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trick or treat? give me something good to eat apples, peaches, tangerines happy happy halloween give me something sweet to eat cookies, chocolate, jelly beans give me something sour to eat lemons, grapefruits, limes so green nuts and candy, lollipops
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today i have nutristore freeze-dried corn. this super sweet corn very easy to reconstitute we take the corn we put it in a bowl and we cover it with water now after we cover it with water let it sit forfifteen to twenty minutes by doing so it allows this corn to reconstitute to its original taste texture and form now with a twenty five year shelf lifethis corn is going to be there when you
need it most to use in your southwestern dishessuch as salsas, taco soup whatever it may be it's nutristore freeze-dried corn a greatoption for your food storage
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hi guys, i'm laura vitale and on this episodeof laura in the kitchen, i want to share with you, my recipe for what i call my jelly rollice cream bombe. now, there are so many variations you canmake, and definitely let me know if you want to see a different variation than this one,leave it in the comments down below. but, today i want to share with you, sortof my - it's a jelly roll, it has strawberry jam in there and then it's going to be withstrawberry ice cream and mango sorbet. it's phenomenal! it looks incredible, it couldn't be easier. you could definitely take a shortcut and buya jelly roll already pre-made, but today i
figured since i already have my ice creamand sorbet done, we'd make the jelly roll together! the ingredients you will need to make theactual jelly roll are very plain and simple once,s you will need all purpose flour, bakingpowder, salt, granulated sugar, some eggs that i have separated into yolks and whites,vanilla paste or you can use vanilla extract, and some milk. the oven is preheated to 375f, i also havea 15 by 10 inch baking pan here that i've lined with parchment - and you want to makesure that you spray it with non-stick spray as well because it can stick, even to parchmentpaper.
so, precaution. now i'm going to make everything in my standingmixer just because it's really easy, and the first thing i'm going to do, is i'm actuallygoing to whip the egg whites. i'm going to take my egg whites and put themin my standing mixer, make sure your standing mixer is clean. and i'm just going to whisk these until they'rereally light and frothy, and light stiff peaks, and when they're there, i'll show you whatthey look like! they look good! i don't need them to be too, too stiff.
i'm actually going to switch attachments,i"m going to now take my paddle attachment to finish the rest of the batter, but first,i just want to get the whites out because i don't need them until the end but i wantedto do them first because egg whites do not whip if your bowl is dirty, so in a case likethis, get the egg whites done first, and then make the rest of your batter. that way you don't have to dirty up anotherbowl. okay, i'm adding my egg yolks and my sugar,and now i'm going to just put on my paddle attachment. i'm going to cream those togetheruntil they're really light and pale and fluffy. it'll take a couple of minutes but you'renot doing it by hand, so let it go until it's
nice, pale and nice and fluffy looking! that looks excellent! i"m just going to addin a spoonful of my vanilla paste - by all means, you can use vanilla extract, but i'mgoing to use vanilla paste because i really want that vanilla flavor. blend that in, just for a quick second - doesn'thave to be perfect. lower this down. mix together my flour with the baking powderand the salt. going to add that in. whew!
along with my milk. and then we're going to pull this back upand then just mix it until it's all combined. and you do want this to be fairly, sort ofsmooth, but don't over mix it otherwise it can get a little bit tough. that is looking gorgeous, but we do have tofold in the egg whites, so i"m just going to do that with my spatula so that i don'tdeflate them too much. but try to get all the batter off your littlebeater here, or your paddle attachment. as much of it as you can, anyway. i love to always give everything a good stirfrom the sides and the bottom.
and now i'm going to add in my egg whites. going to do half at a time so that i don'tdeflate them and i can kind of work quickly. and you can see i'm folding it, i take myspatula, stick it right in the middle, and then you fold over. stick in the middle, fold over. that's such a gorgeous batter! i love that you can see the bubbles from theegg whites, that's just going to give you really beautiful, light cake. okay!i'm going to do my best to flatten thisas even as i can manage with my spatula. don't
panic if it's not perfect, because let's faceit, no one will know the difference. and i just always like to move around thepan because i think that just makes it easier. get it as evenly as possible. excellent! okay, this is going to go into your preheatedoven at 375f for twelve to fourteen minutes, or until it's a lovely light golden colorand cooked all the way through. since this is pretty thin it shouldn't takethat long. i'm going to put this in and as soon as itcomes out, i will show you the next step! my cake is completely cooked, it cooked forexactly fourteen minutes, and i always take
a toothpick - you can even take a dry pieceof spaghetti - stick it in the thickest part, if there's no wet batter on it, it's good! now, let it cool for about two to three minutes,no longer - maybe five. now, what i have here is a lint free kitchentowel, about the same size as the cake, and i'm going to cover this in some confectionersugar because we need to roll this up. so you want to make sure that you sprinklesome sugar, don't worry if it gets on your counter, it's totally fine. and now i'm going to - now i did take a knife- a butter knife and it just releases really easily because i did, i did grease it really,really well. and i'm just going to invert
this, just like so, if it sticks, do not panic. you see, making sure that it is really nice- oops! - and greased, really helps, and then i just try to straighten it as best as i can. and now i'll roll this around this way, soyou can see exactly what i'm doing, how about that? now just - you fold, literally, the towelin the cake. shorting.. shorting? ha, i started from one of the shorter ends and just rollthis tightly, but not too tight. just like that, and that will take the shapeof the jelly roll. now this has to cool completely, it couldtake a couple of hours, so i'm going to place
this on a cooling rack, allow it to cool completely,and then we'll move on to the next step. now, i did - i do have my ice cream in thefreezer already, i've got strawberry ice cream and i've got my mango sorbet. but i do know a great website - laurainthekitchen.com- who has both recipes for you if you want to make them from scratch, or if you wantto take a shortcut and buy them at the grocery store. the choice is entirely up to you. i'm going to let this cool completely andthen we'll move onto the next step. now, this was cooling for a couple of hours,and now i'm going to unwrap it. and don't worry if it looks wonky because that's - youknow, you want it to do that. because you
want it to go back into its same shape. and now, what i have here is some strawberrypreserves, you could use whatever preserve you'd like. i mean, it's totally up to you.and what i'm doing is i'm just spreading a nice thin layer of this. i'm not going togo all the way up, because as i roll this it will squeeze out. and as you can see there are some actual piecesof strawberries here and there so i'm going to try and get this as even as possible. kind of concentrating with leaving about aninch or so from all sides open, because, again when this gets rolled it does kind of squeezeout which is totally fine, but i don't want
to overdo it. this looks good enough, i don't want it tobe too, too thick. i'd say that looks perfect to me, could use a spatula, but clearly aspoon works really, really well. and now, i'm going to just roll this backup, this time you are not going to roll the kitchen towel in it. going to roll it just like that. perfect. and now, i'm going to put this - see it squeezesout a little tiny bit - we didn't put too, too much, so that should be good.
okay, i'm going to place this here, i'm goingto just wrap this with some plastic wrap, just a little bit because i don't want thisto get sort of hard, and i'm going to pop it into the fridge for around a half hour,or until it kind of sets and holds its shape, and then we will get ready to start buildingour bombe - ice cream bombe. my jelly roll was in the fridge for aboutan hour, now let me show you what i have here. i have a large bowl, and don't worry aboutthe dimensions and the measurements and everything because i will write everything in detailon, you know, on the recipe and it will be on laurainthekitchen.com. and i've taken a bowl and i've lined it wellwith some parchment - with some plastic wrap
- and you want to make sure that the plasticwrap is overhanging. i have a smaller bowl, which i'll show youwhat i'm going to do with it later. i have got some strawberry ice cream. i have leftit out at room temperature for about fifteen minutes i would say, you want this to be alittle soft and easy for you to work with, and then i also have an orange - some orangejuice, i just took an orange and squeezed it. okay, let's get going, using a serrated knife,i am going to cut slices of my jelly roll. now, i'm not going to cut them too, too thick,actually would it be better if i just used this? nah it wouldn't.
i'm going to just cut my slices, not too thick,not too thin, about, i would say about a half an inch thick or maybe a little bit less thanthat. now i'm just taking slices of my jelly roll,and if you need to tighten them up a bit, you can, i really do not do this in any particularorder, i don't worry about things looking perfect, because the end result is just sodelightful that it does not matter. and you just want to make sure that you cover thesides and the bottom of your bowl. you can cut them to fit, too. totally fine. just like taking a little bit of my orangejuice and just drizzling it on the cake, it keeps it a little bit more moist and sometimes- and i'm going to be very honest with you
- depending on who i'm making this for, dependingon the time of year, sometimes i do a little grand marnier, sometimes i'm doing a cherrybase, i do a little cherry brandy. doesn't matter, but today, i'm using orange juice. okay, the ice cream should be softened enoughat this point because you do need to be able to maneuver this around, and that is lookinggood. and if it peeks through the little holes,then that's fine. i just do like that, and then you kind ofpush it on the sides, just like so. try to get it as even as you can, and i'llshow you what we're going to do with that bowl in just a minute because the center isgoing to be where we put our mango sorbet.
but not just yet, otherwise everything wouldkind of blend all together. so, i'm just going to do this as even as possible,as quickly as possible because i don't want the ice cream to melt too quickly. then i take my bowl, i make sure it's a cleanbowl, and you want to make sure that it just fits perfect. and i'm going to do it just like that, sorryif i'm moving a little fast, but we're dealing with ice cream. okay, now what i'm going to do is i'm justgoing to wrap the sides like this, pop this into the freezer for about an hour or so,or until the strawberry ice cream is fully
frozen again and then we'll get going withthe last final layer! now i actually popped this into the freezerovernight - i had a hair appointment - what can i say? a girl's gotta do what a girl'sgotta do! hah! and it's also even better because that wayyou can completely forget about it and it gets nice and frozen. now, a quick tip: when you have your bowlin there, it's going to be quite frozen, so what i do is i take a kitchen towel, and isort of run it under hot water and then sit my kitchen towel in the bowl for a coupleminutes until it kind of starts to thaw the ice cream right around the bowl just a littlebit and then it comes out super easy and simple.
