. Thanks for all that effort. It's very cool to be able to know what every ingredient in a batch does.
Thank you so much. This was so helpful and informative. I think i now know why my cookies came out flat. I overmixed them when adding flour. Thanks a million.
I appreciate this video so much. While your original recipe isn't my ideal, I finally have an idea what I have to tweak with mine without having to do all these tests myself. I seem to have put a bit more flour that's why mine doesn't flatten as much. Thank you!
That’s improvisation then, the video is showing what would happen if you baked it traditionally with issues, not how to make cookies differently based on ingredients
I like thick, soft, chewy cookies with as little crispiness as possible. Man, the no baking powder one looked like the most tasty one in the video by far.
if you want to make your cookie even better, refrigerate/freeze the dough when it is scooped out onto the tray. You won't have that dull, flat looking cookie and it will have more chew.
After watching this and tasty 101 cookies video i can officially say that i have a PHD in mastering perfect cookies Off topic i would also recommend watching tasty 101 cookie video that really helps they have the recipe of perfect cookie 😁😇😇
5:43 is flat out incorrect. Flour is definitely not a leavening agent. In the case of no baking soda, the only leavening you could achieve would be from the stage where you cream together the butter and the sugar
The perfect cookie? I guess it's subjective. However, most people here will tell you the perfect cookie should have flavor, texture, color, and the right thickness. I've spent years perfecting my cookies so I know a few things. Also, you should have included other variables such as convection vs conventional ovens, high altitude changes, what scoop size you're using and chilling the dough. But I appreciate the effort and insights in the video. Thank you!
Common Cookie Alterations, Substitute s and Mistakes 0:12 Original 0:54 No Preheat 1:14 Cold Butter 1:42 Extra Butter 2:17 Extra Flour vs. Less Flour 3:25 Undermixed 3:59 All At Once 4:31 No Eggs 5:09 Baking Powder 5:38 No Baking Soda 6:02 2× Chocolate
I know using a hand mixer is a perfectly reasonable technique when making cookies, but if you don't know what you're doing it's SO easy to either overmix the dough or heat the butter too much; it absolutely kills me to watch an informational video about common mistakes with cookie dough using an electric mixer -- and not calling out the potential for upset using that very tool vs hand mixing or kneading.
Wow...super interesting...I'd be EATING all of these cookies!!! Love this...I've learned not to mix my flours (self rising and all purpose) not going to make that mistake again! Subscribed to your channel!!!
That's not MY perfect cookie, but I can see the appeal.
curious, what is your perfect cookie?
@@AlungileMteto I like one that's ever so slightly cakey/gooey in the middle, and chewy around the edges.
@@almaeclu congratulation you have good cookie taste !
Almaeclu Agreed
I agree it looks nastyyy
It’s sad how she called her cookie “perfect” when some of the “mistake” ones looks better
*cough cough* baking powder
@@lucaskang548 I love using baking powder to make chocolate chip cookies. I made some today and they looked gorgeous! Baking powder over baking soda any day
the undermixed one was the most generic looking one imo
That doesn’t matter. It’s just the “control” of the study. It stills gives you relative information how the other factors will influence how a cookie bakes. A perfect cookie is subjective and always will be. This video will help you pick how you might want to adjust your recipe to achieve a certain style of cookie. That’s the point of the video 6:35
I would rather have the undercooked one hands down
Anyone who says the first cookie is their perfect cookie is either lying or has no taste
Literally what I was thinking!!!!
I agree
Ha! I was thinking the same thing!😅❤
@@sp7749 not bad bro but not the best
Right? I personally love a good sugar or cream cheese cookie. The first cookie is by no means the best. You can always get a better cookie and being just a bit adventurous with baking is good
No offense, but whose perfect cookie is this? I don’t need my chocolate chip cookie to lift 2x it’s weight, I just need it to be chewy slightly crunchy and delicious.
yep and i might be in the minority but i like a much thicker cookie than the one they are showing.
kristian svendsen Yeah same
I like my cookies soft, not too hard, chocolately, and small.
It has to be chocolate tasting too
kristian svendsen no you’re the majority
Nothing can beat a homemade freshly baked chocolate chip cookie. Especially if it's from Grandma.
You forgot the glass of cold milk, courtesy of grandma's fridge
Yeah cuz grandma gets the premade dough as most grandmas dont have the mobility.
