Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Crisp edges, gooey middles, and toffee-like depth from browned butter. The cookie my kids request every week.
If you only make one thing from this site, make these. Browning the butter takes five extra minutes and makes them taste like they came from a bakery.
I keep a bag of scooped dough in the freezer at all times. Two cookies, fifteen minutes, any night of the week.
Sweets · Easy
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Crisp edges, gooey middles, and toffee-like depth from browned butter. The cookie my kids request every week.
- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 12 min
- Rest
- 1 hr
- Total
- 1 hr 37 min
- Makes
- 24 cookies
Scaled from the original 24 cookies. Pan sizes and bake times may need a little nudge.
Ingredients
Method
Brown the butter in a light-colored pan, swirling, until it smells nutty and you see brown flecks. Pour it into a big bowl and let it cool.
Whisk in both sugars, then the eggs and vanilla, until glossy.
Stir in the flour, baking soda and salt, then fold in the chocolate.
Chill the dough at least an hour. Overnight is even better.
Heat the oven to 350°F. Scoop 2-tablespoon balls onto a lined sheet, 2 inches apart.
Bake until the edges are golden and the middles still look a little underdone. Sprinkle with flaky salt.
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Notes, tips & swaps
- The dough keeps 3 days in the fridge or 3 months frozen as scooped balls. Bake from frozen and add 2 minutes.
- Bang the pan on the counter right out of the oven for crinkly edges.
Tools I used
Stand mixerWorth the counter space if you bake bread or cinnamon rolls more than twice a year.Shop at Target (opens in a new tab)
Wooden spoon setHandmade spoons that don't scratch the enamel. Mine are stained from years of tomato sauce.Shop at Etsy (opens in a new tab)Digital kitchen scaleWeighing flour changed my baking more than any recipe did.Shop at Amazon (opens in a new tab)Some of these are affiliate links. If you buy through them I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share things I actually use. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. More about this