now, what i have here is some mango sorbet,and it's at room temperature - well not at room temperature, i left it out at room temperaturefor a bit because i want this to be really nice and smooth and pliable. now that i removed the bowl, i'm going tofill this with my mango sorbet. that looks really lovely, i'm going to savethat for myself. i'm going to cover this back up with my plasticwrap because you want to make sure it's nice and covered. i'm actually going to take this little plateand just sort of squeeze everything together. now, i'm going to pop this back into the freezerfor several hours, it needs to - the mango
sorbet needs to be completely frozen, it couldtake up to a couple of hours, and then it will be time to unveil this beauty. so once everything is frozen, and solid, it'sgood to go - now what i've done, i've just taken a small paring knife and just gone aroundthe edges, and just kind of sliced them so it's just almost one flat layer that way itholds better - it doesn't wobble as much when you try to cut it - but don't throw them away.cooks treat, you always have to have one of those, it's the best part of the job. nowyou're ready to serve it! it's very simple. now what i have here is my platter, this isjust a cake stand, a round cake stand.
i'm going to flip this around. now, we have plastic wrap, so that reallyhelps make the job a lot easier. i'm just going to take my chef's knife andi'm kind of dunking it into warm water, now i'm drying it off on a clean kitchen towel. and it'll go in really easy. and that makes for a really nice, clean - nowthis is a really big slice, because mainly i want to show you what - how beautiful thisis on the outside. i mean the outside is just gorgeous, and the inside is going to be evenprettier, so i take that. look at that!
is that not beautiful?! now, what you can do, you can also make thismultiple layer. so instead of doing two layers of ice cream like i did, you could do cherryice cream, chocolate, and just do a bunch of different layers, that would be reallyfun. but i like this combination because i thinkthe jelly roll with the strawberry jam and then the strawberry ice cream, which is socreamy and delicious, with the mango sorbet, i think it's absolute magic. i'm going to give this a try. that looks beautiful
let's give this a go, i'm going to have tohold on just a little bit because it's a really big piece. yeah, i want that right there. i want a littlebit of everything. i was going to do this, because i'm so usedto it! mmm. very cold though. that is awesome. it's got like everything you could possiblywant. really cold though!
ohh! that's really cold! it has everything you could possibly want,a beautiful sweet sponge cake, a little sweetness from the jam, the combination of the strawberryand the mango is like a match made in food heaven. and it really couldn't be easier. you can make this way ahead of time if youdo have a dinner party you want to make this for. perfect for summer. hope you have enjoyed spending time with me,go to laurainthekitchen.com to get the written
recipe. let me know if you have a specificcombination you like with your ice cream bombe, because i would love to try new combinations. i'll see you next time. bye bye!
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(music) hi bold bakers! i'm excited to bring you anotherinstallment of my frozen dessert line up. this week we're making popsicles and withall of the flavors, there will be something for everyone. so let's get started! to freeze my popsicles, i have this lovelypopsicle tray that i got online and i put a link in the description box below of wherei bought this but if you don't have one of these do not worry. you can always use a disposabledrinking cup or you can always use an ice tray which every single house has. the first popsicle flavor we're making aretwo of my favorite summer flavors and that
is mango and strawberry. into your food processor, add in your mangochunks and then puree until really fine. when picking the fruit for your popsicles do notbe afraid to use frozen or fresh because both of them will work really well. sometimes frozen is actually better becauseit's picked in season and frozen really fast so kept in really good quality. transfer your lovely mango puree into a bowland then we're going to rinse out the machine and puree our strawberries. as you can see,it just takes a few minutes to get this lovely strawberry puree. nice and fine, this is goingto make a great popsicle.
now that we have our two purees, the onlyingredients that we need to make our fruit pops. we don't have to add any sugar becausethere's lovely natural sugar already in this fruit. to create a really pretty popsicle, i'm actuallygoing to put these flavors in in layers. so a little bit of mango. a little bit of strawberry.and then some more mango on top. once your popsicles are done then on with the lid. andin with your popsicle stick. the great thing about popsicles is that theyonly take around 4-5 hours to freeze so you'll be eating these little guys in no time. i made these earlier because i really wantedto show you what they looked like when they're
done. they look beautiful and they taste great,too. they're a perfect summer treat! the next popsicle we're making is the bestof both worlds. it's a little bit creamy and a little bit sweet and fruity. it is a creamsicle. in a bowl, add in your plain yogurt, cream,vanilla extract and some sugar and mix it really well together. so the reason we add sugar to the dairy isbecause if it froze on its own it would be like ice crystals so we add the sugar in thereto help it freeze and make it nice and creamy. however if you don't want to add white sugar,you can always add honey, maple syrup or even a natural sugar.
so we have our creamy layer done for our creamsicleso the next layer is fresh orange juice. now you can use store-bought or you can make yourown. to assemble this popsicle, we are going tofill up the mold halfway with our creamy layer. and then we're going to pour our orange juicein on top. when your molds are filled on with your lid and in with your stick. another lovely popsicle flavor ready for thefreezer, and as always my recipes can be found on biggerbolderbaking.com. when your creamsicle is done, it should looklike this. ta da! it looks fantastic. i know it doesn't look like a traditional creamsiclebut it sure tastes like one. i'm going to
try to get the orange and the cream at thesame time. oh that is delicious. if you like these popsicles, i have so manymore frozen treats on my channel along with lots of other baking videos so if you haven'talready done so, don't forget to subscribe. our next flavor up is definitely for the chocolatelovers and should evoke all of those lovely food memories of when you were young and thatis a fudgesicle. in a heavy bottom sauce pan, we're going toadd in our cream, milk and cocoa powder. and heat all of these ingredients until they cometo a simmer. now that your cream mix has simmered, we'regoing to pour it over our pieces of chocolate. i like to use dark chocolate because it makesthe popsicle that bit richer.
now you just want to let this mix sit andlet the chocolate melt for around 2-3 minutes and then we can whisk it all together. whati like to add to my fudgesicle is a drop of vanilla extract because it really lifts theflavor of it. our last step before freezing is that i like to sieve this mix to get itnice and smooth so when it's frozen you have a beautiful silky popsicle. go ahead and fill your mold all the way tothe top. put on your lid. and in with your popsicle stick. i'm particularly excited for these fudgesiclesbecause once they're set they taste like frozen mousse on a stick. they are absolutely divine.
when your fudgesicle is frozen this is whatit should look like. like a real fudgesicle. look at that, i have to give it a taste. thispopsicle is definitely for the chocolate lovers and i highly recommend having a little stashof them in your freezer. they're delicious. the next popsicle we're doing requires evenless work than the other popsicles. just two ingredients: lemonade and fruit and such abeautiful result. it is a lemonade popsicle. for the lemonade, i suggest you use freshlemonade. i actually made my own with some simple syrup and some lemon juice. and i lovea little bit of lime in my lemon juice because i think it really gives it a punch so i puta little bit of zest in there. go ahead and add your fresh fruit to yourmold. in the summer, i love peaches, strawberry,
kiwi, raspberry and blueberry. and then justfill up your mold with your lemonade all the way to the top. it's that easy to make thisbeautiful fresh dessert. i love this popsicle because it's so easy to make. once your popsicles are done then on withthe lid and in with your stick. now these little guys are ready for the freezer. how pretty is this popsicle and you can seeall of the fruit inside. make sure you use really good flavored fruit because that'swhat is going to make this so nice. mmm. it is so yummy! our next popsicle is definitely a feast forthe eyes and for the tastebuds and that is
a rainbow popsicle. to create a beautiful all-natural rainbowpopsicle, we're going to use the same method as we did for the mango & strawberry one.we're going to puree all of our lovely bright fruit to get all of the different colors andlayers. i'm using strawberries for my red layer. mangofor my yellow layer. kiwi for green. and of course, blueberries for blue. once you have all of your fruit pureed, we'regoing to add thin layers of each color into our popsicle mold. feel free to use any brightlycolored fruit you prefer. once your molds are filled all the way tothe top, we're going on one more time with
the lid and in with your popsicle stick. you will be so amazed at how these turn out.all natural rainbow popsicles. no food dye. no dairy. no added sugar. it is the perfecttreat for a summer's day. once it's frozen, this is what it will looklike. look at those gorgeous layers of color and flavor that we built. i'm excited to give this one a try. this lovelylittle popsicle definitely tastes as good as it looks. i really hope you get to tryit out. if five flavors weren't enough for you, theni put a bonus recipe over on my website: biggerbolderbaking.com where i show you how to make this gorgeousblueberry and lemon popsicle. while you're
over there don't forget to sign up for mynewsletter. now you have a popsicle for every taste andoccasion this summer. thank you so much for subscribing to my channel.and make sure don't miss out on any of my news by following me on my social media. i'llsee you back here again next thursday for more bigger bolder baking.
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i hate when i don't understandmy sixth grader's homework! hold on.that's--listen. there's--that's--story problems, i think-- here's a hypothesison story problems. to me, a vloggeris a storyteller. you're experiencing what i'm experiencing, and i'll just hold youin my hand. let me just seehow that tastes. and that's what i dofor a living,
and 2.5 million peoplea day watch those videos. thank you for this, by the way.were you making this for me? - no. both: what up, peeps? - hello, everyone. - so here i am in a video! - hello, this is glozell. is you okay?is you good? 'cause i want to know.- hello, my homies!
for today's show and tell,i brought this! - dippy dip.i never dipped a vanilla one. - i would say pretty muchanybody can be a youtuber. - this is my 'tatoes. - got to the dmv early. - i was yesterday at a doctor. - now we can talk abouthow potty training went. - you can just be yourself and talk to the cameraabout literally anything.
- i sweat so much. - it's very narcissisticif you really think about it. - i'm sweating all the time. - ah, good day, everyone! - so i know i look tired. - my mama gonna watch thisand straight-up kill me. - 60 years from now, when i look back, and i'll say,"i did some awesome stuff." - [yells]
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and you seethe strangest things. - [exclaims] - [laughs] - we saw this tremendous potential that youtube hadas a community-building tool. - 150 ka-billion peoplehave been asking me to do the cinnamon challenge. [coughing] [exclaims]
- don't make it weird. - people become invested inthe content and in the creator. - i left my rainbow sandalson the bus. - and they watchyoutube videos every single day. - it's not just the future of entertainment, it's the presentof entertainment. - and it's kind of, like, fun. it's actually-- - zeke, where's your plate,dude?
you want some?he's like, "oh, yeah, "is anybody else donewith their food, huh? anybody else want to puttheir food in my bowl?" - so i have a familyvlogging channel. you might call it a reality showon youtube that i shoot and edit and upload all by myself. is that good? tickle, tickle, tickle, tickle. - hey, i'm vlogging here!
