Best Browned Butter Cookies

Last week a girl friend of mine came over and we decided to bake some cookies after school so I looked up a recipe for brown butter chocolate chip cookies one of my YW leaders told me about. If these things are wrong I don't want to be right. I know this isn't a food blog but it would seriously be a crime not to share!!! They are TO DIE FOR.

 

Ingredients

• 1 cup (236 grams) unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup (100 grams) sugar
• 1 cup (215 grams) brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cup (300 grams) all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups (1 lb, 450 grams) semi-sweet chocolate chips
• Coarse salt, for sprinkling (optional)

 

Instructions

1. In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt the butter. Once melted, continue to cook until it turns golden brown. Swirl the pan occasionally if needed so that it browns evenly. Watch it fairly closely, as it can go from brown to burned quickly. When the color has turned golden, small flecks speckle the butter, and it has a nutty aroma, remove from heat and poor into a shallow dish. Chill in the fridge until it becomes solid. You want it to be soft, but not melted. If it cool too hard, let it come back to room temperature before using.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
3. Beat the brown butter, sugar, and brown sugar on medium high speed with an electric mixer until light and creamy, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing after each. Add the vanilla extract.
4. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Add the chocolate chips and mix until incorporated.
5. Spoon by the tablespoon onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving 2 inches in between each cookie. Sprinkle with coarse salt, if desired. Bake until golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes on the pan before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
6. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.

 

 

I have made these cookies twice since last week and they have turned out great every time! This recipe has made approximately 36 cookies each time and they are gone within hours at my house.

Granted I come from a family with a crazy sweet tooth.

But that doesn't matter because these cookies are just ridiculous!

 

If you have never browned butter before trying this recipe, like me, just do it! You will have to learn at some point or another and that is what really makes these cookies! It's time consuming but really, really worth it. They wouldn't be the same if the butter wasn't browned. And yes... when it is done it is supposed to look like this.

 

 

The gritty stuff in the bottom is what makes it mhm mhm good. It freaked me out at first though, but its totally normal. I would also suggest making the butter a couple hours ahead of time because it does take so gosh darn long. Cook it up and let it sit in the fridge to cool until you are ready to actually get the baking going.

 

 

I will make these cookies again and again until the day I die. I've already gotten the recipe memorized! Please help yourselves! Let me know how they turn out for you!

 

 

Love always, Lauren.