**Building a Minecraft Cookie with Alvin from Binging with Babish**

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Arcade with Alvin! Today, I'll be making the cookie from Minecraft. According to the game, all we need for this recipe are two ingredients: wheat and cocoa beans. Let's head over to the crafting table to get started.

In our three by three grid found inside our crafting table, we will now commence with the recipe. It starts with one wheat on the right, cocoa beans in the middle, and another wheat on the left. That should be good to go, and craft. However, it's supposed to craft, not something else. I guess I'll have to actually cook this.

Our cookie recipe calls for two wheat, which I will interpret into two tablespoons of all-purpose flour. Next up, cocoa beans, about a handful or so, and just give 'em a good old mix in the bowl. Once everything is combined, the cookie dough down goes onto a sheet tray lined with parchment paper. Just like any other cookie, I'm gonna bake this at around 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or so until golden brown.

Oh, would you look at that? Golden brown all around. That is strikingly similar to the real thing. After letting our cookie rest for about five minutes until it cools, we're gonna go ahead and see how it tastes. Gonna, okay, should, should I? Yeah, that ain't it, chief. Yeah, this is gonna be a no for me, dog. This might sound weird, but sometimes, recreating something pixelated can be an interesting way to piece together a cookie. That's exactly what we're going to do.

To start, we're gonna make a modified cookie dough. First, combining 1100 grams of all-purpose flour, a tablespoon of kosher salt, and one and a half teaspoons of baking powder into a bowl, mixing to combine then set aside. Now, our large stand mixer is the next stop where in goes 300 grams of unsalted butter and 300 grams of vegetable shortening, both softened and left out at room temperature.

Next to the party is 450 grams of white sugar and 250 grams of dark brown sugar. Using our paddle attachment, this mixture gets creamed on high until fluffy, about four to five minutes. Once everybody's having a good time in there, we now start to add eggs - four of them but one at a time, making sure to scrape down the bowl between each addition and adding two teaspoons of vanilla extract at the end.

