Do you like chocolate chip cookies?  I hope so. Let's talk about it. 

Today, I'd like to invite you to join me on a  special baking adventure. My three-year-old son  

Theo and I are going to be baking chocolate chip  cookies, mixing the ingredients, putting them in  

the oven, eating them, dunking them in milk. It  will be a long journey. I hope you will enjoy it.  

But along the way, I'm going to be using a lot of  phrasal verbs for daily conversation that we often  

use for baking, cooking, eating, and drinking. So  you can use these phrasal verbs in the kitchen,  

but also in a lot of other situations. I hope  that this natural setting will be a great way  

for you to remember the phrasal verbs and also be  able to use them yourself. So make sure you check  

out all the phrasal verbs that I put up here on  the screen and enjoy this wonderful baking time. 

All right, we're going to make chocolate  chip cookies. Do you remember the first  

thing we got to do? Theo: What? 

Vanessa: We got to suit up. You got  to put your apron on. Can I help you? 

Theo: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Vanessa: All right. All right. Turn around.  

I'm going to tie it on. There we go.  Make sure you don't trip on it. What  

about me? Should I wear mine too? Theo: Mm-hmm (affirmative). 

Vanessa: Okay. All right. The first thing  we got to do is check out our recipe.  

What kind of things do you think we need  on here? Can you tell me what it says? 

Theo: We need these, these, these Vanessa: Yeah? We need flour. We need  

cornstarch. I forgot to get that. I'll have to  get it off the shelf. We need baking powder,  

baking soda, salt, butter, eggs, brown sugar,  regular sugar, vanilla, and chocolate chips. 

Theo: Whoa. Vanessa: That's a lot  

of stuff. Isn't it? Now I already got out the  butter. We had to soften it up first, and I got  

out all of the ingredients, except I forgot to  get the corn starch. Do you know where it is? 

Theo: Where? Vanessa: I'm  

going to have to take it off the shelf. All right.  Before we do anything, we got to look at the  

first step. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees  and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. 

Theo: The parchment paper. Vanessa: Where's the parchment paper? 

Theo: Down here. Vanessa: All right. Well, why don't you  

get that out while I heat up the oven? Theo: This one? 

Vanessa: Yes, that's right. Can  you bring it up to the counter? 

Theo: Is it this big? This big? Vanessa: Why don't we try to  

measure it out? Can you set it up here please? 

Theo: In these? Vanessa:  

That's right. All right. Climb on up. Let's  measure it out. Is that a good length? 

Theo: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Vanessa: All right. I got to tear it off.  

Okay. Theo: That's a really good length. 

Vanessa: That's good. All right.  We're going to set that aside. 

Theo: Then we're going to open the thing? Vanessa:  

Now, we got to see what the next step  is. Sift together the flour, cornstarch,  

baking powder, baking soda and salt. All  right. We're going to put that in here.  

The first thing is the flour. That's a nice loud  sound. Isn't it? It says we need three cups.  

Wow. These are going to be a lot of cookies.  Yep. Scoop it up. And you know we got to do?  

Level it off. Okay. Dump it in. Good. You want  to pat it a little bit to make sure that you've  

got it all out. Great work. Okay. Scoop it out.  Remember what the next thing is? Level it off.  

That's right. How's that feel? Theo: Good. 

Vanessa: Okay. Make another scoop. Theo: We got to do- 

Vanessa: Make sure it's all full otherwise  it's not going to make good cookies.  

There you go. Okay. Level it off. An important  part about leveling it off is that you don't want  

to pat it down. You just want to push it. There  you go. Otherwise, you might get too much flour.  

Okay. Dump it in. Okay. The next thing we need is  the corn starch. How much corn starch do we need?  

Two tablespoons. All right.  Can you scoop this one? Oh,  

we got lots of that. Let's put  a little extra bonus flour.  

All right. This is very important that we don't  take too much. Do you remember what to do? Scoop  

it and then try to level it off in there. Theo: Like the flour? 

Vanessa: That's right. Okay. Dump it in. That's  one. This is going to help make them extra fluffy.  

All right. Level it off. There you go. Theo: I leveled off when I scoop it. 

Vanessa: That's right. Okay. Let's see what the  next thing says. Baking powder. We need one and a  

half teaspoons. All right. This is one teaspoon,  and we're going to do baking powder first.  

