Do EXPENSIVE Ingredients make better Holiday Cookies?

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Жыл бұрын

RECIPE:
Ingredients
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter
1 large egg
3 Tbsp molasses
2 cups flour, sifted
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp each salt, ground cloves, freshly ground nutmeg.
Preheat oven to 350 F or 175 C.
Mix ingredients
Break off walnut sized pieces of dough and roll into balls.
Roll balls in granulated sugar
Bake 10 minutes
GLAZE:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp water
Drizzle glaze over baked cookies
Makes around 30 cookies.
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@NickolasBrungardt Жыл бұрын

I would do a test that has the same ingredients and quality and just let the taste testers assume there is a difference to see if people's minds and tastebuds can assume a quality difference or not.

@keithschrack Жыл бұрын

I like the way you think!

@ShintogaDeathAngel Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t be surprised if they did perceive a difference that wasn’t there. I’ve seen an experiment on tv before, where they told testers that one milkshake was cheap, the other luxury, and the testers preferred the “luxury” one - even though there wasn’t actually any difference.

@EvilOttoJrProductions Жыл бұрын

This is a really fun idea, I hope Nate tries it! It could be like an April Fool's episode!

@justinsalazar7182 Жыл бұрын

@@EvilOttoJrProductions my thoughts exactly!!!

@timderks5960 Жыл бұрын

To add to that: I'd suggest 2 tests. The first time you don't tell them anything, just 2 batches, see what the testers assume. Second time you tell them there is a cheap and a brand one, see if more people can taste a difference, since now they feel like there should be a difference.

@wandlbaker Жыл бұрын

I have really been liking this series. I am a baker and love to cook. What I have found is that if you like it use it. Try some bread (whole wheat, white, etc) That will limit it to the salt, flour and egg for any difference really.

@CrowzenOver Жыл бұрын

I would love to see you try some sort of chocolate fudge (or brownie), potentially a very simple fudge recipe to see how stark the difference is with more expensive ingredients, but a complex recipe would also be excellent. Loved this video!

@Mittzie Жыл бұрын

Legit the 2-3 ingredient chocolate fudge would be a great one to test this with!

@ExperimentsOfThought Жыл бұрын

I misread the card…. Thought Nate was asking if explosive ingredients were better and thought TKOR craziness for Christmas lol

@essaboselin5252 Жыл бұрын

Now that would be a perfect episode to have Callie back again! Nate, you have a whole year to plan this out now.

@TTL47 Жыл бұрын

My boyfriend and I had an idea over Christmas. Do a Gluten Free and/or Dairy Free vs regular version. I know some good products for sweet or savory that I don't think they could tell if you are interested. Thanks for this series! It is great!

@TheRealCobra1117 Жыл бұрын

Nate: Best way I've found to measure molasses is a plunger-style adjustable measuring cup. (I think Oxo makes one, but I'm sure there's others.) This also works well for honey, corn syrup, etc. Try searching for "Oxo adjustable measuring cup".

@sarahb9240 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recipe! They look yummy!

@Hasmanian Жыл бұрын

This was a really interesting result since I also thought the expensive spices would make a difference. I'd love to see more savory experiments, like chilli or lasagna, in the brands vs basics playlist.

@ajf6791 Жыл бұрын

Keep up the amazing work and Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones

@NFTI Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! Merry Christmas to you too!

@nikolehiggins2693 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the bakes!

@umbrellacorp. Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Nate. 🎄🎁🎉

@jesterj63 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Nate, made them today, they're pretty good!

@PhilthyCasualMedia Жыл бұрын

I tried this recipe and it was AWESOME! I didn't bother with the glaze and they were still the best cookies I've ever had

@robylove9190 Жыл бұрын

Happy holidays, Nate.

@lanticocean Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas Nate 🎄

@KaaSerpent Жыл бұрын

I've seen cooking channels use an OILED measuring spoon to measure things like honey and molasses because it slips right out of the spoon with no waste. You might try that. :)

@Fuck_YT Жыл бұрын

great video as always, merry Christmas nate

@Sa1985Mr Жыл бұрын

Always happy to see you post. Merry Christmas. On the nutmeg front - always find it interesting those incredibly intense spices - unless you're mainlining nutmeg by the time you've used pre-ground nutmeg it up it will be stale as hell but whole nutmeg will retain flavour for many years.

@eskadrille Жыл бұрын

Love your videos, keep up the good work 🐱

@JohnSmith-ox7xc Жыл бұрын

Haven't checked to see what brands you used for this recipe for the more expensive side, and those that you used for the pumpkin pie, but if the same spices were used but from different brands it's possible the mid-range stuff is better flavor wise than the higher end range. More expensive doesn't necessarily equate to being definitely better tasting.

