Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sometimes all you need is a cookie. Kids understand this concept better than anyone and they know about cookies. Despite the vast collection of cookbooks crammed onto my bookshelves, there’s only handful of favourite biscuit and cookie recipes that revisit with habitual confidence. These brown butter chocolate chip cookies is one of them. They’re easy and straightforward yet perfect in their simplicity. Browning the butter is the trump card that makes them nuttier with a golden crumb.
When I want something intensely chocolatey though, I head straight for these salted chocolate crinkle cookies. Last week I happened to spot Teresa’s chocolate filled cookies on her site, Cupcakes and Couscous. Chocolate inside and out! What’s not to love?
There are cookies to pick and choose from on her blog that’ll keep your biscuit tins chockfull of teatime treats. They’re next on my list to make. Before I go, I also wanted to share this cookie-link-love with you. I recently stumbled upon Louise’s site, author and photographer of Cygnet kitchen. Here she shared her recipe for pecan maple cookies. It’s genius. I’ve made them twice already! They’re buttery and nutty with maple syrup and a caramel-sugar crunch. They have joined the ranks of bankable cookie recipes. I think you’ll love them too.
Brown butter chocolate chip cookies
Makes 18
50 g (1/4 cup) castor sugar
80 g (1/3 cup) muscovado sugar
5 ml (1 teaspoon )vanilla
1 egg
180 g cake wheat flour
2.5 ml (1/2 teaspoon) baking powder
pinch of salt
200 g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
Place the butter in a small saucepan and heat until it starts to splutter. Simmer over a low heat for several minutes until the solids separate from the liquid. It will start to smell nutty and take on a golden colour. Set aside to cool completely.
Whisk the cooled butter, castor sugar, muscovado sugar and vanilla together until well combined. Add the egg and whisk to incorporate. Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix in three quarters of the chocolate. Roll into balls and place on a greased baking sheet.
Press the remaining chocolate chunks firmly into the cookie dough. Bake for 12-15 minutes for a chewy centred cookie or 15-18 minutes if you prefer a crisp biscuit-type texture.
Cool a wire rack before storing in an airtight container.
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Thank you Di, perfect for Ricara(and me..) because her favourite comfort food. Will make it this week xxx
And she really deserves some comfort! As do you. Hope she loves them.
I am so glad you enjoyed my cookies Dianne, thank you so much for sharing! I have to say these look absolutely divine too, who could resist that nutty brown butter flavour combined with chocolate! <3 I imagine you could freeze the cookie dough balls too and bake as needed? xx
That’s a great idea Louise. Back-up is always welcome. Definitely going to try it next time. I can see a trays of cookies coming out of the freezer in a never ending supply. Nothing wrong there. X