When ur grandma is brown
Damn right u are
Yes
Excuse you? That “perfect cookie” is far too flat and crispy
That’s the cookie I’m ashamed to share with people
Bean Katy are u kidding? The “perfect cookie” doesn’t look crispy enough!! Ur idea of a perfect cookie must look like mush
Kat what? I’m talking about how deflated that thing is. My cookies aren’t as flat. Idk why that means my cookies are mush tho
Kat Are you like trying to insult my cooking or what?
@@kat3217 that "perfect" cookie looks nasty. Too thin, not crispy enough on the edges, and not enough brown sugar used or brown butter. That cookie is probably tasteless
“Baking powder has a more chemical taste than baking soda.” That’s the other way around. Too much baking soda in the recipe will give you that taste. Never had issues with too much baking powder affecting the taste.
Unless you are using too much baking powder or baking soda, then typically neither should have a chemical taste. Some professional bakers will put both baking powder and baking soda into their cookies.
My go to choc chip cookie recipe has baking soda in jt
Was thinking the same!!
I wonder if they know that baking powder is baking soda with a few more ingredients.
I used too much baking soda in my coffee cake. I for sure tasted that....my bro n laws taste buds started working again too
This shows that insider can make good quality, helpful, and amazing videos that aren't just the same clip and people advertising
Ya i agree
Lots of their results were wrong
@@2ndpartycrasher954 We are talking about the video not the actual cookies.
The original "perfect" cookie is really not that good of a cookie. I want it to have some rise and fluff too beside chewiness .
its isnt even chewy cakey too infact
This video is made so carefully! From the texture to the perfect color that a cookie should have. Hands down the best video for the people who are learning to make a cookie
Thankyou insider!
But her idea of the perfect cookie looked terrible and not many people would chose that mess over a thick soft chewy cookie with lightly crisp edges and less greasy bottom
Interesting! I hope this is a new series, I'd love to see more.
Their "perfect" cookie was a bit flat looking, but I'm still craving cookies now...
The cookie didnt look that appetizing to begin with
Too little chocy chips
+ too thin
And too chewy. I like mine crunchy.
Too cakey too! It has to be super soft but dense.
So glad I've watched this so that I can then forget all of this useful information in the future when I decide to bake cookies from scratch and then wonder why they turned out badly
I have THE BEST Cookie Recipe Ever!
1) Go to the store,
2) Go to the aisle where they have flour, baking powder, chocolate chips and other baking items,
3) PASS THAT AISLE, head to the refrigerated section and buy a roll of Pillsbury Cookie dough,
4) Buy it, cut it, bake it, toss a little flour in your face and pretend you made it.
The End
🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣
@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 number three is all wrong. What ya gotta do is pass the pillsbury dough cause im broke. Then buy the cheapest store brand dough they have. Then proceed
@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 That's pathetic
@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 Toll House is WAY better
Ok but the original Nestle chocolate chip cookie is neither a particular great cookie nor a good starting point.
Nestle is a great recipe if you know what you are doing technique wise
My Sharona Disagree, but if you like it then go for it 🤷♂️
Talia it’s actually pretty good. I make them and they never look like that. They messed up on something
It's the default chocolate chip cookie. It's standard to many households, and it's what a lot of people think of when they imagine a chocolate chip cookie. As far as the video goes, it's a good starting point for seeing how different ingredients affect the overall bake because most viewers have probably eaten or made this exact recipe. I agree there are much more interesting and better tasting/texture recipes out there, but those are nonstandard and harder to compare.
I put half milk chocolate and half white chocolate make the cookies extra large. Some people don't like that but that is what I think of when I think of cookies.
No offense but the cookies didn't look that good in either batch. I think tasty has a better cookie recipe. But not bad insider.
Thanks for the likes
I love how different a cookie can be. Their perfect cookie is one I would’ve considered a failure if I made it. I’m saying that from the perspective that I prefer a denser chewy cookie.
Yessss. That’s the kind that I’m extremely disappointed in and won’t serve to other people
“Every common mistake”
-14 year old me mixes up powdered sugar and flour
Lol how’d that taste
Monique we couldn’t even scrape it off the tray hahaha. It hardened into this sticky coat onto it and we had to soak the tray for hours to be able to clean it off. It’s still brought up once in a while and every has a good laugh
Ms Hydrus oh my goodness that’s hilarious
At least you did not mix up the sugar and the salt.
I mixed up sugar and salt
Lol don't worry
This actually quite interesting and it could help people who never made cookies before. Good video Food Insider.😃
Edit: Thx for the 161 likes it's the most I ever got
Reshiyanth Muthuthamby I’m sorry, who in the hell has never made cookies before?
