Brown Sugar Cookies
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Additional Time
45 mins
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Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
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Servings
16 cookies
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Calories
279 kcal
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Course
Dessert, Baked Goods
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Cuisine
American
Brown Sugar Cookies
Description
This recipe uses melted and cooled butter combined with tightly packed brown sugar to form the dough base, yielding a caramel-like flavor and moist texture. Eggs and vanilla extract add moisture and aroma, while flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder, and salt are whisked together and gradually incorporated to provide structure and a slight chewiness.
Chilling the dough for at least 45 minutes firms it up, ensuring controlled spreading during baking at 350°F. Cookies are rolled into roughly 2-tablespoon balls, coated in granulated sugar to create a sparkling, lightly crisp outer layer, and spaced appropriately on baking sheets.
Baked until just set and slightly underbaked in the center, these cookies maintain a soft, tender crumb once cooled. The balance of ingredients and preparation produces a cookie that is rich without being dense, with a pleasing tender chew and sweet brown sugar flavor.
Variations in using half dark and half light brown sugar can affect flavor depth, favoring either more molasses sweetness or lighter caramel tones according to preference.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter melted and cooled at least 10 minutes or until nearly back to room temperature, about 10 minutes, unsalted
- 1 ¾ cup brown sugar tightly packed
- 1 large egg room temperature preferred, egg and 1 egg yolk
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- granulated sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Combine your melted (and cooled) butter and sugar in a large bowl and stir until well-combined.
- Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and stir well.
- In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add dry ingredients to wet and mix until combined.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and transfer to the refrigerator to chill for at least 45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper (if you don't have parchment paper, bake directly on an ungreased cookie sheet).
- Once oven has preheated, remove your chilled cookie dough from the refrigerator and roll dough into approximately 2-Tablespoon-sized scoops. Roll gently to form a ball and roll through granulated sugar until completely coated with sugar.
- Place on prepared cookie sheet (space cookies at least 2" apart).
- Bake on 350F (175C) for 11-12 minutes. The centers of the cookies may still seem slightly underbaked -- allow cookies to cool completely on cookie sheet to finish cooking there, cookies will be too fragile to move while hot.
Notes
- You may use all light, all dark, or a mix of dark and light brown sugar, which will influence the cookies’ flavor depth.
- Chill the dough to control spread and help develop flavor before baking.
- Rolling dough balls in granulated sugar adds a crisp, textured exterior to the finished cookies.
- These cookies bake best on parchment paper but can also be baked on ungreased cookie sheets if needed.
- Remove from oven when centers look slightly underdone to maintain a soft interior after cooling.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 16cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 279 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 279kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 41g | 14% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 12g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 42mg | 14% |
| Sodium | 174mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 76mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 23g | 46% |
| Vitamin A | 371IU | 7% |
| Calcium | 34mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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