Making the World’s Purest Cookie
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In this video, we attempt to make the world’s purest cookie and to see how it compares to a regular cookie. In my opinion, it has to be better, because it’s pure.
Original recipe and ingredients: https://gwern.net/doc/food/2022-goodenough.pdf
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I forgot to mention it in the video, but we did not pull a vacuum in the oven! It is just vacuum sealed and some air gets pushed out when it’s closed. I think pulling a vacuum would have murdered the cookie.
I was afraid you ruined the cookie due the vacuum sucking all the succulent smells out
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alright
All good!
Good call 👍
you can tell where nile goes from chemist to cook because his confidence immediately plummets
“IT’S CRACKING WE GOTTA GET IT OUT OF THERE”
Which is hilarious, because the precision of baking goes well with the precision of chemistry.
The worst baker ever lol
low-key I wonder if the “failure” is just his inability to cook
Cooking is a form of chemistry lmao
Man, the fact that he didn’t try to bake regular cookies before making this one just to know the process is wild.
Should’ve done that as a control, just to make sure it wasn’t his lab equipment or something that ruined the taste instead of the purity of the cookie.
It was irking the shit out of me especially considering how much those ingredients are
Hurts my soul
fur reals, oh no its cracking oh no,,,,,,has he never even ate a real cookie?
The cracks forming on the cookies and Nigel panicking is the ultimate sign of how much of a perfectionist he is
The cookie’s space helmet was starting to crack and the vacuum was getting in!
its so relatable tbh
except the perfect cookie is a veritable mars landscape of cracks and fissures. its where the sublime mix of texture and crunch and chewiness that cookies are all about. i’m not sure he has ever eaten a cookie.
or ignorance
As a baker, this was both painful and extremely entertaining to wintess 😂 I always tell people the thing I love most about baking is how much science is involved, especially in things like bread. Thank you for the great video! I’m always so excited to see when the Nile channels have a new one ❤
This pained me to watch so bad. I had to stop and regain my composure once.
I find it hilarious that Nile isn’t scared of dangerous chemicals ect. but then panics over a cookie cracking 😀
I think the lesson of this episode is “imperfections are what makes the world taste good”
I think nipe is just bad at baking
*eats people* Hmm this tastes too pure to taste good.
@TonieNIPE
Nah, it’s just the maggots and rat shit that makes cookies taste good
“If you want to achieve purity, you have to sacrifice everything that makes it worth it.” I think that’s a valuable life lesson, sir. We’ve all grown as people through this experience. Thank you.
Actually is a very deep, phylosophic statement
Honestly when you look into the flavour and authenticity of a famous old restaurant, it comes from the fact that they haven’t completely removed all the old food gunk from their kitchenware.
@El Dorado Recently I saw a video on traditional pastry here in my country and one of the comments actually stated that those pastries used to taste better “back in ye old times”, because they weren’t pasteurized like they are now. Pasteurization makes it safer to consume because it kills bad bacteria, but it also kills good bacteria that can enhance the flavor.
I was hoping he’s going to make flour and stuff just from simple organic compounds that you usually use in a lab and some enzymes, I would love to see that actually
yeah, that was what i thought.
Same I also thought about that
I’m not sure if he could feasibly replicate the complex biology of wheat in a lab like that lol
@Thomas Ryan The proteins in wheat that are absolutely critical to the baking process couldn’t have been engineered by Nile
how tf do you think hed be able to do that?
This is actually so deep. The cookie, like life, just isn’t whole without the imperfections.