This Chewy Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe is a definite keeper. Your friends and family will love you, and hate you, because they can’t eat just one!
You know, I always appreciate a good chocolate chip recipe. I actually have a killer chocolate chip cookie that I absolutely love – but it makes mega-huge cookies and feels like it takes forever to make. So the sad reality is I don’t make it a lot.
Well, my husband, feeling this chocolately predicament, decided that he’d better figure out a recipe for a more standard go-to chocolate chip cookie. But Ben does not just settle for any old cookie. He, of course, wanted to create the best chewy chocolate chip cookie one could ask for.
And, can I say, SUCCESS!
I am extremely in love with this recipe – the texture is just the perfect amount of chewiness. The browned butter adds just a hint of toffee/caramel flavor that creates a subtle, yet rich, undertone. It’s still not the fastest recipe because of chilling the browned butter and the dough, but it is worth every last detail and a big winner in my list! Just typing this is making me salivate…I think I might have to have Ben go make another batch right now!
Chewy Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 cube)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt crushed
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
Brown the Butter:
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In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium to medium-high heat, stirring frequently.
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Once melted, the butter will foam up. You will notice when the foam dies down that the butter has separated.
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Watch carefully as the white flecks (milk solids) that have settled at the bottom of the pan begin to brown. The signs that this about to happen: the butter will start to foam again for a second time and you will start to smell a nutty aroma. When this starts happening, remove from heat immediately to avoid burning. (This browning happens quickly - within about 10 seconds or so.)
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Pour melted butter into a small bowl and put in freezer for about 10-15 minutes until butter has returned to solid form. (Alternatively, you may put in the refrigerator - it will just take longer.)
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For more detailed instructions (with pictures) on browning butter, go here. This process takes approximately 8-10 minutes.
Make the cookie dough:
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In a large bowl, mix together solidified browned butter and the sugars, using a hand mixer. Beat until mixture is light and fluffy.
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Add egg and vanilla and beat until well blended and then an additional 10-15 seconds.
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In a medium bowl, combine flour and baking soda and mix together.
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Add flour mixture to butter mixture in two additions, blending after each addition until just incorporated.
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With a spoon, stir in crushed sea salt and chocolate chips until just combined.
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Place dough in freezer for about 10-15 minutes, or until firm (30 minutes for refrigerator).
Bake:
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
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Drop rounded spoonfuls of dough onto the cookie sheet.
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Cook for about 8 minutes, or until golden brown. Let cool for about 2 minutes on sheet before removing to a cooling rack.
Recipe Notes
Change it Up:
For a lighter cookie, beat the mixture for an additional 1 1/2 minutes after blending in the egg. The mixture will appear very light and fluffy again, almost the same consistency as before the egg was added. Adjust the cook time to 9 to 10 minutes, and leave the cookies on the sheet for about 30 seconds to 1 minute before removing to a cooling rack.
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I love browned butter so much. It is torture to stand there in the kitchen while it is slowly caramelizing and not be able to just bathe in that goodness! These cookies sound fabulous and I want to make them right this second.
Yeah, I think on a scale of 1-10, it’s an 11! And we really do love these cookies. I make them waaaay to often.
One can never have too many chocolate chip cookies! The addition of the browned butter just takes this to that next level of awesome. I wish there were more excuses to use browned butter…it is just so good!
Agreed Kathrina!
Why have I not tried browned butter cookies yet? I bet these are just so incredible!!!
Yes yes yes, you must try! But I’m warning you, you will never want to go back!