Now, do you know what this one has? It has  a little piece of metal here to help you  

level it off. Why don't you get a good  scoop, then I'll show you how it works.  

Almost. Let's get a bigger scoop so  that it's all full. There you go. 

Theo: I think we almost taked all of it. Vanessa: You did it.  

Yeah. You're right. There's not much left.  All right. Now, we need a half scoop. 

Theo: Of this? Vanessa: Yeah. How can we get just a half?  

Let's try to drop half of it back. Theo: There. 

Vanessa: That's good. All right.  Level it off. How is that? 

Theo: Good. Vanessa: Okay. Now we  

have baking soda. We're going to only get half a  teaspoon. Can you do a half of one of those again? 

Theo: Use this? Vanessa:  

Yeah, the small ones, but this time... Oh, it  doesn't fit in there. You know what we can do?  

We have another one that's thin.  So why don't you stick it in,  

scoop and then you can level it off, but we only  need half. Oh, that's great. Great. Good work. 

Theo: I'm flattening... Vanessa: All right. Now we need a little salt. 

Theo: I'm flattening it out with this. Vanessa: We're going to do this the scientific way  

and just do a couple twists. You want to help  me twist it? Squeeze and turn really hard.  

There you go. One more time. There we go. Don't  want them to be too salty, huh? All right. Now  

I have an important job for you. I need you to mix  it up. Stir it very gently and put your hands here  

to hold it steady. There you go. Mix, mix, mix. Theo: When are we going to do the chocolate chips?  

Is that the last thing? Vanessa:  

Yep. The chocolate chips are the last thing.  All right. I'm going to clean off some of this. 

Theo: Now we need this. Vanessa: Bonus. Okay. Next,  

we're going to set this aside. Theo: And then we're going to do this bowl? 

Vanessa: Yeah. Do you know what goes in this bowl? Theo: What? 

Vanessa: The wet ingredients.  You know what was in that bowl? 

Theo: Dry. Vanessa:  

That's right. The dry ingredients.  So it says in a separate bowl- 

Theo: We can put the eggs in here? Vanessa: Yeah. Do you want to help me crack them? 

Theo: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Vanessa: All right. 

Theo: I'm going to get this one. Vanessa: But first we have to do the butter first.  

Can you feel this butter? Does it feel hard? Theo: Mm-hmm (affirmative). 

Vanessa: It's a little hard. We need to squish it  in our hands. You think you can do that? Because  

it said it needed to soften up a little bit, but  I don't think I let it soften up enough. So let's  

do this. Oh yes. Squeeze it. Theo: To make it melt. 

Vanessa: That's right. To make it melt a little  bit so that it's not too hard. All right. That's  

probably good. It's just going to be really  hard to mix it. This is a lot of butter.  

Good for fattening you up. Theo:  

Wow. Vanessa: Wow. 

Theo: Let me take it [inaudible 00:08:16]. Vanessa: All right. You want to take it out?  

Can you take off the wrapper?  Hold the wrapper and shake it in.  

Flop it in. There you go. Theo: Next. The eggs. 

Vanessa: Next, we have sugar. There's  two different types of sugar. We have  

brown sugar, which is just regular sugar  with a little bit of molasses in it. Yum.  

And the sugar. Which one should we do first? Theo: That. 

Vanessa: The brown one? Okay. Let's see. It  says one third cup. Can you give me that big  

cup over there? Theo: This one? 

Vanessa: The big white one. Theo: This one? 

Vanessa: No. Theo: This one? 

Vanessa: That's right. Theo: Can I do that? 

Vanessa: All right. I'm going to dump it in there,  and what I want you to do is to pack it down. 

Theo: No, you pat it down.  I'm going to dump it in. 

Vanessa: You want to dump it in while I hold this? Theo: No, I'm going to hold it. 

Vanessa: You're going to hold it? Okay. Theo: And I'm going to dump it in too. 

Vanessa: Really? Here, why  don't you help me with it?  

There we go. Whoa. Okay. Now what I want you  to do is use your fingers and pack it down.  

That's the thing about brown sugar. When it  says three fourths of a cup, it always means  

packed down really hard. Push it really hard. This  is different than the flour. That's a good amount.  

All right. Let's try to wipe it off your fingers. Theo: Dump it on the butter. 

