Shadowing Practice: cozy winter days in my life ❄️🧦 | baking cookies, learning how to crochet & im cold makeup - Learn English Speaking with Video

I freaking love baking.

It's looking a little greasy.

Mmm.

Wait, what?

You guys know that I've been trying to find different hobbies that don't include doom scrolling on TikTok.

Black and it's smoking and it's burning.

And bake these baddies.

Not even trying to be dramatic like I usually do.

Oh my god.

This one looks so good. So cute.

And that's the end.

Hi, good morning.

It's saturday and we have another

Nice little cozy cold day and I decided

that today we're gonna be baking cookies This is my cozy outfit little butterfly djs.

I actually thrifted these in florida And I think they're

so cute and then I have my little cozy aritzia crew neck just took a shower I washed my hair.

She's so fluffy and clean.

I feel so happy like I freaking hate dirty hair It's my worst nightmare.

Um, but anyway, I'm gonna quickly do my makeup.

And I think I'm gonna do some, like, I'm cold makeup.

I don't know if you guys remember.

On TikTok, there used to be a trend that's, like, I'm cold makeup.

Like, super cute.

Little, like, the blush is just so rosy and cutesy and on the cheeks.

And it's just supposed to, like, emulate the idea of being, like, a frostbitten aesthetic.

If that makes sense.

But anyway, I'm gonna quickly do my makeup.

15 minutes later.

Look how cute my makeup is.

Guys, okay.

I actually really like this like horizontal blush situation I usually do my blush like this

and I feel like it makes my face look a little too Like wide

if that makes sense like it just looks unproportional, but the horizontal blush.

I love it Anyway, I think it's finally time to start baking the cookies

And i'm so excited to bake cookies

because it's my favorite thing in the entire world I freaking love baking so without further ado.

Let's head to the kitchen Okay Okay, here we are at the kitchen area working situation.

I have my iPad here and I'm gonna pull up the recipe.

I'm gonna use a new recipe.

Every single time I make cookies, I use a new recipe just because I like to try different recipes and see what's out there.

The recipe that I found that looks really good was on TikTok

and it's by WellMade by Kylie and it's her brown butter chocolate chip cookies and they look so freaking good.

This morning, I browned some butter as you saw.

Let me get that actually.

Okay, so I have the brown butter here

So now I need to add sugar and eggs to the brown butter and then whisk until combined.

Okay, let's do that. Shall we? Is that one cup?

I don't know.

I can't tell because it's so chunky

um okay

i'm a little concerned because i think i over mixed it it's looking a little greasy

so i feel like i've over creamed the butter i don't

know can you tell like do you see how it's kind

of like greasy oh anyway let's move on to the flour

um we've got my flour here yes it's in a container these are just really good containers to reuse

so that's why we have so many of these

and that's why we put our flour in it um anyway two

and three quarters cups of this and then baking soda

and baking powder and a little bit of salt so let's get that all added in here

um this is a little overflowing

but it's fine i just need to mix it all together

so it's evenly combined this is what happens

when i try to like not use so many dishes

and then i end up screwing myself over because now it's just a big struggle.

It's fine.

I'm spilling everywhere.

I feel like I'm just making a bigger mess.

Okay, we're all good, I think.

I feel like that's good enough.

Whatever.

Let's sift it in.

Okay, I think I have everything in here.

I don't know.

Whatever.

I'm gonna start slow, like, half at a time.

This is what she looks like I don't know

if there's like too much flour in here I'm scared

that they're not gonna spread It's snowing This is my favorite part I used to make cream puffs a lot

And when I would do the powdered sugar It was so fun

Gotta be careful we don't want to over mix That develops a lot of gluten in the cookies Okay,

and now it's time to add chocolate chips I like to do a blend of dark chocolate

and semi-sweet Recipe calls for one

and a half cups We're just gonna do like one cup

I don't like too much chocolate I also don't like to put too many chocolate chips in the base dough

because I like to put chocolate on top of the cookies right before I bake them.

And that just like makes them really cute.

She is finally done.

And then the last step is to chill in the fridge for like four hours.

Let me taste the dough.

Wait, what?

Wait, I've never had my dough taste like this.

It tastes so good.

Okay, i'm officially excited for this I'm, just gonna pop this in the fridge without scooping it

because i'm lazy And we'll revisit these in like a few hours Okay, we're back in my room

and we're gonna be waiting a few hours for the cookie dough to chill

And so I decided that I was gonna learn how to crochet

so random But you guys know that i've been trying to find different hobbies

that don't include like netflix

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or doom scrolling on tiktok I feel like this is just the perfect hobby for me

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because a i'm a homebody and b i'm an introvert and C, I like clothes.

