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Baking Basics Masterclass for Beginners
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Baking Basics Masterclass for Beginners

Learn Under Valued Baking Techniques along with the recipe of Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
Created bySavini Gauri
Last updated 7/2023
English
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What you'll learn

  • Learn How to make delicious Chocolate Chip Cookies, a perfect recipe to begin your Baking Journey
  • Easy Variations suitable for Multiple Dietary Preferences - Dairy-Free, Vegan, Gluten-Free
  • Making Brown Butter like Professional Bakeries
  • How to Perfectly Line Baking Tins with Parchment Paper
  • How to Check if Yeast is Alive
  • How to Line Shortcrust Pastry in a Tart Tin
  • How to Fill Piping Bags without Making a Mess
  • How to Perfectly Measure Dry Ingredients
  • How to Line a Pie Case

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Course content

2 sections • 18 lectures • 44m total length

  • Introduction1:02

    Learn to bake New York style chocolate chip cookies at home with minimal ingredients, adapt for dietary needs, and explore brown butter and cookie variations in bonus lessons.

  • Understanding the Ingredients Used in Chocolate Chip Cookies2:19

    Explore essential ingredients for chocolate chip cookies and versatile substitutions, including dairy-free butter options, sugar variants, flour choices, baking soda, salt, and chunky chocolate.

  • Making Brown Butter3:16

    Learn to melt butter slowly over low heat, evaporate water, and turn it amber brown; transfer browned butter with milk solids to a heatproof bowl and rest at room temperature.

  • Making the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough8:16

    Master the creaming method by mixing butter with brown and white sugar, vanilla, and salt. Age the dough 12 to 24 hours, fold in chocolate chips, and refrigerate before baking.

  • Portioning and Aging the Cookie Dough4:56

    Portion cookie dough by size—roughly 45–50 g for medium or 100 g for large—and refrigerate for 12–24 hours to deepen flavor before baking.

  • Baking the Cookie and Taking them out of the Oven2:45

    Bake chocolate chip cookies on a tray with silicone or parchment at 200 C for 12–15 minutes for soft or 15–18 for crisp, then cool and finish with flaky salt.

  • Transferring and Cooling Cookies0:47

    Lift cookies with a spatula and transfer them to the visor to cool evenly, preventing soggy bottoms, and let them cool completely.

  • Trying the Final Product0:44

    Test the final product by inspecting cooled cookies, noting sizes from 50 grams to 100-gram. Enjoy crumbly exteriors and soft interiors, and reach out with questions on Skillshare or Instagram.

  • Understanding and Learning Variations2:07

    Explore three other variations of chocolate chip cookies—bacon-bit, gluten-free with oats and almond flour, and double chocolate with Dutch cocoa—built from the same dough learned in this course.

  • Wrapping it Up1:01

    Wraps up the course by presenting classic chocolate chip cookies and variations: bacon, gluten-free oats and almond flour, and a double chocolate chip using 20% cocoa powder.

Requirements

  • No prior experience required. Just willingness to learn

Description

Hello you beautiful bakers!

In this class, I will walk you through the process of making the world’s best Chocolate Chip Cookies at home, and that too with no baking equipment. Along with that, I will walk you through 6 baking techniques that are extremely crucial to the success of your recipe but are always taken for granted. Every time we learn a recipe or dish, these steps are usually not taught to us explicitly. It is assumed that we know how to do them and that is not true.

This course will teach you:

  • A detailed step-by-step recipe for making Chocolate Chip Cookies just like the ones we have in bakeries

  • The process of making a yummy brown butter

  • Multiple variations that may suit various dietary preferences (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)

  • Recipe ideas to modify the basic chocolate chip cookies

  • Tips and tricks for various steps of making cookies

  • A detailed understanding of the ingredients being used

  • How to Line a Baking Tin with Parchment Paper (circular and rounded rectangle)

  • How to Check if the Yeast is Alive (fit for Use and Not Dead)

  • How to Perfectly Line Your Tart Tin with Shortcrust Dough (Two Techniques)

  • How to Fill a Piping Bag (Without Making a Mess)

  • How to Accurately Measure Dry Ingredients

  • How to Line a Pie Case with Minimum Effort

CLASS HIGHLIGHTS:

  • The whole course has been simplified to accommodate all skill levels: from novice to professional

  • All ingredients used are simple, common, and easy to procure (and easily customizable)

  • This course is vegetarian (egg-free) and has a detailed explanation of other dietary preferences (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)

  • Other unique flavor combinations have also been covered

  • Upon completion of the course, you end up learning a universal and beloved classic recipe of Chocolate Chip Cookies and dynamic ideas to modify the recipe to something for everyone

  • All these techniques are commonly used and required while baking an array of products

  • No extra or fancy tools are required

  • by the end, you will be an expert at handling and managing these basic baking techniques that are not taught to us and are usually taken for granted


Happy Baking!

- Savini


Who this course is for:

  • Any novice with the willingness and eagerness to learn and begin their baking journey!

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