Now that our cookie dough is ready, it's time to get creative. We're going to turn to the game for inspiration, particularly its pixelated nature which could be an interesting way to piece together a cookie pixel by edible pixel.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- This episode issponsored by Squarespace.I used Squarespace to buildboth Basics with Babishand bingingwithbabish.com.On the sites, you'll findrecipes, equipment lists,other news and updatesall beautifully designedif I do say so myself.Get 10% off your first Squarespace orderby visiting squarespace.com/babish.(calm music)- Hello there.Welcome back to anotherepisode of Arcade with Alvin.Today, I'll be making thecookie from Minecraft.According to the game, allwe need for this recipeare two ingredients,wheat and cocoa beans.Let's head over to thecrafting table to get started.In our three by three gridfound inside our crafting table,we will now commence with the recipe.It starts with one wheat on the right,cocoa beans in the middleand another wheat on the leftand that should be good to go and craft.It's supposed to craft.Not sure what's going on.Craft.Maybe something's wrongwith my crafting table.I guess I'll have to actually cook this.Our cookie recipe calls for two wheatwhich I will interpretinto two tablespoonsof all-purpose flour.Next up, cocoa beans,about a handful or soand just give 'em a goodold mix in the bowl.Once everything is combined,the cookie dough downgoes onto a sheet traylined with parchment paper.Just like any other cookie,I'm gonna bake this at around 350 degreesfor about 15 minutes orso until golden brown.Oh, would you look at that?Golden brown all around.That is strikinglysimilar to the real thing.After letting our cookie restfor about five minutes until it cools,we're gonna go aheadand see how it tastes.Gonna, okay, should, should I?Yeah, that ain't it, chief.Yeah, this is gonna be a no for me, dog.I ain't trying to eat that.So how do we bake a cookiethat looks like the one from the game?We turn to the game for inspirationparticularly its pixelated naturewhich could be an interestingway to piece together a cookiepixel by edible pixel.To start, we're gonna makea modified cookie doughfirst combining 1100 gramsof all-purpose flour,a tablespoon of kosher saltand one and a half teaspoonsof baking powder into a bowlmixing to combine then set aside.Now, we go to our large stand mixerwhich in goes 300 grams of unsalted butterand 300 grams of vegetable shorteningboth softened and leftout at root temperature.Next to the party is450 grams of white sugarand 250 grams of dark brown sugar.Using our paddle attachment,this mixture gets creamedon high until fluffy,about four to five minutes.Once everybody's havinga good time in there,we now start to add eggs,four of them but one at a timemaking sure to scrape downthe bowl between each additionand adding two teaspoons ofvanilla extract at the end.You might think, \"hey,scraping is unnecessary,it's all gonna get in there anyways\"and you're probably rightbut it does feel a lot moresatisfying when you do itand once everything in thereis looking and smelling good,now the dry ingredients go inall at once just like I didif you like to make a mess that is.As you can see, the dry ingredientshave started to overflowin which we will needto employ a techniquepassed down from generations of bakers,Saran wrap to shield the outside thing.Trust me, this is textbook.Once our dough is combined,this gets tipped out onto a large surfacethat is also lined with Saran wrap.There's gonna be some pockets of doughthat might not have fullyincorporated with flourso we're gonna need to makesure that gets all mixed in.I like to use the Saran wrapjust as a way to kind of press the doughwithout getting my fingers all stickybut the goal here is to get thisinto one large rectangular sheet.If you seal all the sides with Saran wrap,you can use a rolling pinor any flat rolling utensiland push it towards the edgesat which the Saran wrap will catch it.This makes for a nice, smooth, roundand relatively flat shapethat will now go into therefrigerator for about two hours.Next up, how about a chocolate dough?This process is pretty muchidentical to the first dough.225 grams of all-purpose flour,50 grams of cocoa powder,half a teaspoon of kosher saltand half a teaspoon ofbaking powder in a bowland in the stand mixer, 75grams of unsalted butter,75 grams of shortening,125 grams of white sugarand 50 grams of brownsugar creamed until fluffyand this time adding only one eggand one half teaspoon of vanilla extract.We are still doing the scraping though.That is mandatory.Once the party's lookingpretty good in there,we're adding all the dry ingredients inand mixing for about a minute or somaking sure not to overwork the dough.This deep chocolate doughnow gets rolled ontoa piece of Saran wrap,flattened, wrapped and rolledinto a thin round flat shape.It joins its paler, largerbrethren in the fridge.Once both doughs are firmand cold to the touch,we're now going to roughly shape theminto rectangles for stenciling.I'm using the Saran wrap hereto try and reform thisdough into a rectanglethat's about three quartersof an inch in thickness.With the help of a rulerand some bench scrapers,the shape is eventually attained.This goes into the freezerto set up really quick.For the chocolate dough,the process is very similarexcept this one is only gonnabe about a half inch thickfor a strategy we'regoing to explore later.Once both doughs are semifrozen and extra firm,I'm marking squares that areroughly one and a half inchesby one and a half inchesacross the whole dough.Once this looks like achessboard folded in half,the squares are now releasedfrom their stenciled prisonswith a sharp knife.The sharper the knife,the swifter the cut.The swifter the cut, theless pain the dough feels.Good thing you can't hearthem screaming in the back.It's quite loud.Once both doughs have beencut into their own pixelatededible soldier army, we'renow gonna take a pizza stonethat's lined with parchment paperand assemble the shape of a cookie on topattempting to mirror the designof the cookie in the gamepixel by pixel.The plain dough goes downfirst creating a skeletonand the holes are essentiallythe negative spacein which the chocolate dough will fill in.These will be our chocolatechips so to speak.Now you might be wondering,\"why not not just fill thosewith huge chunks of chocolate\"and you're half right.We're gonna place squares ofboth dark and milk chocolateright on top of each ofthe chocolate dough squareswhich have been conveniently cutto a quarter of an inch less thickthan their surrounding counterparts.That way they can be perfectlypressed in just like that.The idea of filling eachhole solely with chocolatewas a delicious onebut I was scared they wereactually gonna melt in the ovencausing the sides of theother dough to cave inso like many things inlife, we compromise.All right, thanks Andrew,this is now a co-op game.Once our finished pixelatedcookie is assembledsquare by square, this is how it looksbefore it goes into the oven.I mentioned modified dough earlierbecause this is actually a doughthat is designed not to spread.Shortening unlike buttertypically can prevent spreadingcompared to other kinds of cookiesso this dough is more ofa shortbread like doughkinda like the Christmas cookiesthat you can shape and get.With the help of Andrew,this cookie is now transportedto the oven carefully,325 degrees for quite a long time.I think we ended up bakingthis for almost an hour.Out the cookie comes withthe help of Andrew againand here we go.Oh, nope, other way.Go the other way.Yeah, there we go, that's the front.This is our cookie.It is golden brown on all the sidesand for the last final touch,I like to kinda push in afew extra chocolate squares.Maybe this is a personal thingbut I actually enjoy the tasteand feel of half meltedchocolate in a cookie.There's something aboutthat melty fudginesswith that chunk that feels really good.I present to you our versionof the cookie from Minecraftassembled pixel by apixel with milk chocolate,dark chocolate and two kinds of doughs,a shortbread style dough.Here are some more angles and to eat,this kind of feels like a pull apart dish,something you might serve at a party.Flavor check, that's a good cookie.Not as chewy or as dense or as fudgyas a normal chocolate chip cookiebut still just as delicious.Here is a bite with all threeof the things in one spoonful.I will give this to you, Andrew.You deserved it.I think he likes it.Yeah, I do too, that's a good cookie.It's kind of reallyjust a fun thing to eat.You just keep pulling at it.You have guests that might be hungryand they just come steal itand there's nobody to stop youfrom doing whatever youwant to this cookie.In this case, Andrew and Iwill both employ our love for Maldon saltright on top of the cookie.Andrew goes for the direct sprinkle.I'm a man of the people.I like to help outeverybody just a little bit.This is kind of the final touchthat I think makes this cookie shine.A little bit of saltinessreally does help the chocolateand the butter and all the goodnessjust pop out a little bit more.Are you, you're gonna save,you're gonna save some forthe rest of the crew or?I'm gonna cut some piecesright along the pixel marks.That way you can get nicelittle squares for everybody.- Thanks again to Squarespacefor sponsoring today's episode.They've been a great partnerin supporting the Babish culinary universeand bringing my websites to life.From websites to online storesto domains and analytics,Squarespace is the all-in-one platformfor you to build your online presence.They also have SEO tools sothat your site is getting foundin search by more people more often.If you wanna try it for yourself,you can start your free trial todayby visiting squarespace.com/babishto get 10% off your first purchase.(calm music)\n"