Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter + 1-2 tablespoons extra
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup coconut sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups chopped chocolate
- flaky sea salt
Preparation
Preheat oven to 375F and line a cookie sheet
In a light colored ceramic or stainless steel pan over medium heat, melt butter & occasionally swirl the pan to be sure the butter is cooking evenly
The butter will get foamy as it melts and will get yellow, then golden and finally a toasty brown/tan color
Once you smell the nuttiness, remove from the heat and transfer to a measuring cup
It will yield less than what the you started with so add 1-2 tablespoons of butter to the brown butter to reach appropriate measurement for cookies
Let your brown butter cool and in a bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt
Once the butter is slightly cooled whisk in the sugar, then whisk in the egg & vanilla
Fold dry ingredients into wet until no flour remains and then fold in chopped chocolate
Roll the dough into 2 tablespoon size balls and press flat slightly
Place on a baking sheet 3 inches apart, cover, and place in fridge for 15 mins
Transfer to oven and bake 10-12 minutes, taking out halfway through to tap sheet pan on counter a couple times
Remove from oven when the edges are beginning to set and golden and middle is slightly doughy
If the cookies are still slightly bubbly when you take out of oven, give it another tap on the counter