- i declare this land the land of the shaytards. - we're on a nature hike in the forest. - [laughing] - what are you laughing at? is that your nature hiking dress? babytard! [laughs] - dad, can we go out to the river now? - yeah, we're gonna go down to the river and either baptize or drown you.
you riding malachi? the name of my channel is "the shaytards," and i always say it is notmy best marketing decision. it is truethat my very first video is me dancing in oneof my wife's old unitards. - okay, this is our shay,and he's giving us his lovely dance routine. - at the time, we had this little digital camera that just took pictures, but it also had a video mode.
so she turned--if you think about it, i've never thoughtabout it until now. like, colette reallystarted us into youtube because she thoughtto turn the video mode on and was videoing medancing through the room. that was the very first video that we had on this digital camera, so when i found outabout youtube, and i was like, "oh, you can put videoson this site."
i was, like,what video do i have? i don't have any videos. i'm like, "oh, i have that video "of colette filming medancing around in the unitard. i'm just gonna put it on the internet." do you want to addressthe audience that thinks thatyou're pregnant, that we're havingyet another kid? - i'm not pregnant!i'm just fat!
- no, you're not.- thank you. - do you guys knowyour mommy's pregnant? - dad!- what do you guys think? we're oftentimes credited as youtube's first family. we were the first familythat's like, "we're a family, and we makevideos of our lives every day." do you guys remember the movie"jurassic park" with the dinosaurs? - yeah.- i'm gonna be the velociraptor,
and you guysare gonna be the people that are running for your lives. [mimics velociraptor] - i think the shaytards' audience are other families. i think it's peoplewho care about family. i think it's peoplewho care about kids. my name is michael humphrey. i'm a contributor at "forbes." youtube commands pretty much all of the journalism i do.
- i'm the velociraptor. a lot of peopleare looking at us right now. - there is something very special about what shay carl is doing. - [mimics velociraptor] - you don't like goofiness?you're not gonna like him. but if you do, and you appreciate that that goofiness comes from a genuine place-- - the sprayer of death!- why wouldn't you love it?
- people click on it, and then they start watching, and they're like, "whoa, this is, like, a real family. they're, like, hanging out, and they, like--kinda funny." what are you doing there? "and that wife's really cute." and then, all of a sudden, they're hooked, and they don't knowwhy they're hooked. they don't knowwhy they're watching. it's hard when you know there'sa camera on not to be like,
"hey, wow! oh, look, we're always havinga good time!" so at the timewe very first started youtube, i had just ventured out and started my own granite countertop business. so then i was trying to,you know, juggle the granite businessand doing youtube, and then i got my first checkfrom youtube which was for 300 bucks,
and i was like, "i got real moneyfrom making a youtube video." the second that i gotthat first 300 bucks and i could buy groceries, my immediate thought was,"i can make this grow." here we go. - when we first started making videos, it was just kind of, like, a hobby. it was fun. we were doing skits.
in my mind, i'm thinking,"a couple minutes a day. just throw it up real quick." and it became much more than that. [laughs]it became a diary of our lives. whoo!- ow. - come on, girl. come on. i met shay carl in 2007. - [laughing]- oh!
- oh, don't[speaks indistinctly]. - i guess it was 2009. he started doing these daily videos. throughout that whole process, we were alwaystalking back and forth. he's like, "dude, charles,you got to do this. "you got to do this, man.you got to do this. "i saw everyoneloving this thing. it's a really great idea."
and he kind of justpushed me into it. good morning, internet. the name of my channelis "ctfxc, charles trippy friend core." [static] i'm not really sure how to do these vlog things. i'm sure i'll get better as i progress. basically, i'm gonna be doing one of these things every single day for at least a year;
365 days. i don't think anyoneon the internet could tell you legitwhat they were doing when they started doingyoutube videos other than giving youthe answer, "i was doing it for fun." the only part about travelingis rest stops. i always feel likei'm gonna get murdered by a guy named bubbaeating beef jerky.
- almost all of the vloggers that became famous got on youtube primarilyto connect and communicate. they didn't think of themselvesas being entertainers, per se. they were connecting to each other, and there was a greatdeal of energy behind that. - so we just got to the park.it's pretty cool. i didn't know there was a park.i'm just recording. the first one, i rememberthere was a cat skull. - it looks like a cat.- it's a cat head or something.
and i was dating alli speed.- get that out of here. - and i did have to convince her a little bit because it's weird. it's like, you know, okay,we just started dating. i'm gonna film everythingwe do now. - [laughs] both: one, two, three. - that was awesome. - how'd you sleep?
[laughs] you hammering that board? - hell yeah.ow. - it's a wishing wellsort of fountain. ready?you first. what'd you wish for? and then, 2009,i asked her to marry me, and because we were filmingevery day, that went online. - yes.
- you could never understand a vlogger through one video. you really have to followsomebody's arc, and that arc goes over years. it goes over many videos, and that's what makes it special is following somebody's arc from beginning to now. - told you it was gonna bea beautiful day, you guys. - we got engaged nine monthsinto our relationship and four monthsinto the vlog,
and the immediate responsewas really positive from a lot of peopleand, you know, we were--we weresuper excited about it. love you. - love you too. when we started, we got, like, 4,000 views, 5,000 views, whatever. it was small, and it just skyrocketed. 3 1/2 million people watched us get engaged.
so it's been crazy 'cause wheni thought--started doing youtube videos,youtube was so small. it was cat videos. and now, the community has grown bigger than i could ever imagine. - we were kind of just blogging here and there for fun. - and then it just turned intowe were doing it every day, and our audience loved it. they wanted moreand more and more.
- yeah, yeah. "when youstarting daily vlogs? when you start"--in every comment, i'm like, "they really want usto do it every day." - why do all these people watch me every single day? like, i'm just living my life. - i was like, "oh, wow. this is gettingsome traction here." - then i started talking aboutmy personal aspects of my life. i'm gonna talk aboutmy first kiss.
and that video went nuts. i got, like, 600,000 viewsback in 2006, which was a really big deal. - i had a video get500,000 views in, like, a week, and that was a big deal. - i think what makes itso interesting is that it's relatable. - the realness of it waswhat made a community grow. - this is that real person.
this is them,and that's probably one of the most common thingsthat people say when they meet me is, like,"you're a real person!" it's like, yeah. - camera.no. [laughter] - so hollywood, shay.- no. what have i turned into?- okay, do it one more time. - we started maker studioswith danny diamond, lisanova,
ben donovan, kassem g, philip defranco, dave days, whatadayderek. shane dawson was there at the beginning. me, you know,we had a bunch of youtubers that just came together and we started making videos together, and we startedgetting collab deals. - all right, guys,i think we're in business. are we all in?
- danny diamond, lisanova, they were revolutionary people in this space. - they were all major youtube,like, people at the time, and i was just kindof this small, kind of, like, comedy dude that wasn'tnecessarily there yet. - meet my less attractivefriend, jasmine. she's super ugly,but don't hold it against her. - lisanova's channel wasthe biggest channel on youtube for about six months.
i always said it was like the "saturday night live"of youtube. it was, like,all of these known creators that had way different styles. the cops came, and they thought that we were doinga porno shoot here. and we're like, "no, it'sa zombie video for youtube." when we started maker, there was no business plan for that specific type
of youtube productionmedia company. we're all figuring it outat the same time. - i'm not saying we were thebest in the game at the time. we were just the only peoplein the game. - through the last five years, it just slowly evolved. advertisers started seeingthe benefit of it. we got investors.maker studios was flourishing, and our family was really able to pay off some debts that we had.
okay.we're gonna film this. oh, we're super nervous. hey, dave.what's going on? - gonna make it, brother. how are you? - i am better than i deserve. i've been waiting to saythat to you for four years. - i do a talk radio show. it's about money and about life. we teach peopleto get out of debt.
- i have four kids and no debt. we've paid off about $195,000. - so what do you do and how much are you making now? - well, it's pretty unique,what i do. i'm basicallya social media expert. i'm, for lack of a better word,a youtuber. - youtube?you make money on youtube? how do you make moneyon youtube? - so there are threeprimary ways
that a youtuber makes money. the classic and the firstkind is adsense. - this is whereyour ice cream comes from. - adsense are the videosthat play before your video, but if people have ad blocker or if they skip the ad, then you're not making money. someone doesn't playthe full ad, you'll get, like, half a pennyrather than a full penny.
whoo.- the second kind of revenue that started to followwas brand placement. - look at this, you guys. - so i used this. - i recently got a tonof awesome ikea furniture. - they could either work it into their videos somehow by either using a product or talking about a product, and just a like a rock band,you would find youtubers
who are selling shirts and hats and other kinds of merchandise. - we are launchinga brand-new merch shop, you guys, with the maker shop,and we're really excited. brand-new shirts,backpacks, posters! we have 500 posters here. - say, "ollie." - it would be a mistaketo think these vloggers are only in it for the money.
in fact, far from it. this started off firstas a hobby, as a desperate needto reach out and communicate with peoplewho share their values. and then, over time,it became a career. - we have some reallyexciting news, and we wanted to tell you guysat the beginning of the video. as a lot of you guys know, we'vebeen friends with the band we the kingsfor a very long time.
i've known them forever. they approached me and asked meif i would like to play bass. so surprise? [crowd screaming] i literally told to ctfxc, i was like, "hey, guys. "i'm gonna be going on tour a lot. "nothing's gonna change. i'm gonna filmevery single day still." going to japan.go figure, it's raining.
london.we're now in canada. we've been very, very fortunate, very successful album releases with the help of the internet as well. [upbeat rock music] - today i am goingto a we the kings concert. - we met we the kings. [laughs]like, ah! - we are gonna see we the kings!- hey, i got somebody's camera.
what's your name?- william. - i took william's camera. - hello, we the kings. we the kings.- hello, idaho. - we're just killing some timebefore the concert, and we're actually just gonnawalk around downtown a little bitand see if we can run into charles trippy and the band. update, guys. i was just drivingaround to see charles trippy,
and i actually see him onthe side of the road over here. there are--there are fire trucks. paramedics are just rolling up. i don't know what is going on. [dramatic music] doesn't look good. - we were in boise, idaho, on tour. i was just, like, walking down the street, and apparently, i had a seizure.
i've never had a seizure in my entire life. they rushed me to the hospital. they did a cat scan, mri,and the doctor finally came in. he was like,"there's a tumor in your head." "we have to do an operation." and he goes, "all right, well, here's the deal. you're gonna be awake." - you know, we hadthe conversation. do we want to share this? it wasa really serious conversation.
