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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brown butter helps give these Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies their nutty flavor and ooey gooey melt in your mouth texture!
5 from 3 votes
Prep 10 minutes
Cook 10 minutes
chill 2 hours
Total 2 hours 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 319 kcal

Ingredients

Cookies

  • 170 g unsalted butter
  • 200 g all-purpose flour plain flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp bicarb soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 165 g brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 40 g caster sugar or white granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg room temperature
  • 1 egg yolk room temperature
  • 200 g Chopped Lindt chocolate or dark chocolate chips
  • Sea salt flakes to sprinkle

Instructions
 

Cookies

  • To brown the butter - Add the butter to a small saucepan and on a low heat (the lowest on your stove) begin melting the butter. It will begin to bubble and then start turning a light golden color. As soon as it begins to color, begin gently stirring. Once the entire mixture is a golden color (not dark) take it off the heat and allow to cool completely.
  • Mix dry ingredients - While the browned butter is cooling, add the flour, bicarb soda, baking powder and salt to a small bowl and mix to combine. Set aside.
  • To finish the cookie dough - Add the brown butter, brown sugar, caster sugar and vanilla extract to a large mixing bowl and stir using a spatula until combined. Then add the egg and egg yolk and stir until combined.
  • Chill in the fridge - Lastly, add the dry ingredients all at once and mix until a soft dough forms. Then add the chocolate chips and mix until evenly mixed through. Use a large ice-cream scoop (about 3 tbsp in volume) to scoop out 12 cookie balls. Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper and chill in the fridge for 1 hour.
  • To bake - Preheat a fan forced oven to 155C / 310F (175C / 350F for no fan). Add 6 cookie balls to a half sheet baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake the cookies in the middle rack of your oven for 10 minutes or until the edges have turned a golden color and the center is still gooey. Once they come out of the oven use a round cookie cutter slightly larger than your cookies to shuffle around the soft cookies and make them round. Then sprinkle with sea salt flakes. Bake the remaining cookies. Allow to cool on the baking trays completely before serving.

Notes

Chocolate - I use dark chocolate chips found in the baking isle of my supermarket. Alternatively you can chop up some good quality chocolate, my favorite is Lindt chocolate) and mix it through the cookie dough before scooping.
Storage - Cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to three days.
Nutrition - is an approximate and is based on per cookie.
A note on measurements - this recipe is offered in weight measurements. This is in an effort to offer the most accurate way to get the best results. Cup measurements simply aren’t accurate enough for a recipe that needs precision and cup sizes differ depending on where you are in the world. To learn more about how to measure ingredients using digital kitchen scales, click here!

Nutrition

Calories:319kcal | Carbohydrates:37g | Protein:3g | Fat:18g | Saturated Fat:11g | Polyunsaturated Fat:1g | Monounsaturated Fat:5g | Trans Fat:0.5g | Cholesterol:60mg | Sodium:175mg | Potassium:100mg | Fiber:1g | Sugar:22g | Vitamin A:395IU | Calcium:36mg | Iron:1mg
Keyword Brown Butter, Chocolate, cookies
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