@gretl01 Жыл бұрын

Ooh, yeah - repeat both tests with McCormick vs. Spice Hunter!

@suspiciousllama385 Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas from Texas y'all

@matthewtarvin3675 Жыл бұрын

Early gang. Happy holidays, Nate!

@Nyasziah Жыл бұрын

This has quickly become one of my fav series to watch... I also thought the spices would make a significant difference. The results of these taste tests are always interesting. 🤔🙃

@huuua2 Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas!

@Goddywap Жыл бұрын

Love these videos

@DirtmopAZ Жыл бұрын

You have such an eclectic group of friends

@cubbycreates Жыл бұрын

Awesome Video

@drawnfromflames7007 Жыл бұрын

I do enjoy the tests with cheapest and most expensive, so much better to see a bigger diffrence if there would be one

@ExperimentsOfThought Жыл бұрын

Next test: expired spices vs fresh spices

@tomroeder7348 Жыл бұрын

Very nice

@ajf6791 Жыл бұрын

These are my favorite videos ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

@lip-filler-looks-rank Жыл бұрын

merry christams bro.. merry christams to calli too if she is watching.

@tildessmoo Жыл бұрын

You were only missing baking soda, not baking powder. Baking powder has a mix of acid and base to produce gas for leavening, but baking soda on its own is usually added to adjust the pH, which for baked goods tends to have an effect on the texture and browning.

@Ordolph Жыл бұрын

That's false, baking soda provides leavening, just later in the cooking process than baking powder. Baking soda decomposes into CO2 when it's heated, not just when you mix it with acid.

@tildessmoo Жыл бұрын

@@Ordolph Fine, so it produces much less leavening and is almost entirely used to raise pH, because the decomposition reaction produces half as much CO2 as the neutralization reaction, and one of the decomposition products is sodium carbonate, which is still a base. Excuse me for talking about the main mechanism behind the difference between Nate's expectations and reality in a simplified way so I don't have to explain the complex relationships between a dozen or so chemical reactions occurring in a cookie as it bakes. 🙄 Does that mean you want me to point out that sodium bicarbonate doesn't actually decompose into carbon dioxide at 80°C, but into carbon dioxide, sodium carbonate, and water? If you meant to make a gentle correction and this seems like an overly aggressive reply, try not starting your comment with something as openly confrontational as "this is false." It may be false in the boolean sense, but in the real world it's what we call a simplification, which generally only needs correcting if someone requests more detail. From one overly-pedantic asshole to another, learn to tell the difference between simplified and incorrect (and, yes, the difference is often subtle context, it takes some practice) and you'll be both happier and more well-liked. And I'm not just talking about the internet.

@benjaelee Жыл бұрын

@@tildessmoo bro wrote a whole lab report on why the other dude was wrong 💀

@tildessmoo Жыл бұрын

@@benjaelee Nah, just on why correcting me the way they did was wrong. If they'd just said something like, "actually, there is still some leavening from baking soda breaking down when heated," I'd've just liked their comment or maybe replied with something, "yes, I was oversimplifying, but you're absolutely correct." I know it's hard to read tone in a comment, but the wording seemed too rude to go uncommented, and I even said why I thought that in case I was misinterpreting.

@UtopssAKAPJ Жыл бұрын

I thought baking soda and baking powder were the same thing probably because I don't use them

@colinteckam Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure if anyone has said this yet, but, if you put the cookie dough in the fridge for maybe 10 minutes before baking, the cookies might have risen a little more because of the butter and fats cooling down and solidifying again. But as always I love watching these no matter what

@joellewatkins5528 Жыл бұрын

I love a good ginger cookie. One thing I will say is they have a huge feast different as they age. So the one you baked may have had an advantage.

@UKGtrotter2k Жыл бұрын

Molasses is basically the same when it gets pumped out of a tanker and when they steam clean the tanks on ships the excess molasses is then used in BBQ brickets.

@PurpleBox89 Жыл бұрын

Well, when a recipe slaps, it slaps hard regardless of ingredients, I suppose. Merry Christmas, Nate!

@brookee2019 Жыл бұрын

I’d love to see a brand vs basic for EQUIPMENT. Like make the same exact chocolate chip cookies, but one with a wooden spoon/fork and the other with a kitchen aid/cookie scoop

@creepycreepersthekingofcre3379 Жыл бұрын

I wish I had a custom knife that you make I think there all cool

@Pxsdaemon Жыл бұрын

Great recipe! Very similar to my Gingersnap recipe (minus allspice, vanilla, and a couple other things)Recommend doing a blind vote on scratch paper with your friends before the crowd vote as people tend to unintentionally influence one another.

@stephgilliam Жыл бұрын

Great video, but a quick note that might help you the next time you make these: use an ice cream scoop to portion out the little cookie dough balls. It's a lot easier to get the dough out than squishing it out of a measuring spoon.