- i was like,"i have to continue vlogging." i didn't want peopleto be disappointed that something they investedtheir life watching goes away because i stopped. - that was it. that was the decision. there was nothing elseto be discussed. we had a responsibilityto those people to be honestand to work together.
we had a responsibilityto these people who had become our family... even though we had nevermet before. - this is the crucial thing.- yes. - just a little reminder.- yep. - tumor's on this side.- [laughs] - idea is to keep you awakeand alert because what they need to dois they have to get as much of it as possible
before they make yougo brain-dead. - ♪ steady on the oars ♪ ♪ you're far from shore ♪ - really scary, and that's whyi really wanted to film it was becausei didn't want to be scared, and that was a pretty crazymoment in my life because at that moment, you don't knowif you're gonna die or not. - to share such a personal,scary, intimate,
vulnerable moment... like, is it healthy to show this? like, dude, you need to rest. but at the same time, that'swhat was giving him purpose. - say hi to your fans here.i'm recording for you, okay? - what's up, internet? - the reason why i asked him about the filming was because it was my wayof diluting the fear. - looks like they'regetting ready
to take it out,charles, okay? - bringing that camera with you is kind of like bringingall these friends with you. they're rooting you on. they're supporting you. - there it is right there.special delivery. - so to tell him to not vlog was almost like telling himto get rid of the only thing that was giving him strengthto have the courage to get his head cut open,you know?
- can i film you?- of course. look, it's attached. - it's attached.what's attached? - my head. - [chuckles] - shay came out... and he helped with the editing, and he put it online. - aww.
- i was completely blown away by the support and the love. [light instrumental music] - charles and alli trippy. they are a powerhouseof a couple. what charles has been going through this past week with his brain surgery is insane. - with a little bit of luck, i'll be seeing youin may in manchester, so kick its ass,
and then i'm gonna come shake your hand. - tell 'em the good news. what happened today?what happened-- - 1 million subscribers.- 1 million! high five! - i'm going to eat my cake too.- so awesome! - i was, like, blown away. it was just--this is amazing. - the surgery went well.
everything's fine. - nice. - ♪ over sheets of paper ♪ okay.[speaking indistinctly] doesn't even count.i can't get it. nice. - seeing him like this...[exhales sharply] i need to breathe. how am i getting so emotional
over two peoplethat i watch on the internet? i just want himto get better soon. - are you talking to me?are you talking to me? - i can move this now. - this is insane. more people.- love you guys! - i feel like people find comfort in other people's livesthat maybe they relate to. better.everything's better.
- when i saw that charles was one of the people, i was so excited because i've wantedto meet him for years. - with a youtuber, like, mostly daily vloggers, they feel like they're partof people's families. catching up with an old friend, that's what it feels like when you're watching youtube. - television screensare further. movie screens are further,
but you watch uson your computer or your phone, so we are intimatelyand visibly closer to our fans. oh, my goodness. you knewi was gonna wear a scarf. - [speaking indistinctly] i just--you're just amazing. - i think that for the vlogger,the most important thing they can createis the sense of real friendship. - let's take a picture. - not a friendship that's based
on me being greatly higher than you, but a friendship wheremaybe you admire me, and maybe you want to follow me because of that,but we're connected. [upbeat music] [crowd cheering] - oh, my god! ah!i love it. now that i have youtube, i feel like this is my outlet
to let people know the things that i went through and, hey, you might begoing through this too but, you know, life gets better. okay, let's do it. hi.how are you? - i just can't help but feellike i have their back and, like,they have my back type thing. to have thatwith 60,000 people--
- it's magic.it's really just like magic. - i've never seenanything like this. i mean, i get emails every day from people. everything from, you know,"i love your videos. they helped me pass biology," to, "i love your videos. they made me not kill myself." and, like, that fills you uplike nothing else. - if i can save one person,mission accomplished.
- they're not just viewers. they're people who just want to be heard. they want to feel included, and if you can make themfeel included, they will love you for life. - people draw pictures of us.- yeah. - and people, like-- - i never thought someonewould draw a picture of me. like, who would everwant to put pencil to paper--
- for that man?- and draw this face? - i don't know.it must be hard. - yeah.- to each other, and that's-- - the ability for these online content creators to seem to reach throughthe screen and engage with their audiences and present this kind of mediated intimacy so that they feel likethey're their friends, and they're livinginside their bedroom.
in many ways, it's no different than a teenager hanging out with their friends. they just happento do so online. - hi. so today's videois a little bit different. i wanted to do somethingfor someone that has really, really changed my life,charles trippy. this over here is my favorite. this is my ctfxc poster. 'cause this was takenat a show that i was at,
so it's fun to knowthat somewhere in that sea of hands is mine. this door and all the pictureson it are really special to me 'cause it has all of my favoriteyoutubers like philip defranco, who i watched for a long timeand alejandro from boyce avenue. here, i got to meet colettefrom the shaytards. and i got ctfxc shirts. i've got this onefrom "internet killed tv." for a lot of people,the internet did kill television
because for a lot of us,especially in my age group, it's the majorityof what i watch. i watch maybe 90% youtubeand 10% television. youtube in general, butspecifically charles's videos were making my everyday lifea lot better. about five years ago, i started having a lot of health problems, and it's really exhausting to go to doctors and go through lots of,
like, painful testingor surgeries. seeing what he's gone through and how he's handled it and the positivity that he's kept has been very inspiring for me. - yo! how many people does it taketo put together a grill? - think about the day that you got your webcam, and you turned it onand you just start talking. - i was gonna play drums.don't worry about it.
we're good. - if you think aboutthe very singular, probably alone experiencethat's happening, nobody could've possibly predicted what was about to come because they couldn't predict the need on the other side of the camera. - the family you're about tomeet was living on food stamps when they postedtheir first video on youtube.
now they're millionaires.- i like this story. it shows you anythingis possible. we recently brought you a story about a local youtuberthat started maker studios that was thenjust purchased by disney to the tuneof $550 million. - no, i don't have$500 million! i mean i don't get--i get,like, a fraction of that. like, $498 million.
the walt disney companyis buying maker studios. - does that mean we can goto disneyland for free? - yeah, i want to goto disneyland! - the sale of maker studios to disney was certainly a bit of a shock and sent out a kind of a rippleout there to the entertainment industrywho, quite truthfully, had no ideamaker studios existed. - that was the pointin the history
of youtube wheneverybody said, "holy cow. "disney bought a studio of vloggers and youtubers for a $1/2 billion." either there were mergersor acquisitions for basically everybody in the industryafter disney bought maker. - all of these traditional, particularly televisioncompanies, understand that there's somethingnew operating here,
and it starts with the ability to harness a massive global audience of prime, premium, advertiser-friendlyyoung people. [electronic music] - hi, buddy. how are you?- hey. - how you doing?- good. good to see you.hey. - good to see you as always.- what's up?
- i have been with maker studios pretty much since, like, week twoof my youtube channel. our team's pretty big, and it's growing as we speak. i have pia. she is a huge partof what my channel is. - it's the beginningof a new year, so i thought it would be perfectto just all get together and discuss the goalsfor the year. - i have andrew graham,who is my manager.
- obviously, mikey's teamnow is at ca. it's broader, right?- right, right. - and one of the thingsthat is a passion point for this yearis directing, right? - okay, right. - so mikey's passionsare as equally strong in front of the cameraas behind the camera. - well, i do thinkthat there's definitely room for doing more directing here.
i think one ofour biggest things that we've seen a lotof growth in is doing, you know,branded opportunities. you're really killing it. like, you've gotthe audience down. - i'm about to drop this newvideo like a mixtape. anyway-- - i feel like mikeyis sort of our treasure when it comesto that young teenage vlogger. - the super-cool peopleat amazon have given me
a $50 amazon gift card that i am willingto give to you guys. i started my channel thati'm currently on in 2013. i--what do i do?why? okay, listen. there's literally nothingi can do about this. really wanted to act, and ireally wanted to be on camera, and in new jersey,there was no place to do that. so why not just do itin my bedroom on a camera that i got for christmas?
[cheery music] sup, girl?how you doing today? my neighbors are having a party,and i wasn't invited, and so... [spits] peace out, love you,and good-bye. okay, guys.so i hope you enjoyed the video. thank you guys so muchfor 100,000 subscribers. this.i need this. and i need this.
the shoe broke on my microphone, so i now am inthe lucky position of having to buildlittle rubber band rigs. i genuinely am directing,filming, editing, writing, starring in my own content. hey, guys. send me some stuffyou need advice on. make sure you throwin a challenge for me to do while answering. okay, and then tweet.
- how soon do you get responses? - so i'll startto get responses now. - like, already?- yeah. "how to manage anxietywhile being upside down." with the audiencethat i have currently, it's a very young,teenage audience, and since i ama 17-year-old kid, relating to themis not very hard. they want to know about the people that they watch.
they know that i havebeen bullied, so they like to knowhow i dealt with it. they know that i have anxiety, so they want to know how i dealt with it. "what's your favorite movie?answer while singing." the audience likes to have aninteraction with the youtuber. they like to knowmore about them, and they like to also bethe ones involved in asking what's going on.
it's kind of a cool connection that kind ofgot created in youtube. heidi wants to knowhow to deal with anxiety while being upside down. is this technically upside down? if you focus on the thingsthat make you happy, most likely, you will be ableto keep a smile on your face, and you won't feel the anxiety. corgi troy asked meto give advice on life
while eating a banana. you know, even just tweeting,"hey, guys, send me some stuff you need advice on." i'm now alerting themthat there is another video that will come out soon. the banana broke.and if you tweeted toward it, there is a chance thatyour tweet will be in the video. so now everyone has saw thistweet that even tweeted back to it will now immediately watchthe video when it goes up.
as my dad always says, "without ups--without downs, there will not be ups." so, you know, just ridethose downs and ride those ups. we are headed to grace helbig's. we're gonna be shootinga collab today. it's gonna be cool. - collaboration really is key. like, that was oneof the first things
that i did to build my audience. [grunts] if you have 1,000 subscribers, and then you found a different channel that had 1,000 subscribers, and then you two made a video together-- [baby cries]- what are you doing? - and you push toeach other's links, all of a sudden, you might havethis guy's 1,000 subscribers.
