Let me preface this by saying that season 1 was great. I watched it, I loved it, and it had a charm all its own. Season 2 though just feels like a quantum leap forward in terms of production value, presentation, personality, and more. You really hit it out of the park Cecil, and I look forward to many more episodes, welcome back. Edit: Also, your house is amazing.

So excited for Season 2! Off to a strong start!

He's back, baby! ❤

Coming back strong! This is easily my favorite video yet. I love the whole story, the skepticism aspect, seeing your personality come through more, not to mention the editing style and overall cinematography on this one are just great!

Excellent start to the new series, and added bonus, who can complain about anything, when the cats also get a staring role, stalking across the kitchen floor! Lovely 😋

Welcome back

And what a return! I see you’ve stepped up your everything. After Effects, cinematography, editing, color grade, VO, and music:👌

I love the coziness of the chat before and after the cooking. And I appreciate that your recipes are simple even though you are so knowledgeable about cooking/baking. Excellent all around!!

I make these all the time! Minus the nuts and with fewer chocolate chips than called for. They are my wife's favorite cookie! Was stoked when I saw this videos title!

I really love the intro! It's a great change!

Another great video, Cecil! I like your incorporation of a little debunking in addition to the baking and your own tweaks to the recipe.

Been making these cookies for years as Christmas gifts. After the first year everyone I gave them to the previous year asked for them again, it's become a tradition that I've had to get my daughter involved to help me meet the demand as recipients kids and grand kids expect their 2 dozen at Christmas as well as my family members. The absolute best chocolate chip cookie ever.

I'm digging the new music!

This recipe looks great. Will definitely be trying it in the future.

Love the changes, love the channel! Can't wait for the next one.

I remember when this story was circulating; the version I initially heard was about an older gentleman rather than a mother and daughter, but such was the telephone-game-esque way those early chain emails tended to be Also, really like the new format, looking forward to seeing more!

I am old enough that I got this via email in the late 90s. I was a newlywed and made them for my husband and he absolutely loved them. I lost the recipe but found it again about 20 years later and he says they don't taste the same. I am going to try it again with your changes and see if he likes this version. Thanks for sharing.

Welcome back Cecil!

I‘ve watched since Season 1. I appreciated the feel of the show from the start. It felt like a classic cooking show on PBS: cozy, informative, endearing. Season 2 feels like a big leap forward, production-wise, but it hasn’t lost the vibe that I loved from the first season. I’m really looking forward to seeing what else is in store for the channel. Also, this vid was great! I remember running into this recipe in the wild, so it’s so much fun to see it revisited. The revised recipe sounds like something I’d absolutely try.

That is quite the leap in production! A always, very informative. I always learn at least several things from your stuff.

This is so funny! I don't know where I came across _my_ Nieman Marcus cookie recipe, but it's a bit different from this one: Mine includes walnuts instead of pecans and about half a cup of melted chocolate instead of grated. Additionally, the wet:dry ratio leaves the dough so thick as to be unmixable except by pseudo-kneading by hand. Regardless, they come out chewy, more brown/chocolate-looking than the ones in your video, and absolutely the best things I've ever tasted. I never believed the far-fetched story but tried them because they sounded delicious. They've become the favourite cookie of literally everyone in my life.

Sounds like a solid cookie. Oats really add a lot. I do a pumpkin spice chocolate chip with Oatmeal. My cheat for salt is just sprinkling a little coarse kosher on top before baking. I find you can get that balance using a little less salt that way. Nicely done!

As a beta tester for these cookies, I approve of this video. Love the new design and production upgrades.

Really glad you're back doing videos, Cecil. Have you tried the recipe that was going around Reddit for a while a few years ago that someone's Grandmother called "best damn cookies" or something like that. I guess they printed up the handwritten recipe and gave it to everyone at her funeral, or the story goes.

I really like this new format

If you want to do a mini series on department stores’ famous cookies; please do Marshall Field’s famous chocolate chip cookie. Growing up in Chicago, it was a tradition to buy those cookies whenever we were downtown.

So glad you’re back!!!

My wife is the baker in our house. I shared this with her. It's funny, that I'm precise in building, measurements, math, and I cook by eye and taste. She's an artist that makes wild stuff. But Baking she's precise, and I am not. Our son is also turning out to be a good baker.

WHY ARE YOU SO UNDERRATED?????? 😭😭😭

Yes!!!!!!!!! More cecil!!!!! I love it!!!!

First time watching this channel. I liked the video. After reading the comments, there seems to be an affectionate fan group out there. I’ll keeping watching and I’ll try the Cookie. Greetings from Santa Barbara.

These are my favorite cookies. I can never be bothered to buy a Hershey bar so I always add 2 ounces of chocolate chips to the rolled oats before blending them. :) I will definitely try adding extra salt next time I make them.

I swear the Urban Legend about expensive Cookie recipes has been around before the 90s.

Like this new format

Great first video back. less rambling, nicer transitions and less formal feeling in a good way.

Kitty 🐈‍⬛!!! Pick up the kitty 🐈‍⬛! 😂

One small comment, if I make a batch and leave it around the house I won’t have to worry about it lasting more than a couple days. That would be bad for the waistline. Instead I’m going to bring them to work with a note about Season Liberally on KZfaq.

Excited to make cookies! Please bring back the old intro song. Too iconic to get rid of!

Darn it! Now I have a craving for cookies! :)

Great idea adding the intro, the extra graphics, etc. At 7:02 you make a familiar noise as you sit... If you're looking for any feedback, some background music would round things out and clean up the room reverb a ton. Also, my wife (talented baker) says "tell him not to grind/process the oats, my Grandma's recipe for virtually the same cookie uses whole oats. Also walnuts, but they had a walnut farm. Pecans are fine".

I need the recipe

It’s a story like any other story.

I would have the salt and add some bacon grease

Yay!!!

8:14 Kitty!!

So when are we getting a Season Liberally "Join" button? I'm ready for you to take my money since you're jobless :) Joking about the job, not about supporting the channel. Since you are a fulltime content creator, I want to show support.

Kindly make it short your intro, it takes too long to wait

Making cookie dough in a stand mixer seems a little blasphemous.