@alexanderdumas123 Жыл бұрын

If you ever want to do a savory 'Cheap v. Expensive'/'Brand v. Basic' might I suggest; French Canadian tourtière, a meat pie that is usually served on Christmas Eve.

@heatherastbury4339 Жыл бұрын

Love you

@jfresh2054 Жыл бұрын

Just want to let you know that you are amazing

@clueyman4720 Жыл бұрын

You should do a pot pie sometime. That'd be cool

@UtahSustainGardening Жыл бұрын

Grandma's and Brer Rabbit are owned by the same company and as near as I can tell are the exact same molasses.

@keeperofthegood Жыл бұрын

Nate, I may have suggested this before, odds are good I did, but there is more to sugar than just sugar. From processed white, to processed dark brown, from "in the raw" to demerara (same but different), and then there are agar, palm, jaggary etc sugars. And that's the sugar. Then you can also get many more types of molasses than just fancy or dog food (black strap), there are fluid sweet molasses like Egyptian to savory thick dark like Treacle.

@lettersnstuff Жыл бұрын

the reason the half teaspoon of baking soda makes such a big difference in color is because the Maillard reaction is impacted by ph level. bases accelerate the reaction while acids slow it down

@noneyabidness9644 Жыл бұрын

It's probably been 3 years since I've had a cookie...I can't have sugar. This is making me hungry.

@canihelpyou4206 Жыл бұрын

Cookie dough without baking soda/powder can be rolled and dipped in pancake batter for deep frying if you ever forget it or don't have it

@fomfom9779 Жыл бұрын

The heat from baking drives off a lot of the oils/flavor of many spices. That includes vanilla. The differences between lower and higher priced spices likely would be more apparent in recipes where little heat is involved. Like ice cream.

@Arob4343 Жыл бұрын

Biscuits and gravy OR/AND chicken and dumplings I’d like to see both recipes

@electricsoldier1 Жыл бұрын

Yay

@nikkiewhite476 Жыл бұрын

Spices are finicky, basic or brand there most important thing is how old it is. The older they are the less flavor you get. The best think to do is get whole spices and grind them in an electric coffee grinder. The fresher the whole spices means more flavor and the less it will lose sitting in your cupboard. Nate an awesome trick for molasses, honey, peanut butter or any other sticky ingredient: Grease your measuring spoon/cup with the same fat in the recipe or a spray oil. Once you go to dump it out it will just slide right out!

@readtherealanthonyfaucibyr6444 Жыл бұрын

Try buttermilk biscuits soon!

@vcandrewsfan12 Жыл бұрын

Try a brand vs basic curry chicken or curry dish. I would love a comparison between the difference in cost between the spices in a spice heavy dish.

@hobbitguy1420 Жыл бұрын

another recipe test recommendation: buy a bunch of whole spices, make the recipe with all freshly-ground (like with a coffee grinder) spices vs. all pre-ground.

@micromeshgritsystem Жыл бұрын

Is that what it means when it asks for sifted flower? I always measure out 2 cups then sift it on the way into the bowl

@h7opolo Жыл бұрын

5:59 another difference is that Ceylon cinnamon doesn't have the neurotoxic compound in it that Saigon cinnamon does.

@brad885 Жыл бұрын

daughter and I make a lot of cookies. cheap ingredients other than the butter and the chocolate chips/frosting. we're also using home grown eggs. flour, salt, and baking powder/soda should be identical across the board.

@katrinarose2210 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes more cookies

@lakovkreativity1451 Жыл бұрын

Ay nate, you might need to make a whole separate baking channel 🤣

@SaucedTech Жыл бұрын

Pasta sauce next! Use Walmart canned vs Cento!

@Flyingcar100 Жыл бұрын

You should make some breakfast foods

@mcdudette Жыл бұрын

You should do a cheap vs expensive 5 course dinner.

@brianhbinesh Жыл бұрын

More expensive doesn't mean more better lol

@pallasproserpina4118 Жыл бұрын

i think the point of the series is to test that

@randygreene5977 Жыл бұрын

With spices it is not how much they cost but how fresh they are. I get mine at the spice house. What you get in the store you dont know how old they are.

@SeinFreak Жыл бұрын

I made a chocolate cheesecake recently, and sprung for the pricier ingredients for the cream cheese, chocolate, and real vanilla extract. It turned out great, but now I'm thinking it may not have been worth it lol

@Zatbag88 Жыл бұрын

Nate's three step cooking show. Step 1: gather ingredients Step 2: mix Step 3: add fire

@TheRealAlpha2 Жыл бұрын

As someone with a complicated history with sugar I'm curious about recipes using sugar substitutes like monk fruit or coconut sugar and whether they're as good as the real thing.