- hello, everybody.- hey, guys, what's up? - good day, everyone. - today i am joiningone of my favorite people. - and i'm here with jennxpenn. - here with my girlfriend. - and it's not easyto get an audience. you got to make some stuff. like, it's tough. - i currently have 620,000 subscribers.
i really genuinely do want to hit 1 million subscribers this year, and grace helbig isa youtube personality that's been aroundsince really early on. - mikey!- hey. - hi!- what's up? - welcome!- how are you? - i'm good. how are you?- i'm good. - thanks for being here.- no problem.
- you look very hip and cooland young and fresh. - thanks.- [laughs] - she's someone that i completely enjoy watching. i love her videos. i love what she does,and i love her business. hey, what's up? so today i am with grace. you're so unprepared. - no!i was gonna answer you.
so what's up? - so basically, she's gonnaask me a trivia question, and if i get it wrong,she's gonna wax my legs. - that's an incredible amountof hair on your legs. - disclaimer:i have very hairy legs. - ready? in which countrywas lego invented? - china. - that's incorrect.okay, ready?
- oh, my god.i'm not ready. i'm not ready at all.- [laughs] - do it long ways.yeah, it's got to-- - this way?- okay, go. - are you sure?- yes. do it! - ready?- just do it. just do it. - [yells, laughs] it's stuck to my finger! okay, how many more of theseare we doing for you?
- let's do five more questions.- five more questions? - i need content. - these young people fully appreciate the fact that they haveto pay the rent. they've got to makea living with this. - just go.just go. [groans] - although that wasn't necessarily their original intention.
- youtube.- youtube. ever wonder whyit's taking over the world? because of content like...both: this. - we are changing the game! - i think the numbersactually have driven a lot of this storyabout youtubers. that person makes $100,000 a year making videosfrom their home? - and everyone wants to knowhow much money?
how much money? - i make more moneythan i ever thought i would. - i make more thani've ever made at any other job. - be honest.- no. i don't want--we can't, and i don't wantto say that, so-- - why? - we are able to havea very comfortable life. - like, i bought a condo.i bought a car. i make six figures off me
talking to a camera,you know what i'm saying? like, what are you doingwith your life, bro? you know?like... - we don't have to givea number. we can say that there isa large group of youtubers making six figures. - i don't feel it's relevant. - if you would've told me backin 2005 that you'll have a condoin l.a.,
da-da-da-da-da, and more moneythan you can spend, i'd be like,"ha, you're an idiot." - part of the game is, like,how do you appear as a everyman? [coin clinking]- oh, hi. - versus this guy who's makingmillions of dollars. - we're trying out their new,mint, first-class situation. this is the first timei've ever flown on this jetblue. it's really nice. - we want to be loyal tothe audience that we have,
and we want peopleto get what they expect because now it is a brand. it's our lives, but it's also our business. it's our brand,and so we have to secure that, and we have to present a product that people expect. i feel like this is beingreally-- people are gonna get madat this, i feel like. - there are quite a few peoplemaking over $1 million
on youtube right now. according to "forbes" in 2015, the top earneron youtube is pewdiepie who makes $12.5 millionfor his let's play videos. - how's it going?my name is pewdiepie. let's talk about moneyfor a little bit. money is the topic thati have purposely tried to avoid for the five yearsthat i've been making videos because i just--i just feel likeit's not important.
i just want to makeentertaining videos. don't get me wrong, though.i don't hate money. - okay, here's the problem. i've worn everything. hello, channel. this is no fun gaby dunn. do you see this bullshit? you want to be on camera? i wrote an article called "get rich or die vlogging" because i was frustrated with the perceptionof youtubers as wealthy.
and the article went crazy viral. like, viewers of youtube, from reading that article,their minds were blown. people think that because you're on youtube and because you're visible,you have money. but visibilitydoesn't equal money. hello, and welcometo the vlog! we're trying different things,different lighting setups, different ways of filming.
we're doing our best, you guys. i am.i am doing my best. is my best awful?who can say? i'll make vlogs for, like,16-year-old me. i am gaby. i am a writer, a comedian,a youtuber, a journalist. i am sex-positive.i am feminist. i am pansexual queer,and i am polyamorous, and it's nothingto feel bad about
because i used to spenda lot of time feeling bad. i also have a sketch comedychannel with my best friend, allison raskin,called "just between us." you're a girl. - is this somesort of trick question that ends with you yelling at meabout the gender binary? - not this time.- oh, well, then i am a girl. - it's not a vlog inthe traditional sense of, like, we don't have you follow usthroughout our day.
we don't tell youwhat's going on with us really. it's messy. the lines of what's real andwhat's not real is very blurred. like, people--we don'tactually live together, and people were furiousto find that out. so furious.they've gotten over it, but they were, like,still, like, so mad thatwe're not actually roommates. - yeah, and it's--honestly,
it's a comedy channel,and then on thursdays, it's, like,a completely original sketch. - oh, i don't mean to interruptbut "allison's bachelorette" hit 1 million. - hey! that's cool.so now we have how many? we've had four videosthat have hit 1 million. - correct.- which is not a lot. i think in terms of money,
subscribers are sort ofmore important to get us a branded deal, but we also have edgy content,so a lot of brands don't want to associatewith that. - very funny that theyconsider edgy to be, like, cursing and also, like, that we talk about sex. - okay, but what elsewould it mean? like, just showing sex?- like, murder.
like, showing murder or,like, actual pornography. - like, violence.- violence. i don't know.it's, like, very weird to me. there's entire companiesthat have $50 million to do what we're doingas a-- as a two- to three-personendeavor with zero dollars. - marvin is here.- i'm here. - hey.- sorry i'm so late. - that's okay.- i'm so unprofessional.
- this is the wider shot?- this is the wide shot, yeah. two seconds. see, this is the problemwith being a one-man band. - the hardest part about being ayoutuber is having a new outfit to wear every [bleep] video. - yeah.that's true. we just had a whole thingabout if we've worn this before. i give up.i've worn this shirt. - i'm not making enough money tohave a new outfit twice a week.
- i know another youtuber thatwould just come in all the time, and i would see the tagswhen i was mic-ing her. [both gasp] so she would buy new clothesall the time and then return it. - nobody you think is successful actually feels as successful as you think they are. if you're famous,you must have money. that's what fame means.fame means being rich. and maybe it used to mean that,
but it doesn't meanthat anymore. i have no money. i did the red carpet for the "paper towns" tour, and i had $80 to my name. i'm constantly trying to, like, make money or figure outhow to make money. you know, pay for stuff, pay rent. so i do a courier servicewhich is an app that people hire youto go do stuff for them.
we have received a job request, and my job request isto go get a burrito for this person from chipotle. and they give you a timer, so if you don't finish it in 50 minutes, you're in trouble. i also freelance write. if i have a freelancewriting gig, i won't need to do postmates. it's, like, it's this. it's freelance writing.
it's freelance acting. a lot of artists do this kind of thing. the only difference is gettingrecognized and stopped when you're on a, you know,you're on the clock. so there's, like, occupational hazard. you're not gonna be ableto be like, "i'm sorry. "i was gettingstopped for pictures which is why your burritois five minutes late." wanted to order a burrito.
- what? - i'm from youtube, yeah. - oh, my gosh. did you guys hear that?hi. - sure.yeah. like, i'm not making this up. it's very weird. - i watch her videos a lot,and i think she's hilarious. thank you.- no problem. okay. and now we have 18 minutes to deliver a burrito.
in a job that requires,one, being in public, and two, getting placeswithout interruption on time, not ideal to be stopped. and also, you know,just humiliating. it's fine. did you tell himwhat i was doing? - yeah. - you said i wasdelivering for-- - oh, no, no. i said--i saidyou're in a documentary.
- you didn't say i was doing--i had a job? - no.- okay. is that weird that i'm, like, embarrassed that youwould've told him? - no, i didn't makechit-chat with him. i just asked him, you know,how he knew you. - no, yeah.no, i know. but, like, the ideaof being, like, "oh, my god. "i stopped her when, you know,
she was working"is embarrassing. i feel like i've never-- i've never had as much moneyas i've been successful. and then, you log into youtube, and there's people in the comments being like, "you're wealthy," and they could not have been more wrong. like, whenever you post a branded video where they would go,
"oh, got to get thatyoutube money. "you guys are sellouts. "like, ugh.a sponsored video? like, [bleep] you." and i'd be like,"no, [bleep] you!" okay.i'll be right back. 7222 [speaks indistinctly]. you have to seem likeyou've struggled in the past, but you can't currentlybe struggling.
and then you don't want to,like, bum people out. success!$6! that guy, by the way,that i delivered to, could not have cared lesswho i was. - good morning, guys.it's wedding day. - i'm getting married today! whoo! [laughing] - i feel a vlogis whatever you want to make it.
if you want it to bea highlight reel of your life or relationship,then that's your vlog. - my last name's gonna be alli trippy. i'm gonna be alli trippyin, like, three hours. - so that's a decision i made,and i still stick by it. - you may kiss each other. [cheers and applause] - we filmed getting married,you know, 'cause that'sa huge part of your life.
- okay, guys.so big day. charles and alli wedding. - last night,i crowned myself prematurely, the king of the dance floor. - it's ridiculous. every single person had a camera, and a lot of peoplethere were daily vloggers or just wanted to make a vlogfor the wedding. - we're at the wedding now.- today, i'm hanging out with gina!yeah!
from "prankvsprank,"and we're here at the wedding, and we're about to get started. - we were excited to see, you know, kind of the crossover traffic. everybody loved to have people share and have people goto each other's channels, and i feel like that wasa really good opportunity to sort of rekindle that, like, community feelingof this really big event.
