Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Look no further for your next favorite cookie recipe! Brown butter really does make everything taste better.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter 2 cubes, divided
- 2¼ cups AP flour
- 1½ cups brown sugar
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 cup Heath Bar toffee bits optional
Instructions
- Make brown butter with one of the butter cubes. Let cool briefly.
- In bowl of stand mixer combine brown and white sugars, brown butter and remaining cube of butter. Mix until well combined.
- Scrape sides of bowl. Add eggs and vanilla extract and mix on medium high speed to whip until fluffy.
- To the bowl add the flour, baking soda, salt, chocolate chips and Heath Bar bits if using. Mix on low just until dough comes together.
- Refrigerate covered dough for two hours and up to three days before baking. This is one of the great secrets to enhancing the flavor of your cookies!
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- When ready to bake cookies remove dough from refrigerator 30-60 minutes before baking. Dough should still be firm to the touch but not cold when ready to bake.
- Bake cookies at 350F for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool slightly on sheet pan before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.
- Enjoy!