@@pirate6616 me 🥺🥺
DamnTH-camLetsYouHaveANameAsLongAsFiftyCharacters me, lazy ass
ALL I WANT IS A COOKIE!!!!!
I mean i never made a cookie I'm just 12
The baking powder looked way better than the “perfect cookie”
Why didn't you smash all the cookies with a hammer? That's not fair.
Yup lol
@@istolethispfpsorry485 what
"This is the perfect chocolate chip cookie" I respectfully disagree but continue
my friend gave me her cookie recipe and it's so good. Fun story: I ran out of flour for the cookies so I mixed in tapioca flour with all purpose (along with all other ingredients)and the end product was very flat. The twist is my friend tried it and said they were probably better than the original.
please share your friend recipe
Omg has anyone tried the “brown butter” chocolate chip cookies at Whole Foods? They come in a brown box near the bakery. SO AMAZINGLY GOOD! They look like the first ones shown in this video lol
Ooo, thanks for the tip! 🏃🏾♀️
Cybercraft yesss!! Must try.
I have not tried those (thanks for the tip!) but I like making brown butter cookies at home. It's just one extra step to brown the butter for a few minutes but it ELEVATES the entire cookie. Makes it much more rich, and it smells SO good. I use Bon Appetite's recipe as a reference guide but ultimately I make my own recipe.
Lea Reed That sounds so very good! May I have the recipe?
@@nunuhuda5093 www.bonappetit.com/recipe/bas-best-chocolate-chip-cookies ✌
Edit: I use this as a basic foundation for my recipe but I usually just experiment eachtime. I find I like adding LESS EGGS and MORE OIL for fat.
I’ve been cooking for 26 years and this is so helpful, thank you! Super interesting and informative!
I feel like this is extremely important for cooking, this video shows the "logic" of the ingredients.
Outstanding! Waiting for that macaron video...
I’m sorry but who’s perfect cookie was that!? All the cookies looks weird
Well you didn't tell the most important part.....HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT COOKIE?????????
It’s the very first cookie they made following the specific Nestle instructions. You can find them on the Nestle chocolate chips bag.
Its the nestle recipe. you can find it on the back of their chocolate chip bags
the undermixed, 2x chocolate,baking powder and no baking soda ones look better than the "perfect" cookie
Would have been cool to see all white or all brown sugar as well.
love this style of video! please make this a series, it is so interesting to see how these variations effect a recipe!
yes, this and the cake one helped me so much!!
Okay so people who don’t put eggs in their cookies compensate the moisture loss by either adding more fat or a liquid. That part was very misleading, nobody makes eggless cookies like that.
This was supposed to for a standard cookie recipe with a addition and subtraction of ingredients. This was more of a experiment instead of he perfect recipe
Yea if you don’t have eggs you can use a flax egg or pour in 3 tbs of milk for one egg
wonderful wealth of information. cookies are an important business.
Yes they have to be perfect
I think the 2x chocolate cookie would be better than a classic one!!
the perfect cookie looks the least satisfying to me lmao, i like a big and thick cookie
Same
The undemixed cookie looks better than even the "perfect cookie" and personally tastes better
What a great video. I've been struggling a bit with my cookies lately & this video will reset my knowledge of them.
I'm still new to cooking/baking, ( just over 1 year ) so this will help a lot.
Thank you.
Great amount pf research has been put onto this video. Thanks for all that effort. It's very cool to be able to know what every ingredient in a batch does.
Thank you so much. This was so helpful and informative. I think i now know why my cookies came out flat. I overmixed them when adding flour. Thanks a million.
I hope they make this into a series and do pancakes, cake, bread, donuts, etc
I appreciate this video so much. While your original recipe isn't my ideal, I finally have an idea what I have to tweak with mine without having to do all these tests myself. I seem to have put a bit more flour that's why mine doesn't flatten as much. Thank you!
This video is so well detailed and explained. Big applause, this is how you make a comparison video.
This is way I prefer cooking over baking. Baking is a science. Too many variables. Requires patience that I don't possess. Awesome video!!!
i had no idea what effect half of these could have on the final product, this video was so informative!
I LOVE extra chocolate in my chocolate chip cookies-I don't care if they come out smaller in diameter and taller in height or are greasy!
Extra flour? Bruh you poured like 2 bags full that shut like 90% flour now
I really love this concept. For those of us that like food and science 🧡
Very informative! Thank you!
The original one that you describe as “perfect” looks sad
I think I'm going to make them with baking powder and extra chocolate from now on... Thanks food insider
Finally a decent video from insider
@2:37 it is inaccurate. You have to flatten them manually when you use extra flour for crunchy texture.