- mr. and mrs. charles! - i don't know if it was big to a lot of other people, but it was big to me. - ♪ the dreams you've dreamed ♪ ♪ all come true ♪ ♪ but whoa, oh, oh ♪ ♪ whoa, oh, oh ♪ ♪ they go ♪ ♪ you want to give up ♪
♪ the love ♪ you know, there's high points. there's low points every--in everyone's life. but we kind of made the mistakeof not including real life. over the course of years, i think a lot of people lost perspective of vlogs because they're literally only watching 10 to 15 minutes of my lifethat day. there's 24 hours in a day.
you're seeing 10 to 15 minutes. how much are you missing? - there were times when we wanted to absolutely kill each other. we were both just, like,balls-to-the-wall crazy. and then we need to vlog. vlogging, in the beginning,was sort of in our control. and now i sort of feellike it almost controls us. - [singing "jaws" theme]
- go away! - people think that vlogging is personal and honest because it's just you staring into a camera, but you're editing it, so it's not actually just mestaring into a camera. it's me staring into a camera and choosingwhat i'm going to say, and then choosinghow i'm going to say it. - the question, "is youtube real life?
is vlogging real life?" it depends on the vlogger. you see exactlywhat we want you to see. nothing more, nothing less. - can you be a brand and have the internet audiencesee your worst? because your worst happens. you're lying if you're notputting your worst out there. - i think people want you to be,you know, as real as you'd beto a friend, you know?
[dramatic electronic music] - hey, guys. so we kind of needto have a little conversation. i don't really knowhow to do this or say this. so basically, what's going on is that over the past couplemonths, actually, few months, alli and i have just not beengetting along. we just haven't been happy.been arguing a lot more. so we both decided that itwas unfair for both of us to keep moving this direction
if we're both unhappyand stressed, so we decidedthat we will be separating. - okay. all the ctfxc peoplethat watch my vlogs also, what the hell is going on? charles and alliare getting a divorce. what? - ugh.i'm really, really depressed. - it is a real shock,to be real honest with you.
- this one--this one broke my heart. - it's very hard for me.- i'm so bummed. - they were, like,my role models, and i never thought thatthey would be the kind of people to get a divorce. - damn. of course it's somethingto be sad about. - i don't really know what to dowith myself right now. i don't even knowwhy i care so much.
- we're not disappointed in you. we're disappointedin the situation. - it doesn't seem real. - all of us, not just brands,not just entertainers, but all of us have to figure outa way to be a self online if we want to be online. how do i pull backthe parts of myself that i don't want to share? this is a life question,
this is a business question anybody who wants to be in this digital space is gonna have to answer for themselves. - hi. so today in front of me,i have an easy-bake oven. - celebratory seven out of ten. [speaking backwards] celebratory seven out of ten. no. six out of ten. wait, i have to try another bite.
what were we expecting? - something better. what would you-- - what were you expecting? - something better. - what were you expecting? - something better. - well, that was fun. oh, shoot.is my computer gonna crash? okay.just crashed. why is it doing this?
after i edit something, the last thing i want to do is do it again which is one of the biggestthings that i hate about, like, doing cuts for brands and stuff'cause you have to, like, send over a cut,and if they don't like it, you have to touch it upand fix something. so you're just editingthe same video again, and it's just, like, a pain.
this is honestly-- i think this is-- this is the baneof my existence. if you have a good understandingof what this world is, if you understandthat the digital space is much likethe traditional space, it's a business. and you have to advertise.you have to market. you have to do it all yourself. and then i'm justhoping that it saved.
and that's, like,really cool because there's not many 17 year olds that can say that they'refull-time employed and they're self-employed. i am my own boss. so i uploaded this one an hour ago. it's at, like, 25k-ish views. the entire idea of views is based on what your titleand what your thumbnail.
this site tracksthings like here. these are my dips. because the summer,you go through this thing where you're, like, at the max because everyone's offfrom school. everyone's watchingyoutube until september when everyonegoes back to school. it's just really analytics. - if you can read analytics in a sophisticated way,
it can help you figure outthose little things that you can be choosingto change to make yourselfa better vlogger. things like how far into thevideo are these users getting? maybe i need to speed up the way i talk or maybe i need to talkwith a little bit more volume or--you know,little things like that are the things that you can change so that that endgamegets bigger and bigger.
- i've been watchingmy live subscribers for the past few minutes, and every time i gain a few,i just lose a bunch. this is a live subscriber count, so it kind of just trackshow many subscribers you gain, whatever you lose. it's updated every two seconds. it's interesting to watchwhen you upload a new video because you'll loseor gain a few.
it's, like,a scary thing to look at, so i try not to look at that. it's kind of a sad, sad thing 'cause you can't reallymake videos that you want, like, where i can really show what i can do. check out what was leftat our house. i'm hovering. i could spend one day making a video doing girl products, and chances are the video will do four times better
than the short film. it's kind of a sad thingthat we have to deal with, but this is all a business. so i took the pregnancy testand, surprisingly, not pregnant. whoo.okay. i think we allexpected that, right? well, this is a video. - trixin is the name of our clothing company. we like to say that we're,
you know, clothing madeby creators for creators. we see ourselves as, like,the clothing company of youtube. hey, everybody. all right!let's get this thing started! - yeah!- let's hear it! yeah! all right, so welcometo trixin clothing. so a lot of people would say it was not wiseto open our first brick-and-mortar store in a mall.
let's do this. all right.wait. hold on. social media break! but that mall iswhere my grandpa started his clothing company, and what a better way to say,"thanks, grandpa"? cut it!yeah! - the line startsright over there, okay? nice and easy, guys.nice and easy.
- i see shay's videosevery day. - every day?he'll be happy to hear that. - thank you.- thanks, guys. thanks for coming.- can you sign here? - meeting shay, it was kind of surreal. i mean, you know,you kind of think about it's just another person, but it's somebodythat you watch, like, every day. - well, they are true to their beliefs.
they love their families, and i think it's easy to forget how important familyis in this world. - i'm gonna bite your faceoff now. - they're kind of likemy own family and, like, my husband and him have pretty similarsense of humor, so... - daxton, we're cutting you off,dude. put the bottle down.
- but it's fun to see thatand be like, "yeah. you guys could be good friends."[laughs] - i don't think there's a lotof good family orientation on, like, tvs nowadays, and so that's why we likewatching the shaytards and everythingbecause they promote family. - what's going on?what's your name? - josie.- hi. do you watch our videos? - yes.- we watch your videos a lot.
- you do?give me five. you're awesome.- a lot. - thank you.[laughs] - she's crying, so i was like, "you can sign the boardif you don't cry." - and then we took that picture.- here you go. how long have you beenwatching our videos for? - so long.- really? - like, years.
- i'm exhausted. like, if i just stand here, i'll just meet peopleall night long. it's hard for meto not be shay carl. hi.remember me? thanks for comingto the trixin store. and not know-- have the grand-- my first and only program director.
very excited. hello. dude, where are you even pointing the camera? it's hard to vlog every day. like, just getting the footageand being, you know, energetic and, you know, trying to keep people's attention, it's very--it's very tough. we're exhausted. - in z-103.
- i'm just seeing what camera you're using. - you're gonna steal my-- so i just got this emailfrom smosh. they are celebrating theirten-year anniversary on youtube. they've been making videoson youtube for a decade, and so they're havinga bunch of our friends, youtubers, be in cameos, like, for all of, like,their most popular videos. so one of the videosthey've made that's done well
is this charactercalled boxman. so i'm just gonna shoota quick clip to send to them, and i'm gonna go dancewith my kids. hey, will you guys help me shoota video real quick? get some of these boxes.what's in this box? - can i have that one?- yeah. here, put that on your head. okay, here. - we definitely get criticizedfor "exploiting" our children.
- hold still, boxman. - i don't feel like we are, and it's one thing that-- it's been a family adventurefor all of us. - okay, on the count of three,everybody together. one, two, three. now watch me weave. now watch me nay-nay. i've used the examplein the past that, you know, if your dad is a cow farmer,
you got to get up and milkthe cows in the morning. boxman! that kid didn't get a choice whether he could milkthe cows or not, so you're shay carl's kid. get in front of the cameraand be cute. the kids are dancing! boxman!okay. i'm gonna go edit that to video.
we'll see what we got. talk to me for a minute. they do want to do videos. they definitely are youtubersat heart just from watching us, but i want themto ease into it, right? i want them to make surethey're making a wise decision, so i'm gonna make 'em waittill they're 13. it's tough. it really is. like, i don't think people understand
how difficult it isto open yourself on camera knowing that anybodyin the world could critique the idea that you're just aboutto bring forth. like, that's a scary propositionto be like, "tell me something that's deepor an idea that you have, "and then let's let the entireworld rip it apart. go." - it's a lot more workthan you think.
it takes a lot of talentto understand when the camera comes onand when it doesn't, and figuring outwhat is your life and what part of your life belongs to your audience, it's a whole life question because it turns out you're neverjust deciding for yourself. you're decidingfor all the people who are close to youin your life as well. - ♪ i had a daydream of you ♪
♪ i found a diamond in the mud ♪ ♪ i found a house built for two ♪ - did you bring two gopros or one? - one.- i think one's fine. - it never hurtsto have more than-- - then grab--you wantto grab another one? you don't have to bringthe stick, though, for it, char. - no?- no, i don't think so. - ♪ do, do, do, do, do ♪
- when charles and i first started dating, i did not want to be in the vlogs. i was a private person. i liked keeping my life private. honestly, i was just a girlwho met a boy, and we liked each other, and i thought we were just gonnabe dating like a normal couple. i honestly didn't even knowthat he did youtube. - good morning, guys.
ventura, california,and look who's here. we got squiggles, aka allie. she's here for her first show,this first time in the videos. - yes.- say hi. - hi. - it was a shit storm. everyone's calling hera home-wrecking whore, a slut. rumors after rumors about cheating and lying, and it wasn't true.
it was, like, it was terrible. some people thinkthat this is the reason why the separationand the divorce is happening is because of cheating, and i just want to make surethat that is 100% not the reason at all, and i just want everyoneto be respectful and kind of cease this little witch hunt,you know what i mean?
because i feel it's kind ofgotten out of hand. during that situation, the ctfxc took a huge hit. people felt it was necessary to unsubscribe. it was betrayal. i felt really betrayed. it was, like, one of thesesituations to where you, like, gave everythingfor six years of your life, every year, two brain surgeries, deaths in the family,everything. you filmed everything,
and then all of a sudden,you're the enemy. - when i came in,things started to change, so i feltlike it was my fault why. there was all the negative now, you know? negative came when i came, so... [chuckles] - so we're on our way to go ridesome ponies or horses, i guess. things are slowly getting backto where it's normal,
and it didn't need to be a situation to where it needed to explode. - you ready? - do it one more time.i wasn't ready for you. all right, let's see if i canget a better idea over here. - sometimes i get scared thatwe're gonna forget to live in the moment,not behind a screen. come here.[smooching] ooh, yes.ready?
