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Message: [QUOTE="Norcalbaker59, post: 44440, member: 2340"] Yes, I found it very odd that he states at the very beginning that the key is the sugar must be dissolved, and that the whole reason the eggs and sugar is whipped is to dissolve the sugar. But then does not use it. And he is correct that bakers on the internet are incorrect as to why it works. But every professional baker know why. And my guess is he is a scammer. That he in fact did more research and found an article or recipe by a professional baker that explained the eggs and sugar are beaten to dissolve the sugar and why. But given the internet is full of the wrong information, it was an opportunity for him to make a video and claim he ran a boat load of experiments and discovered the secret is to dissolve the sugar—cuz how is anyone going to know. Bakers like me aren’t going to be watching someone like him. As for his conclusions as to why the skin forms, his conclusions aren’t based on any good science. None of his experiments were controlled. He used volume not metric weight. He did not factor for any of the differences in ingredients. We don’t know if the four he used was the same brand; what level of protein; whether he used bleached or unbleached flour; whether the batches were made from flour from the same lot; same batch. We don’t know if the eggs were from the same producer; same dozen. There’s so many variables that we don’t know about. The only thing we know for sure is this guy used zero controls. So his conclusions mean absolutely nothing other than he has an opinion as to why he thinks the skin forms. This is a run of the mill brownie recipe, with one exception, it has a mix of dark brown and granulated sugars. According to that guy, this recipe should not form a skin, should not crinkle on top, and should not be shiny because there is too much water from the egg and it has brown sugar in it. I just mixed this together off the top of my head...now if I can do this in five minutes without much thought, I would not give much credence to his conclusions. [ATTACH type="full"]3746[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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