You're probably thinking "chill with the chocolate chip cookie recipes" but I promise you, this one is SO WORTH MAKING! Browning the butter steps up the richness and texture of the cookies completely, and I can tell you just from my various taste taster's feedback (aka boyfriend, friends and parents) that they're the best ones I've made yet. The below recipe is based on Bon Appetit's delicious cookie recipe, but I added and removed an ingredient or two to create a whole lot of classic brown butter chocolate chip cookie goodness.
1 cup (2 sticks) butter (I've used both salted and unsalted for this recipe and I liked both equally)
2 cups of flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of brown sugar (I always use light brown sugar, but feel free to use dark)
1/3 cup of granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 cup of milk chocolate chips
1/2 cup of semi-sweet chunks
- Preheat oven to 375F (also ensure there is a rack set in the center of the oven).
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Place butter in medium saucepan over medium heat and cook until butter melts and begins to foam and then forms brown flecks. Remove pan from the heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Feel free to pour the butter into a heat safe bowl to allow it to cool fully.
- Put flour, baking soda and salt into a medium bowl and whisk until mixed. Set bowl aside.
- Add brown sugar and granulated sugar to cooled butter and mix until fully incorporated.
- Mix in eggs and vanilla.
- Add bowl of dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until combined.
- Add chocolate chips and chunks to batter and then let sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes (I threw it in the fridge for 10 minutes during that time but it's not totally necessary). Batter will thicken.
- Using a large ice cream scoop (this is the one I use - guarantees big cookies but feel free to make them smaller), scoop dough onto baking sheet at least 3 inches apart.
- Bake cookies for 10 - 11 minutes until edges are golden brown but center is still lighter in color (the cookies will continue to bake when you place them on the cooling rack).
- Tap the bottom of the baking sheet lightly against the counter two or three times once you remove it from the oven to create that beautiful cracked top (helps some of the air escape from each cookie)!
- Place cookies on cooling rack and let them set. Enjoy!