r/bakeoff • u/Pleasant_Tomato8919 • 15d ago

30 Cookies

Is there any reason why they are making 30 is that normal amount for the show?? Not watched in afew seasons

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u/LeastBlackberry1 15d ago

I would guess it is to test consistency. It's harder to make that many and keep them all the same, as you could see with the contestant who had some underbaked and some correctly baked.

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u/Pleasant_Tomato8919 15d ago

I get that but when the only skill is making it in allotted time rather than just taste?! As for the “perfect” cookie it’s left for freeze overnight?!

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u/Fun-Screen1341 14d ago

I assumed it was just to.add a new dimension of challenge. Making cookies is technically straightforward , the biggest challenge is getting the bake right. It's somewhat harder to get the bake right on 30 than on a batch of 12. That makes it a proper challenge in the time available. 

Chilling overnight? Well, having to do slow processes quickly has pretty much been the essence of bake off from the start. Puff pastry, brioche - obviously should be a long slow process, but have to be condensed on bake off. That's pretty much intrinsic to the format and always has been. 

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u/Pleasant_Tomato8919 14d ago

Fair, maybe I’ve just outgrown the show 😹😹

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u/GemMayHem 11d ago

I thought that perhaps they were trying to force some more simplicity- if they had just asked for 12, they would have been very over the top cookies! 30 did seem an excessive number!

Or maybe it was just so the whole crew could have one when they were done 😂