- hold on. wait.hold on. - char, i don't wantto tease the horse. - i know, but i got to--the whole point is, like-- - oh.[laughs] no more. it might bea little bit hard filming. - i'll figure it out.- i'm talking about me. - [sighs] i really do. i really wishi could take some days off because it's a lot of work.
- it's all right, gypsy. - can you shorten that at all? - yes, i can.- go ahead and shorten that 'cause she's not gonna likethat coming up between her ears. - all right, horse.we're gonna be friends. - charles,i can't do this with a camera. this is not gonna work for me. - this is gonna be the mostchallenging vlog i think i've ever done.- i'm a little bit nervous.
i'll be really honest. - all right. we ready to go?- yeah. gypsy's the shit. just follow her. - oh, she's pooping! - ugh, that's why.it's literally the shit. - charles trippy became a victimof the very thing he had built, and then he survived it. that's the partthat's really interesting. he just kept going.
- he kept telling his story just like he didwhen he had his tumors. he kept working through that, and that's what'sso special about him. - go.go, go, go, go. oh, no. - ♪ we cross the state lines ♪ ♪ we cross them fast ♪ ♪ i know just what i left behind ♪
- there's moments where the camera becomes intrusive in the moment. me and colette will be like,"you know what? let's just havethis moment for ourselves." you know, when daxton'sdoing something cute or saying something cute,we're like, "oh, where's the camera?we should get the camera." but sometimes we forceourselves to not film it. - ♪ i was right the first time ♪
♪ i was right the last ♪ - i ask myself, like, how long cani keep filming my family? and that isthe ultimate question, like, well,you've done it for seven years. how long are you gonna do it? and our audience is like,"never stop." like, they want to watchthe kids get married. and i just--i don't knowthe answer to that.
i don't know. i think about it18 times a day though. okay, guys.happy valentine's day. we're here with my mom and dad,and we got strawberries. to me, what i always have to protect is family. i'm a husband very first. and i'm a dad and, to me, keeping that familyis the most important thing. all right.so talk to me.
who has official valentines? - oh, i want to hearhow their day went. - and why are you raising yourhand so quickly, young lady? do you think you'll marry him? - moving back to idaho, it was almost kind of like, you know, coming back victorious, you know? like, we moved to l.a.,everybody called me crazy. "what are you doing?"
okay, so the ladiesare filming here from the mountains of idaho now. to, like, i sold my company,and i moved back. it did feel gratifying. [cow moos] come on into vlog entertainment. this is the studio. we've just finished remodeling. we got all these lights put in.
this is gonna be a set, so what they're shootingdown there at "the mom's view," eventually they're gonna shootup here once we build the set. i want to have the same capacityor the same, you know, ability to shoot whatever we need herein the mountains of idaho that we might need to goto a studio somewhere in l.a. to shoot. to be able to put into wordswhat vlogging and what
youtube has done for my life, for my family tree for generations to come, it's all different. everything has changedbecause of youtube. - i've been doing this for three years, and i'm getting to a point where talking once a week about a productor talking once a week about something that issuper planned sometimes
isn't what i want to do. i'm gonna to try to do something that i've never done before. and hopefullyyou guys enjoy it. i want to be able to talkabout things that are personal. and i have my friend, liam,from out of town. and, of course, luke. so we'regoing up to runyon canyon. - ♪ something's not right ♪ ♪ things are alive ♪
♪ and run around ♪ - me doing girl productsand at the end, going, "by the way, guys,i had this problem this week. i didn't feel great."it doesn't make sense. i want to be able to tryto do vlogs like shay and ctfxc and like that because, one,i can be more creative with, and two, i can talk aboutwhatever i want to talk about. so now we're at the top, but i don't thinkwe can even see anything.
- i want to change. i want to evolve on my channel.i want things to be different. it just--it's healthier. luke. - yeah?- how do you like the view? - a good, solid8 1/2 out of 10. - people that i watched from the very beginning are the peoplethat are inspiring my little walk backwards
into taking my camera and just being a human being and just capturing momentsof being a human being. you guys ready to head back? - yeah, let's do it.- let's go. - hi.how are you doing? - good. really, really good.- yeah? - [laughs]that's awesome. - thank you for that'cause it's been, like,
such a huge thing in my life that has really helped mekeep going. - i am so happy to hear that.happy you're doing really well. - yeah, me too.- bring it in. i hope you enjoy the show too. - oh, always. - ♪ when heaven seemsso far away ♪ ♪ and dreams are just a memory ♪ ♪ without the darkthe light won't show ♪
♪ remember thatyou're not alone ♪ ♪ when you watch the worldjust turn away ♪ ♪ and break the promisesit made ♪ ♪ when love is all too hardto hold ♪ ♪ just take a breathand let it go ♪ - damn!this is a good show! - ♪ whoa, oh, whoa, oh, oh ♪ ♪ whoa, oh, whoa, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪ ♪ whoa, oh, whoa, oh, oh ♪
♪ just keep breathing ♪ - hello, everyoneand welcome to today's vlog. guess where i am. - what's so great aboutyoutube is that it's a place where you can watcha ridiculous cat video that was filmed on someone's,like, nokia flip phone. you can watch shay's babybeing born. [all speaking at once] life-changing things.
and there's roomfor all of that. - the reason youtube works, and thisis so counter-intuitive, is because it's not hollywood. - you can't understand it from the outside. you have to get an account.you have to be part of it. - and i love youtube. you get to hear all these different narratives from people, and everyone's able to showthat they actually exist.
i enjoy having sex.people enjoy knitting. like, everybody's got hobbies. and you can find peoplelike you. - this wand chose me. - you won't believe how happyi am right now. - we have mexico. we have france. we have germany. we have russia. i mean the world is so big, and we have all these people
all at once sharing each other's experiences. that is awesome, and it's literally changedeverything to do with my life. so today's gonna be the day iask my best friend to marry me. - i couldn't have scripted this. i could not have sat downand said, "what would bethe very best life?" and, like, imagined this. we're in the white house.
the white house. george bush's dogwas in this house. - are you nervous?are you excited? stop licking me in the face. - ♪ just keep breathing ♪ - [spits] was that an intelligent wayto end that? - bye.- thumb up the video. subscribe if you're new.
- thank you guysso much for watching. - i love you and moosh.- bye. - have a great day.- just keep it real. - see you soon.- stay gorgeous. - and finally,take risks. don't be afraid to fail.not when you're driving. not driving.that has nothing to do with it. - [scoffs] - all right. that was a blast!we had a good time.
- bye.- over and out. - we will see you guystomorrow as always. - see you guys next week. hi. so today i've spent the dayfilming with "vlogumentary" which is an entire documentarybased on vloggers. this is our director, matthew.- hi, guys. - so everyone keeps askingabout "vlogumentary." this is--this is perfect 'causewe got the guys right here. - hey.- right here.
- i got colette onthe phone too. babe-- - hey, colette.- hold on. colette, say hito morgan spurlock. - hello? - what? - what? what?what? - youtube, hey. it's me, bob. i'm doing a project on vloggingand i've never vlogged. - shay is withthe "vlogumentary" crew
doing some shotsfor the documentary. i hear peopleare waiting outside. hi! - this is for the movie. do youguys want to be in the movie? movie time. - oh, hey, friends.this is my first vlog. i'm not really surehow to do this. do i look--do i look over there? - happy valentine's day,everybody.
oh, look, there's a documentarycamera crew here. movie's coming out soon,everybody. keep your eyes peeled.i'm so excited! - this is vasco, our awesome dp.- hi, everybody. - he's way taller than me,so i can't do this quite in a two-shot. - okay, great.can i-- hello?[car horn honks] why are you honking?
- insert the ticket barcode up.- but i did. - time for a vlogging meeting.- vlog meeting. vlog meeting.you're late, young man. - last one in, first one out.- having fun there, nerd? just ignore all the cameras. - i always think it's,like, awkward, like, filmingwhen you're eating. this is, like, so unattractive.it's like-- - this is the first time i'vebeen mic-ed up while eating.
- all the sound guys hear is-- - part of me wants to be,like, really obnoxious about it, but the gentleman that'slistening [speaks indistinctly]. - oh, my god.i have so much work to do. working, working, working. i work so much that sometimes, like, i think i'm becoming the characters i work on. what is this? - what is this?- okay, okay.
i'm losing my mind. - yum, yum, yum, yum,yum, yum, yum, yum, yum! bob's vlogs! - or am i?- "please insert your"-- like, put this in again?[car horn honks] don't honk at me.i don't know what i'm doing. this is getting--okay, great.i have no idea. it's not letting me out,and i paid, so i don't know.i got to back up.
- all right, wait.put your butt up, and then on three, fall down. that means you.[laughs] - oh, what?- ready? one, two, three, go. - hi! i've partnered upwith selfiemark, a new app that i don't even knowwhat i'm talking about. i have offic--i have officially partnered up.
okay, shut up, mikey. - all right, guys.so the crew is here, and they're directingand setting up everything. trying to figure outwhat's going on, and i figured i'd, you know,do some vlogging right now since they're herefor "vlogumentary." so you guys figuring outthe shots? right there?[all speaking at once] - we have no shade.
- documentary crew iscoming today. they're gonna filmus a little bit. - i do?- do some interviews and stuff. - yeah. we're getting close.- bye. - we'll be done by april.- bye. no.we're not saying bye yet. we're saying hi. - yeah. oh, i just paidand did the whole thing. i have my receipt right here,and it didn't move.
nope.didn't move. - did you press the help button?- yup. - okay, just don't hitthe camera please. - one of these times,he's gonna forget to say that, and we're all gonna get-- - okay.- don't hit ted, either. - yeah. don't hit ted either.- are you ready? - okay, who's callingthe sequencing? - let's just say, "fire."
one, two, three, fire. [thudding] - take that,old business trailer! my hands are cold. - yeah.- can you see me? - yeah.- hey, guys. - you're, like, right inmy neck like a disease. i'm blurred out enoughwhere it's okay. - i have, like, eternal--- huh?
