(cheerful Christmas music)
- Hi and welcome to Cooking with Mariah Carey
and also with Bryan.
- I'm Bryan.
- Today we're gonna be making Christmas cookies
and I'm super excited.
- Believe me, we know how to cook.
- We have no formal training.
- No we don't but we're expert cooks.
- I feel we're experts.
- If you don't follow our instructions for cooking,
you're a bad chef.
- You're just not good.
- So the first thing we're gonna do
is we're gonna take this dough
and this is just really simple.
- That is a great texture.
Let's just rewind a little bit.
- [Bryan] Okay.
- We take our flour or whatever this is here, right?
- Yeah. - Is this?
- This is I think flour. - Flour?
- So that's salt.
- Oh salt, okay.
So you take this salt and you kinda just...
- Oh, this is great. - Smoosh it.
You sort of smoosh it all around.
- Yeah.
- We could do it neat or we could just really get in there
and really make it kinda--
- [Bryan] What's great about salt is it looks like snow.
- So fun.
- Now, Mariah, is this typically
what you wear when you're cooking?
- Oh yeah, do you like my apron?
- I love your apron.
- [Mariah] It's new.
- And this is just a simple gown.
- Well this is a simple gown that I would wear
just to go down the street. - Yeah.
- Or do the wash. - Sure.
- We're here cooking so why not throw it on?
- [Bryan] So how many cookies do you think
this is gonna make right here?
- Maybe 50 super small ones.
Two giant cookies.
- Yeah.
- And then we could both have one.
We could decorate.
Mine could be MC.
- Oh that's great.
- And yours could be "Also with Bryan".
- So now that we've got our dough,
all kinda set.
- Yeah.
- We could break it up. - Oh yeah.
- Into cookie shapes, right? - Perfect.
- [Bryan] Unfortunately we don't have a knife so...
- [Mariah] So we have to just use our hands.
- [Bryan] Just straight up use your hands.
- [Mariah] But that's okay, yeah.
- If you're not getting in there and getting really dirty
then what are you doing with your life?
- I mean, it's sanitary.
- Absolutely.
- Do you know what I mean?
- Did you wash your hands before this?
- I think I did.
- It's hard to tell sometimes.
- Yeah.
- This looks,
can you get a shot of this?
- That is fantastic.
Can we cook it just like that?
- [Bryan] Just--
- It looks like an M.
Did you do that in honor of me?
- I did, I'm calling it the Mariah Cookie.
- It's like a lasagna.
- Yeah, that's another great party trick.
- That's a great party trick.
They think they're coming for lasagna
and they get cookies instead (laughs).
- What could be better?
You always want something sweet.
- I mean, it's fantastic.
So I'm thinking we just wrap this up,
put this in here and just start ahead.
Go ahead and get a sip.
- Great.
- Should we do that?
- Let's do it.
- To you, baby. - Thank you, to you.
(bells ringing)
- So I'm just gonna...
- Oh.
- 'Cause I like my cookies to be really rich.
- [Mariah] Well of course.
- [Bryan] Cut it right up.
- [Mariah] Right up, right in half there.
And just take that butter
and don't be afraid to put it right in the middle
because as it melts, it gets more delicious.
- Absolutely.
- You know what I mean?
- And then this could be fun for...
- Oh that could be great. - Sure, yeah.
- [Mariah] Let's look at our fixins here,
these Christmas fixins.
- [Bryan] Oh those look delicious.
- [Mariah] Put it right on top of the butter there.
- That's great, I'm gonna just,
maybe just a smile.
- [Mariah] Well, a smiley face is festive.
- [Bryan] Yeah.
- Why don't you do two of those,
the unedible ones
and we'll just tell whoever eats that one
"Don't eat those."
- Oh that's a great idea.
- You know what I mean?
Those came from my dress, don't do it.
- Do you want any mayo?
- Oh, is that mayo?
- I think, I don't know.
- I think it's, what's that stuff.
- It's sour cream. - Fluff.
Oh it's sour cream.
Being here with you today
and looking at these cookies,
I just, I'm in awe of us.
- I just feel like we,
I am too.
I feel like we could be professional chefs.
And I have to be honest with you, butter is--
- [Mariah] Yours is looking really,
it's almost like a mass of a cookie.
- [Bryan] Yeah.
- [Mariah] It's growing
and I think that's really chic.
- [Bryan] Thank you.
- Look at mine.
Did you see what I've done with the butter here?
Just left it in a clump
so it could cook. - That's gorgeous.
- [Mariah] I think it's really pretty.
- Do you know what I've learned doing this?
Butter softens your hands.
- Butter is good for everything.
- It really is.
- As they say on a lot of those cooking shows that I watch.
- That's true.
- Do you think we could do something with this?
It's a little big but if we put sort of...
- This looks delicious.
- A little bit of flaky crust around this and this.
It could be like a French pastry.
- That's really nice. - Do you know what I mean?
- And as long as the top layer, this is a good tip.
- The top just stays the same.
And that way your guests won't be fooled
they won't get hurt by the bristles.
- No. - You know what I mean?
- Absolutely correct.
- Just keep that the way it is.
- And if it tastes good, I'll put anything in my mouth.
- Who cares?
Just make it taste good.
- That's all, listen, ingredients.
- Guys, that's it. - That's it.
- Ingredients, ingredients, ingredients.
Make it taste good.
- Butter. - Butter.
- Salt. - Salt.
- A touch of sugar, right? - Jewels.
- Jewels, bedazzle it.
Just don't be afraid to bedazzle it.
- Don't be afraid.
- You could do these.
- [Bryan] So easy.
- And you know what's great about them?
They're fun.
I find them really fun.
- I think they're a blast.
- So you take that, you go like that.
- It's the best.
- There's nothing better.
- What is this?
- Oh, I don't know.
- This is violence.
- That's a little scary.
- You shouldn't keep this in your kitchen.
- Well, I'm sorry but somebody who was working here
left it here, obviously.
- [Bryan] Yeah.
- I see that this could be a problem.
- You're scaring me.
- Well, I'm sorry.
- That's very violent.
- Should I just leave this here?
'Cause we don't need this. - Yeah just put it.
- If we make more cookies
we're not gonna use that.
- That's a storage container.
- So I'm thinking, let's get these things
into the oven, right?
- 'Cause how long do these take to cook?
- Well, I think it could take anywhere
from two hours to two days.
- Yeah.
- Right, you never know.
- It's true.
- It's food, it's not rocket science but it is food.
It could be tricky.
- Let's find that oven.
- Let's get to that oven, okay?
- There it is.
- [Mariah] Oh, right.
So what do you say, Bryan?
About a thousand degrees?
- I would says so.
- [Mariah] Up high? So high.
- 'Cause we don't have a lot of time.
- No. - So just.
- [Mariah] Let's just get 'em on in there.
(baking pan clanging)
That is good.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
(oven bell ringing) (loud slurping)
- Ooh.
- It's been two days.
- Two days.
- Look at these. - Look at that.
- Just like we put 'em in.
- So pretty.
♫ I don't want a lot for Christmas
♫ There is
- No no.
It's better if you don't.
- I understand.
- Thank you so much for being here with us today
on Cooking with Mariah Carey.
- Thank you so much and if you missed the--
- And also with Bryan.
- Oh and also with Bryan! - Yes.
- We're doing about 200 more of these episodes, right?
- I think so.
- We got a full 10 year order, so...
- The gamut, yeah, so you'll get at least 10 cookies.
- Yeah, I'm gonna try one of these.
- You wanna give it a go? - Yeah.