I like youtube recipes, because I’m a new enough cook that seeing exactly how much to cut or knead things is helpful. I find myself jumping back all the time because I missed important steps.
YouTube recipes have gotten hit or miss for me and I blame TikTok. They have become super short without lots of relevant information. If you’re lucky they will display the ingredient quantity on screen for a second before moving on.
I recently was looking for a new recipe to try and found so many YouTube “recipes” that read like a Great British Bake Off Challenge.
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Recipe: “Start by putting x in the oven for 30 minutes. While that’s cooking, prepare the next part and cook that for 25 minutes so it’s all ready at the same time.”
Me, about to put the second part in the oven after preparing it for 20 minutes:
America’s Test Kitchen is one of the only apps I pay a subscription for. It’s pretty phenomenal. I usually try to find something from Kenji Lopez-Alt, Binging with Babish, or Claire Saffitz first but I ALWAYS know I will find something good on ATK.
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