- i'm blurred out enoughwhere it's okay. - you're just a personin the background. - no, it'll be, like,a subliminal message. - what, "subscribe to luke"?- yeah. - so the last couple of vlogshave been pretty interesting. obviously, we have to bedoing daily videos and just the whole,like, documenting. it's kind of, like, super vlog-ceptionbecause as you can see,
there's a cameraman filmingfor the movie, and yeah. so it's kind of one of thosethings usually when people, you know, film for movies,you can't really, you know, film as they're filming,but you can't really do that when you do, like,the daily video. you can't really exclude that. - jose, we're vlogging.- vlogging? hey.i'm not late. - last day, right?- yeah. last day.
- last day.usc campus. - professor vlogat your service. - hey, morgan.- are you done? - no.- you need to get back in there. - oh, okay. - that was actuallysurprisingly easy. - all right, bodhi, i'm about to be finishedwith editing "vlogumentary." what do you think about it?
[dog howls] - hi, i paid.this is my receipt. it didn't open. it's not--i paid for it. i did everything correctly,and it's not letting us out. - that's a wrapon mikey murphy, everybody. - whoo-hoo! - we did it. - exciting that "vlogumentary"
is getting moreand more and more done. - yeah. it's so awesome.- yeah. the camerasare just getting bigger. - i know. we were just talking about how,like, the camera that char got for mefor christmas was big. nope.a lot bigger. a lot bigger than ours.- this is good. it's not like i have 20 minutesto deliver this burrito, so...
ooh, 19 minutes. thank you! - beautiful sunset, everybody. - oh! - i feel like i'm onthe top of the world.
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[intro music] hi guys, i'm laura vitale and on this episodeof laura in the kitchen i'm bringing you a doughnut recipe! i've been having these requestedhere for so, so long. i'm making jelly doughnuts! they're easy, they're a crowd pleaser, andi love them! i love doughnuts, i only make them once in a while, it's really not somethingi buy often, i just really enjoy making them and eating them fresh, so i figured todaywas the day because i wanted some jelly doughnuts! the ingredients you'll need to make the donutsare very few and basic, you'll need all purpose flour, a pinch of salt, i've got some meltedvegetable shortening and some melted unsalted
butter, an egg, some milk that's been warmedup and i've got some sugar and some yeast. that's it! let's get started. we're going to get goingon activating the yeast. i've got my milk here, about 110 degrees fahrenheit. i'm going to sprinkle over my yeast and i'malso going to feed it by giving it a teaspoon of sugar. mix that around and i'm going to set thataside for several minutes or until the yeast is - you'll be able to smell it when it'sactivated and it gets all foamy and bubbly on top and that's when you know that you areready to get going.
mix your salt with your flour, so that that'scompletely ready to go. and now in this bowl, this - i'm going tomake this in my standing mixer because it does need to knead for a while, so in thebowl of my standing mixer, i'm just going to add my vegetable shortening that i've melted. i popped that right into the microwave, alongwith my unsalted butter. and then i'm going to add in my egg, and thisis really my all-purpose, like plain donut dough. it just works really, really well andmy glazed donut recipe - this is the same dough i used, i just doubled the batch wheni did those. but, it's just really perfect, it works really,really well, and if it ain't broke, don't
fix it! so i'm just going to give these a quick littlemix, i'm going to clean up, wait for my yeast to activate, and then we'll put the wholething together. we'll get it kneading, and we'll be that much closer to getting theseready to eat! you can see my yeast is activated and it'ssuper important when you're working with a yeast dough that your yeast is activated.so often, whether it's a doughnut recipe or my cinnamon rolls, or any dough that requires- any dough that's a yeast dough, i get so many e-mails from people saying that the doughdidn't work out, it's really hard and didn't rise. and chances are it's because your yeastis not activated.
and that can be a number of factors that canmake that happen, i mean, your liquid, in this case might not be hot enough, might betoo hot and kill the yeast, or the yeast might be expired. so, you need to be careful and make sure youryeast is activated, that way you will get a great dough every single time. i've added my yeast mixture, i'm adding myflour and just kind of giving this a quick stir with my spatula right before i put it- i get it to kneading. i'm going to put my dough hook on and i'mgoing to knead this on medium speed for about, i'd say, 5-6 minutes, you want a really nicesmooth dough, and it should only take about
5-6 minutes. so i'm going to put this on, lift it up, andlet it go! my dough was kneading for about 5 minutes,and it's exactly how i want it, it's nice and smooth. it looks like a little on the tacky side,but it's not sticking to me as you can see. but that's what i want, now i have my bowlhere - that's the bowl i had my flour in and i oiled it with just a little bit of vegetableoil, and just taking my dough scraper. now, i'm making a smaller batch, i halvedthe recipe in half because it's just my husband and i, and i don't want to make too, too manydonuts because i will eat them! hah!
so i'm just going to make some, and then i'mactually going to take these to - we're having a little get together tonight with friends,so i'm going to take them there. i oiled the top as well with whatever wasleft over on my pastry brush, and now i'm going to cover this with plastic wrap andstick it somewhere warm, i"m just going to put it in my microwave, with the microwaveturned off, for about an hour or so, you want this to double in size, and when it's there,we'll get going on rolling and cutting, and moving forward! my dough is about doubled in size, now thistook a couple of hours, and it can take up to three hours, so do not panic if it's notdoubled in an hour, just give it some time
and make sure the spot is nice and warm. i'm going to set that aside, i have a bakingsheet here with a piece of parchment paper and i've put a little bit of flour down, andnow i'm going to take more flour and sprinkle my board, i do have a fish spatula here becauseit's got a nice flat edge, it's going to be just the thing i need to lift my doughnuts,once i cut them, and i have a three and a half inch biscuit cutter, or you can use whateveryou've got that's round, use that. okay, going to just deflate my dough. just like that. and then i need to get it all out of here.
just pull this together with my hands, andyou can stretch it out with your hands if you want to, i'm going to take a rolling pinand just get this out to about a half an inch thick, now remember that i did cut the doughin half because i don't want to make too, too many, because this girl will eat themall. but you will have much more if you make thefull batch, which is completely up to you, so i'm just rolling this out and mushing itdown with my hand, and you can see i'm kind of flattening it, and then i'm also just gettingit to be as even as possible. i want this to be about half an inch thick. just going to take my biscuit cutter, i liketo dip it in flour, and then cut out my little
doughnuts. it's that simple! now, i'm going to cover these with a lint-freekitchen towel, and i'm going to stick them somewhere warm again, and they need to risefor about a half hour to an hour, or however long it takes for them to double in size. so, i'm going to put this right back there,it'll stay nice and warm, and in the meantime, i'm going to get a heavy skillet, or a heavypot, i'm going to fill it with some vegetable oil, and bring that up to temperature to cookthem in. they look gorgeous, you know just by lookingat them that they're going to be fluffy and
gorgeous. i do have some vegetable oil up to temperature,i have a large pan, really heavy bottom pan, halfway filled with oil. now, this is how i always tell it's the righttemperature. you put the end of a wooden spoon in, and i don't know if you can see, but there'slittle bubbles coming up. you see little bubbles around the base ofthat? that's how you know it's at the perfect temperature.if the bubbles are bubbling like ferociously, that means it's over 350f. you can use a thermometer if you want to.
have we met? hah! chances are, i"m not going to! chances are, i"m just going to wing it becauseit works, and it's just easy for me to remember. my grandma taught me that trick years ago,in fact if you watch our video of the graffe i made with her, of the italian donuts, shedoesn't use a thermometer either. so now i'm going to use my fish spatula becausei'm going to lift each one. and the reason i got a fish spatula is becausei can tap a little bit and the flour, the excess flour goes through the bottom of thefish spatula.
and i am going to just add them to my hotoil, you can see they are bubbling up really nicely. i am going to fry up just a few at a time,i don't want these to - i don't want the pan to be overcrowded. so i'm going to fry up about four at a time,and i also don't want the temperature of the oil to go down, and then we'll get reallysoggy and oily doughnuts. so i'm going to do four at a time, and i amgoing to cook these for about two minutes per side until they're a beautiful golden-browncolor. what i have here is a baking sheet that i'velined with some paper towels, because these
are going to need to - i'm going to put themon there so that the oil can kind of seep down into the paper towel. and then i have a shallow bowl here with somegranulated sugar, and i"m going to get some jelly ready and we'll get going to put themtogether. shouldn't take very long, should take a minuteor so per side, they're very quick to cook, and then i'll do the next batch and i'll meetyou back when they're all done! now, while the other batch is cooking up,i'm just taking the first batch that i just let sit on my paper towels for just a coupleminutes, and i'm dipping them in sugar. you want to do this relatively quickly, whilethey're still hot because that way the sugar
sticks. and then i always do it again after i pipethem with the jelly, but for now, i'm just going to continue to babysit the rest of themand then we'll fill them up. now, what i'm doing, and i've already donea few of them, i take one of these - i guess it's like a little lollipop stick or i thinkit's also known as a mini cake pop stick. one of these little things, you can but themanywhere. or any object in your house that looks likethis, hah! i take it, and i make a little, sort of alittle hole on one side, like that, and i kind of just wiggle it around.
this is how i do it, i am not a factory, thisis how it works for me. then i have a disposable piping bag with somestrawberry jelly in it - strawberry jam - anything - i wouldn't use preserves, because then itmakes it a little bit too difficult to come out of the tip. and then i just pipe it right in. and if a little bit comes out, perfectly fine! and i just continue to do them all, it shouldn'ttake long at all, you'll just take a couple of seconds. wow buddy!
they're delicious, and if you could just smellwhat i'm smelling in here, you would understand why i'm trying to hurry! they are all filled, and now what i do liketo do is, i just like to go in and dip the tops in a bit more sugar because i did disturbthem a bit as i was filling them, but whatever. i'm going to go right into it. i'm going togo with this one! hah, i'm so excited! anything on my face!? look! mmm.
mmm! life is sweet! pun intended. they are so much better than store-bought. i'm laughing at myself because i know i'mcovered in sugar. but that's okay. they are so much better than store-bought,they're fluffy, they're not too sweet, perfect amount of jelly. i mean nothing about these is bad, in anyway shape or form!
if you want to make some outrageously goodjelly doughnuts - i seriously feel like i've got stuff all over me! if you want to make some outrageously goodjelly doughnuts, go to laurainthekitchen.com, get this recipe, i'm telling you, it is perfection! make them, tag me in a picture, i would loveto see your re-creation, and i hope that you have enjoyed these as much as we do and iwill see you next time. bye!
