Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
User Reviews
4.9
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Cook Time
12 mins
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Additional Time
30 mins
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Servings
20 cookies
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Calories
302 kcal
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Course
Dessert, Baked Goods
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Cuisine
American
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Description
The recipe starts by browning butter in a saucepan until nutty aromas develop and browned bits appear, then cooling it to room temperature. Sugars are mixed into the browned butter before adding eggs and vanilla extract to create a flavorful dough base. Dry ingredients including flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt are whisked together before being combined with the wet ingredients to form the cookie batter.
Semisweet chocolate pieces are folded in for bursts of sweetness. The batter is scooped into portions and baked, resulting in cookies with a complex, toasted butter flavor, a chewy center, and slightly crisp edges, while the light sprinkling of sea salt offers a pleasant enhancement.
Notes suggest using a mix of light and dark brown sugars to balance flavor and color, or substituting with chocolate chips if preferred. Proper storage in an airtight container at room temperature keeps the cookies fresh for up to a week, and watching a video on browning butter can help those unfamiliar with the technique.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter cut into Tablespoon-sized pieces, unsalted
- 1 cup light brown sugar or dark brown sugar
- ⅔ cup white sugar
- 2 large egg room temperature
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 10 oz semisweet chocolate see note
- sea salt optional but so good!, flaky; for sprinkling
Instructions
How to Brown Butter (it's easy!)³
- Place butter in a medium-sized saucepan (preferably a light colored one--this will make it easier to tell once your butter has browned) and melt the butter over low/medium-low heat.
- Once melted, increase stovetop heat to just above medium heat.
- Swirl and scrape the sides of the pan constantly with a wooden spoon or heatproof spatula - butter will foam and pop. Once the this noise slows, you should notice brown bits beginning to form on the bottom.
- Once you notice browning (and you smell that beautiful nutty aroma of browned butter), remove from heat quickly and pour into a large, heatproof bowl.
- Allow butter to cool at room temperature until no longer warm to the touch before proceeding with the recipe.
Cookie Dough
- Once your butter has cooled, add sugars and stir well.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract and stir until dough is uniform.
- In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Gradually add the flour mixture to butter mixture, stirring until ingredients are completely combined.
- Add chocolate and stir well so that chocolate is well distributed through the batter.
- Cover cookie dough bowl with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
- About 15 minutes before dough has finished chilling/before you are ready to bake, preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Once dough has finished chilling scoop by about 2 Tablespoon-sized portions. Gently roll the dough between your palms so that you have a round ball, then place cookie dough at least 2" apart on prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake on 350F (175C) for 10-12 minutes or until edges are just beginning to turn golden brown (cookies should still be quite soft when you remove them from the oven, and may even appear slightly underbaked in center).
- Let cookies cool for about a minute then sprinkle lightly with flaky sea salt. Allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheet before removing, then enjoy!
Notes
- Mixing light and dark brown sugars balances cookie color and flavor; either can be used alone.
- You may substitute semisweet chocolate pieces with about 1 ¾ cups of chocolate chips.
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature to keep them fresh for up to one week.
- If new to browning butter, watch a demonstration video to learn the technique safely.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 20cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 302 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 302kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 38g | 13% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 15g | 23% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 44mg | 15% |
| Sodium | 155mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 144mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 23g | 46% |
| Vitamin A | 318IU | 6% |
| Calcium | 35mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.9
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