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I just feel like maybe I should just like crochet my own things.

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But anyway, I started this little chain here.

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It's so like, I don't know, it's really bumpy and it's not that pretty, but it's okay.

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I'm still learning.

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We'll figure it out together.

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And I feel like with more practice, I'll definitely become better at it.

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But it's kind of soothing.

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It's kind of hard to get the chain to go because I think my stick isn't big enough, but it's not bad and I'm going.

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So here's my little scarf.

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Isn't she cute?

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But yeah, this is what i'm gonna be doing

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and i'm just gonna like watch some netflix while i'm doing it

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So at least it's like the cozy vibes together But yeah, i'm so excited.

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Like i'm gonna make a little scarf Beanie's trying to play with my yarn here.

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Hey No, okay.

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Well anyway

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Anyway, this is a sign for you to learn how to crochet

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because it's cool It's fun and I feel like a really cool hobby to have

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and I feel like I could just take this anywhere I go and just crochet everywhere.

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I really hope that I can like make different little patterns and I think it'll be super cool.

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Oh, I'm excited!

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Okay, it's time for food.

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This might be really weird and you're like, wait, girl, like what's on that plate?

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This is sashimi from last night.

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It's leftovers.

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I'm just going to be eating plain sashimi on a plate.

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Mmm.

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Oh, this is good.

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sashimi is literally my favorite food group it's just so buttery

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and amazing i need a little bit more soy sauce though

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a little too much ipsies i started preheating the oven our oven takes literally

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so long to preheat i don't know why i think it's broken

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or something so once that's done we can start baking the cookies i'm

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so excited okay now i'm gonna heat up some of this yam.

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I've been freaking loving steamed yams.

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They're just so good.

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Okay, I have my yam here.

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I microwaved it for like a minute, but basically I get some of this Kerrygold brass-fed butter.

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Make sure to use salted butter.

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I feel like it tastes better.

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I put some on my yam, yes, and then I get my salt.

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Just a pinch of salt all over, and that's the yam.

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Um, let me show you.

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This is what it looks like it doesn't look very appetizing

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but i promise you it tastes so good it's just like creamy

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and sweet and yummy and just gorgeous cheers it's hot oh it's

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so good it's so sweet i just like love the flavor it's hot but it's so good

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um guys there's something like on the bottom of my oven

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and it's black and it's smoking and it's burning and I don't know what to do because it's hot.

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Okay, I don't know if you can see that like that black spot.

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It's like that thing right there.

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Um, I don't know what to do.

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Okay, I've decided that we are just gonna ignore the freaking burn in the oven

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and we're just gonna go ahead and bake these baddies

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because it's getting dark and I'm impatient and it's only 4 p.m and why is there no light?

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The one thing I hate about like fall, winter is that it gets dark so freaking fast

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and i love the sun and i love the warmth

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so it makes me a little bit upset it does it really does

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but it's fine we're gonna warm up the house with a

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little bit of a cozy baking let me get my cookie

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scoop um hello oh dude people always move all my stuff

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i literally oh hello where's my freaking cookie scoop oh this is so rude Another pet peeve.

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When people move my cookie scoop.

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Hello?

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It's always in this drawer right here.

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Just give me one second, okay?

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Hey, so I found my cookie scoop.

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It was in the drawer.

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It was just under something.

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I apologize for my outburst.

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But anyway, we shall continue.

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Here.

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Here's my wonderful cookie dough.

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And we're going to scoop.

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And this is a huge cookie scoop.

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I want to get a smaller one just

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because this one makes massive cookies and sometimes I just want like a small cookie, but it's okay.

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I'll just use this.

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It's fine.

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The dough is a little bit hard because it's been in the fridge.

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I'm not even trying to be dramatic like I usually do, but like this is, it's actually pretty difficult to scoop.

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Okay.

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Got the first scoop.

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I'll just do four for now because I'm scared that they're going to spread.

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Woo. So cute.

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Bruh.

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Oh, oops.

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Yay!

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I got four gorge-alicious cookies.

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Amazing.

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And then for the finishing touch, we need to top it with some chocolate chips.

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And then they'll look really cute and just really cute.

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I like to put the chunks instead of the chips.

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I just feel like they look cuter because they're like little squares.

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And I'll put two on the top.

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Okay, almost done.

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She's ready to go into the oven.

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Yay!

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And she'll be in there for like 12 minutes.