@carolynwallace458 Жыл бұрын

Do a most recognizable brand pumpkin pie vs the most expensive pumpkin pie and see if that changes the outcome

@kevinolive Жыл бұрын

If you want the ginger to really pop, use fresh ginger instead of ground

@TonyDYT Жыл бұрын

Try an expensive tools vs basic, like all clad pan vs cheapo Walmart, dollar store spatula vs some other high end, your knives vs kiwi. See if they make the job easier and faster, or able to last longer, and if the recipes taste better.

@Sam-nc9zp 6 ай бұрын

2:07 you spray the measuring utensil with baking spray of some sort and then you measure it, you can also do it with anything else you want to measure thats sticky, honey, for instance

@rickydona919 Жыл бұрын

11:08 Harvey Whippleman siting

@andrewcopple7075 Жыл бұрын

I think there's value in understanding that the spices are far more important in the pumpkin pie than in these cookies.

@justina.6769 Жыл бұрын

Make some Ginger Snaps!

@geizzlyandro Жыл бұрын

I know it sounds like there will be no difference, But what about ready mixed box cake ( Betty Crocker, Duncan Hines, Pillsbury ) or one I can't think of with cheap and brand oil and water I love this compare stuff

@dauntlessmmm4954 6 ай бұрын

Try Costco spices next! They are the best, I won’t use anyone else’s Vanilla extract!

@joshbenoit2859 Жыл бұрын

Expensive ice cream sundaes!

@austinrobinson0814 Жыл бұрын

Dippin' Sticks

@eyesofnova Жыл бұрын

Try whole spices vs cheap spices next. I've heard anecdotally that whole spices taste better.

@Aberrful Жыл бұрын

I'd be interested to see a breakdown of single ingredients. Like for example pick a recipe that highlights cinnamon and then do three identical batches that use Cheap Brand, Common/well known Brand, and Expensive Brand.

@Vejgaard Жыл бұрын

I wanna see you make risotto as I believe there will be a huge difference caused by both cheese and white wine.

@curtischase6904 Жыл бұрын

I have seen that in many recipes, beef tallow can be used in place of butter, 1:1 ratio. You should try making a cake, cookies, brownies or something but use beef tallow instead of butter/shortening. And it may be worth doing 3 batches instead of just 2. So you can do one with butter, one with shortening, and one with tallow, as shortening can be used in place of butter usually.

@capitalhillproductions9790 Жыл бұрын

I think for the more "expensive" i would use a European butter for the higher fat content...i would have used whole cloves and whole cinnamon and warmed them up to release it's oils and then ground them and use fresh grated ginger.

@blackmagehedonist Жыл бұрын

Organic vs Conventional ingredients of same/similar quality could be interesting. I personally think the organic items taste better, but I am curious if others would agree or disagree with my observation.

@bvoyelr Жыл бұрын

Title: "Holiday cookies" First 5 seconds of the video: "Christmas cookies"

@ACF1901 Жыл бұрын

Should do a comparions of "expired ingredients" vs. Fresh 😁😁

@TheWeltandmelt Жыл бұрын

Maybe try multiple recipes of the same thing and compare them against each other, like 2 different recipes of chocolate chip cookies for example.

@ShadedOne_ Жыл бұрын

I'd like to see an experiment comparing brown sugar to white sugar plus molasses. Brown sugar is basically sugar with molasses in it so does it make a difference in the recipe if you use white sugar and add molasses to it or get the brown sugar straight from the store?

@KidaKuro Жыл бұрын

Hello I like cookies!

@urbanrang3r Жыл бұрын

I like cookies too

@KidaKuro Жыл бұрын

@@urbanrang3r haha. You think you're funny (￣^￣)

@underourrock Жыл бұрын

You can mix baking soda into the dough. Still a good idea to remake the batch but you could have recovered the whole first batch as well.

@synthwolfe8906 Жыл бұрын

me, watching nate eat raw cookie dough *winces in e.Coli*

@AleksanderFimreite Жыл бұрын

Back to the drawing board then I suppose =D

@solanumtinkr8280 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if fresh ingredients would have made a bigger difference. Some times Brand just usess simialr stuff if it comes packed the same way

@Lucifurion Жыл бұрын

To measure anything like molasses or honey get yourself some metal measuring spoons and a cup of boiling hot water. Soak your spoon in the boiling hot water & then measure your molasses or honey as quickly as possible, do not dry the spoon first. If you've done it right it should just slide right out of the spoon leaving minimal residue.

@MazzyJC Жыл бұрын

Did you use cassia in one and Cinnamon in the other one. I don't remember you saying how much they cost. Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 Nate

@Dtr146 Жыл бұрын

I honestly think that this series should stick to brand versus generic. Every time he's used the more commonly well-known brands he's had a much more drastic result.