That’s improvisation then, the video is showing what would happen if you baked it traditionally with issues, not how to make cookies differently based on ingredients
This literally solved my problem with cookies. I wasn’t sure what im was doing wrong , but now I know it’s too much flour LOL
This is a good video! Hope this become a series!! I'd like to see more of these especially about baking.
Love the food sensory style video of yours.. Truly feels like when I'm learning about it at uni..
This is so cool, please do this with other common dishes!
This is a very informative and helpful video, even for those of us experienced bakers. Thanks Food Insider!!!
That 2x chocolate chip looked fire haha
each and every one of these cookies look amazing
People who never had a cookie: They all look fine to me
um ok
When they started hammering the cookie lmfao
Hey there were some great tips in this video. Thank you
The one with baking powder looks so good
Everyone saying the first one isn't the perfect cookie when the ones I make are my favourite and look like that ;v;
Brilliantly produced video!
I like thick, soft, chewy cookies with as little crispiness as possible.
Man, the no baking powder one looked like the most tasty one in the video by far.
This is a video format of that cookie meme
Fingering Things ✔️ HOW ARE YOU EVERYWHERE?
Donara B. IKR 😂
@@donarab.857 exactly my question
0:49 this part got me laughing, and i fell on the ground laughing hard
if you want to make your cookie even better, refrigerate/freeze the dough when it is scooped out onto the tray. You won't have that dull, flat looking cookie and it will have more chew.
After watching this and tasty 101 cookies video i can officially say that i have a PHD in mastering perfect cookies
Off topic i would also recommend watching tasty 101 cookie video that really helps they have the recipe of perfect cookie 😁😇😇
Medium thickness, Nice and chewy, Alot of nice and slightly melty chocolate chips
Now that's my perfect cookie
5:43 is flat out incorrect. Flour is definitely not a leavening agent. In the case of no baking soda, the only leavening you could achieve would be from the stage where you cream together the butter and the sugar
I needed this 😂
The perfect cookie? I guess it's subjective. However, most people here will tell you the perfect cookie should have flavor, texture, color, and the right thickness. I've spent years perfecting my cookies so I know a few things. Also, you should have included other variables such as convection vs conventional ovens, high altitude changes, what scoop size you're using and chilling the dough. But I appreciate the effort and insights in the video. Thank you!
2x Chocolate looks pretty good ngl
Damn i was looking for this video for so long...
I now know that i have to add more flour
I grew up with crispy cookies and never really understood the appeal of the soft, chewy ones.
Thank you! This is what I really need!
Common Cookie Alterations, Substitute s and Mistakes
0:12 Original
0:54 No Preheat
1:14 Cold Butter
1:42 Extra Butter
2:17 Extra Flour vs. Less Flour
3:25 Undermixed
3:59 All At Once
4:31 No Eggs
5:09 Baking Powder
5:38 No Baking Soda
6:02 2× Chocolate
They all look good
Great vid. Enjoyed it even though I don’t bake notta lol but now I know!
The cookies with less flour are my perfect cookie. Nom nom!
All at once looks the best
As long as it's consumable it's perfect for me
Lmao the ”perfect” cookie looks like a subway cookie
Wow! I always wanted to see a scientific approach on cookies.
I know using a hand mixer is a perfectly reasonable technique when making cookies, but if you don't know what you're doing it's SO easy to either overmix the dough or heat the butter too much; it absolutely kills me to watch an informational video about common mistakes with cookie dough using an electric mixer -- and not calling out the potential for upset using that very tool vs hand mixing or kneading.
Cakey cookies are really good, that should be the perfect one
Mmmmm-right out of the oven. I love a warm chocolate chip cookie. Thanks for the tips
Thank. You so such this was very helpful thank you!!!! 😊
thank you for making this video
The audacity of calling that first one the "perfect cookie".
Adding two times the amount of chocolate chips isn’t a mistake it’s a choice... that I’ll gladly make😌
Agreed
BuzzFeed already the exact same video about the perfect cookie with a perfect cookie recipe to boot. I follow their recipe every time since then.
It's truly a challenge to make the perfect cookie!
That last shot of the cookie dump had me shooketh
Looks so Delicious
Wow...super interesting...I'd be EATING all of these cookies!!! Love this...I've learned not to mix my flours (self rising and all purpose) not going to make that mistake again! Subscribed to your channel!!!
Somebody made perfect use of their time in quarantine
0:11 no it's not