5 from 12 votes
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Brown butter chocolate chip cookies are game-changers. Period. When butter melts and cooks until its milk solids turn golden brown at the bottom of the pan, it creates incredible depth of flavor. Once you try these, you'll never be the same!
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings:
36
cookies
Calories:
129 kcal
Course:
Dessert, Baked Goods
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter 2 sticks
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- ⅔ cup dark brown sugar packed
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 egg large
- 1 egg large, yolk
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1½ cups semisweet chocolate chips or bittersweet chocolate chips or chopped pieces of a chocolate bar
- 1 cup pecans or walnuts, coarsely chopped
- sea salt like Maldon, to sprinkle on top, flaky
Instructions
Brown the Butter
Make the Cookie Dough
Bake the Cookies
Notes
- Measure flour precisely - Too much creates dry, cakey cookies instead of chewy ones with crispy edges. Ideally, use a kitchen scale.
- Don't skip chilling - This prevents spreading and develops flavor. The dough keeps well in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Add chocolate on top - Press extra chocolate chunks into dough balls before baking for bakery-style presentation.
- Slightly underbake - Pull cookies when centers look slightly underdone for perfectly chewy centers.
- Pan Bang - About 2 minutes before the cookies are finished baking, gently bang the pan on the oven rack to deflate, then continue baking. This gives them an even more beautiful texture and appearance!
Nutrition Information
Calories
129kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
14g
(5%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
(12%)
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Trans Fat
0.2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
24mg
(8%)
Sodium
99mg
(4%)
Potassium
32mg
(1%)
Fiber
0.4g
(2%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
172IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
0.04mg
(0%)
Calcium
11mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 36 cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 129
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 129kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 14g | 5% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 24mg | 8% |
| Sodium | 99mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 32mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 0.4g | 2% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 172IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 0.04mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 11mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.