We Tried 9 Levain Cookie Recipes | The Pancake Princess

In this bake off, I baked 8 different Levain dark chocolate peanut butter cookie recipes in one day and tasted them alongside the original Levain, shipped in from New York!

We found a clear winner that looked almost identical to the original, but flavor-wise, I had two different favorites. The full breakdown, including the data analysis, will be live on my blog shortly!

Recipes (in order shown):
00:00​ Intro to the Levain Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Bake Off
10:40 Conclusion: my favorite cookie!

In case you're new here, in each bake off:
- I bake 9-12 different recipes in one day
- Samples of each get distributed to a team of 20-40 tasters
- Tasters rank each sample for flavor, texture and overall appeal
- We analyze the data and rank each cookie according to the scores!

[QuickQuix]

You are such an asset to all bakers, Pancake Princess! I am in awe of your dedication, attention to detail, skill and talent, and just plain hard work! Thank you so much.

[azayn]

Thank you for this video! There are so many copycat Levain recipes floating around that I didn’t know where to begin. You did a great job of breaking down the differences between all of these recipes.

[Panda-dses]

After actually viewing, I think the background music is too loud. I would also like the name of the recipe source on the corner of the screen as erika’s talking about them since for easy reference! Otherwise, awesome video and I hope to see more in the near future :)

[rachaelpetrie]

This is the best review of Levain cookie recipes out there! Thank you! I love the article on your blog, too. So happy for your success.

[yanqinli]

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[omaryousef]

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[Cleareye]

Excellent presentation. I appreciate that your hand gestures were subtle and not distracting as they are in so many videos these days,

[kagagnonful]

This is so great! I follow your blog but seeing these in your hands really helped to get a better idea of the difference between the cookies! Thanks!

[mwhitlow]

Thanks for all of your hard work. Your blog/channel and content are such great inspiration for anyone who loves to bake! I l'm always on the quest for the "best" version of any favorite dessert, and get so excited when you post a new bake-off. It is becoming a tradition to test every bake-off "winner." Excited to see the tres leches bake-off soon!

[holysmoker]

You are crazy 😜good

Thank you for doing all the hard lifting.

All those cookies looked incredible.

[kelly.desimas]

OMG yum!! I have only tried the A Bountiful Kitchen recipe....but now I'm going to try the Cake by Courtney one!! I am drooling already! Thank you for comparing all of these!

[gigalulmansur]

Love the idea behind this youtube channel. Finding the best recipes so we don't have to. Definitely will sub

[saharvarona]

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[cassidywade]

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[lushlava]

YAY!!! So glad you're on this platform. This is going to be great for you

[SamanthaMerrittEE]

Wow, we love her. Such humor, such baking, the apron, the cookies. Flawless. (Did I just write a haiku?)

[wingszechan]

I’ve been following your blog for some time now and they’re extremely informative and enjoyable to read!! I appreciate and love this so much!😍😍😍 can’t be more excited to see you post here more often!! ❤️❤️

[Joanne-veid]

I have been trying different copycat levain cookies recipes from Korean youtubers for the past few days, this video definitely save me the trouble from doing all the trial and error when I try western YouTubers next :) This came at a perfect time with a great description of the cookies you baked! I'm loving it! :D

[HavenUpsurge]

Heck yaaaa! I’ve followed your blog for awhile. When ever I need a new dessert recipe I check and see who won your bake off. Hyped for your YouTube channel

[victoriastarkey]

I’m so happy to see you on YouTube, this video was so well done! Absolutely love the editing and the overall aesthetic.