Vanessa: Dump it on the butter. That's right.  Hold on tight to this. I'm going to pour it  

in. Are you ready? You got a little  bit of stuff on your face. Ready?  

Okay. Dump it in. Theo: And then... 

Vanessa: This one we don't need to  pack down. You can just dump it in. 

Theo: And the sugar? Vanessa: That's right. 

Theo: And the other sugar? Vanessa: Yep. I'm going to put this butter  

in here. We're not professional chefs.  It's okay. I'm going to throw it in the  

microwave for a couple of seconds and  then it will be nice and soft for us. 

Theo: We're good chefs. Vanessa: We're what? 

Theo: We're good chefs. Vanessa: We're good chefs. Wow. All right. Now our  

butter is a little bit soft. Maybe a little too  soft. So they might not be super fluffy cookies,  

but it's still going to be a little bit easier. Theo: Is it going to be really good still? 

Vanessa: It is going to be really good still. And  when you're baking together, sometimes you just  

have to make concessions. All right. I'm going to  pour this in and it can be your job to mix them  

together. You think you can do it? Theo: Mm-hmm (affirmative). 

Vanessa: Okay. Theo:  

Maybe we should make banana cookies with it in it. Vanessa: Banana cookies. How do  

you make banana cookies? Theo: You put bananas in it. 

Vanessa: Well, of course. That makes  sense. I'm going to scrape out the  

last little bits of butter. And now can you  use that spatula or the fork to mix it up? 

Theo: I'm going to do this. Now- Vanessa: We're going to still mix that in. 

Theo: Will you mix it a little bit? Vanessa: You want me to mix it a little bit? 

Theo: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Vanessa: Okay.  

Do you want to put a hand on mine while I do it? 

Theo: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Vanessa: Okay. We'll do it really fast.  

How is that? Theo: Good. 

Vanessa: Do you know what that is? Theo: What? 

Vanessa: The oven is ready. It's heated up enough,  but we have to finish making our cookie batter  

first. All right. The next thing is we got to  put in our eggs. Crack the eggs. Can you help  

me with it? All right. You want to put your  hand on mine? Three, two, one. Break. Whoa.  

That was a pretty big crack. Wasn't it? Theo: I'll get the other egg. 

Vanessa: Here. All right. Thank you. We're going  to do a big crack this time. Whoa. Watch out. I  

got to do it first. Ready? Three, two, one. Oh,  you did it. Wow. That was a kind of good crack.  

All right. Theo: Can I mix? 

Vanessa: There's one other thing we have  to add and that's some vanilla. I never- 

Theo: Quick, quick, quick. Vanessa: I never measure out  

vanilla. I always just eyeball it. Theo: When are we ready? 

Vanessa: Well, it's going to be ready in  just a moment because remember that other  

bowl with the dry ingredients? We got to mix them  together. Now I'm going to scrape down the sides.  

Everything looks mixed together really well.  Blend until smooth and fluffy. Does it look  

smooth and fluffy to you? Theo: Mm-hmm (affirmative). 

Vanessa: Good. Okay. The next thing is  to add the flour mixture to the butter  

mixture. You think you can help with that? Theo: Oh, I'll dump it right by myself! 

Vanessa: See, it says a little at a time. You  think you can dump a little bit at a time? 

Theo: I dump it. Vanessa: Okay. Well, the recipe says a little at  

a time. That will probably help it to not be too  hard. Okay. Let's mix this in and then we'll do it  

again. Thank you. Okay. You want to do it? Theo: No, you do it. 

Vanessa: You want me to do it? Theo: My job is to scrape the batter off with  

the fork. Vanessa: Okay. You can do it when  

I have it on the spatula. All right. Theo:  

We're good chefs. Vanessa: We are good chefs.  

Thank you for scraping that off. Ready, mix. Theo: Really fast. 

Vanessa: Well, I want to make sure that the  flour is incorporated before I go too fast.  

So it doesn't fly away into the air. Theo: Fly away to North Carolina. 

Vanessa: Yeah. I mean, we are in North Carolina,  but I know what you mean. All right. Let's pour  

in the rest. Do you want to dump the rest in? Good  work. We bought two different kinds of chocolate  

chips. So which one do you think we should use? Theo: First,  

we're going to make two of them. We're going to  put two the of the kinds of chocolate chips in.