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Look how cute they are.

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Oh my god, my little babies.

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Wait guys, I'm so happy.

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They look so freaking good.

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Okay, look how perfect those cookies look.

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Like you can't tell me those don't look so good.

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What?

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Oh my god.

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Wait, they look so cute, but I I have to like refrain from eating them

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because I like to let them wait and cool Down a little bit just

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because like I feel like the flavor develops a little bit better.

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But yeah, they look so good I can't wait to eat it I'm gonna see

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if I can roll it into like a tall cylinder

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and i'll see if that Keeps the height of the cookie because these cookies are kind of flat.

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I mean, they're not that flat They're actually honestly pretty good I want to see

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if I can get them a little bit higher Just because I kind of like a thicker cookie Okay Unfortunately, I have to do this four at a time Okay,

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they're nice tall logs And then we'll add the chocolate on top We'll just add one,

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two These look really funny They're like little logs Okay,

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so I hope that they'll be okay And they won't run into each other But if they do,

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that's fine Alright, I'm putting her in Wish me luck Okay cookie update The cylinders, they've kept kind of like a dome shape

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So I'm assuming that's gonna be a good sign

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that they're gonna be a little bit taller but we'll see about

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that because the chocolate's kind of dripping in the back I don't know if you can see.

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Um it's fine everything's fine.

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Okay I think the next batch is done but I forgot to put the timer so I'm just gonna guess it's done.

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Look a little bit brown.

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Okay.

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Ah!

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Ah!

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Ah!

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Oh no!

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Okay.

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Wait, wait, wait.

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This one looks so good.

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Okay, let me show you.

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Do you see how it's, like, kind of thick?

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I love the, like, thickness of it, and then I like how there's, like, a little ribbon there, and it's a little bit, like, charred on the top.

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Yeah, like, that little piece right there.

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Oh my god.

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The burnt- oh my god.

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Wait, I think maybe the trick is to make it into, like, a tall cylinder.

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Bruh!

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Wait!

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Okay, I'm gonna make the next batch very similar.

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Maybe a little taller.

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I want it.

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I want them like thick.

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I want them thick and juicy and thick and chewy and gooey.

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Ugh.

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Okay, so actually I decided I think baking all of these cookies right now would be like way too much.

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So instead, I'm just gonna freeze them because then I'll have some cookies for later.

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Yeah, we really don't need like 10 million cookies right now.

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But anyway, I'm just gonna put this in this little container.

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My little cookie mounds. So cute.

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Oh my god, they're not gonna fit.

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It only fits six.

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Oh no, maybe I should just bake those last two.

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Anyway, here's my little cookie container I'm, just gonna wrap these up and pop them in the freezer.

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So yeah amazing and then we can try the cookie finally

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okay guys it is finally time for the taste test

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and i'm scared it looks amazing

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but we'll see what it tastes like this is like my

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perfect chocolate chip cookie the way it just looks like a cartoon Perfection.

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Yeah, I need to take another photo of this.

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Like I just I just can't this is too good.

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Like hello Oh my god, you're literally gorgeous.

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I literally can't stop.

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Oh, you're so cute I love her Yes Okay, enough photos.

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I need to try this.

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Oh my goodness.

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Okay, let's crack her in half That's like honestly that shows you how good the cookie is.

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Okay focus on the cookie not me.

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Okay

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oh my gosh oh no the chocolate wait this looks so freaking good okay

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this chocolate fell okay chocolate's good of course okay let's try

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nice

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and chewy oh yeah wow this might be one of my

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favorite cookies i've ever made oh my god this is

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so good i'm not even joking like it actually tastes

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so good i'd literally rather make these than go by

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and loki think i'm like i'm literally a pastry chef now

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like i could literally sell these at a coffee shop

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and they're 10 times better than the coffee shop cookies oh my god oh yeah this recipe is

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so good i'm putting the recipe in the description

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because i highly recommend you guys should go make it

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because it's absolutely amazing oh my god it's

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so good i just want to eat this entire rack of cookies oh i can't okay let's take this inside

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and watch a little bit of my show i feel like

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i've been baking all day it's literally pitch black outside pitch

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dark pitch black pitch silent whatever it's it's really dark outside

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but let's go inside so we can get under the covers

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and get a little cozy with my little cookie yes amazing No,

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this is not yours.

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You can't have any.

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It's chocolate.

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No. This is just perfect.

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Yay.

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Uh, yeah, bye, Abby.

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So, uh, so you guys...

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I lost her me.

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I missed you, Ted.

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Hey, no.

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