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Closeup on a batch of Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies laying on a silver cookie sheet.

I had never heard of Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies until a friend brought some to a potluck. OMG!! They were delicious. I got her recipe made a few tweaks and voila!! The Brown Butter is subtle and delicious and wow does it enhance both the butter and brown sugar flavors in these soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies.

How to Make Brown Butter

Collage image showing how to make the Brown Butter for the cookie dough.

Step 1: Make Brown Butter with 1 1/4 cups of Salted Butter. Melt the butter in a pan on Medium high heat. Once the butter starts to foam use a heat-resistant spatula to stir the butter. You want to make sure you can see the bottom of the pan so you will know when the butter starts to brown. All the flavor is in the browned bits in the bottom of the pan.
Step 2: Take the butter off the heat and pour it into another container. Make sure you get all of the browned bits. Place the brown butter in the refrigerator and allow the butter to begin to re-harden (approximately 1 hour.)

Note about the amount of brown butter: You use 1 1/4 cups of butter because some of the butter evaporates during the process of browning the butter and you want to have a full cup of brown butter for the cookies.

Closeup on a white mixing bowl filled with Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie dough and a wooden spatula.

Step 3: Transfer the brown butter to the mixing bowl. Cream the brown butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a mixer. Add eggs and mix until combined. Add the Vanilla and mix until combined. In a separate bowl, add flour, Baking Soda, and salt and mix. Add the flour mixture a bit at a time and mix until it is completely incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips.

Baking Instructions

Collage image showing the Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies before going in the oven and after coming out of the oven.

Step 4: We used a 3-tablespoon ice cream scooper to get these uniform cookie dough balls. You can also use a food scale and measure 2.5 oz. of cookie dough and roll them into a ball.
Step 5: Bake in a 350-degree oven for 10-12 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown around the edges with a few little light brown spots on the top of the cookie.  Crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside …. so good!

How to Store and Freeze Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies should be stored in an airtight container.  And they will stay fresh longer if they are completely cool before you pack them up.  We usually add a layer of parchment paper between each row of cookies in our plastic container.  They will stay fresh at room temperature for 2-3 days if you store them correctly in an air-tight container. They will last up to 3 months in the freezer.

Closeup on a batch of Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies laying flat on a cookie sheet.
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yield 3 dozen cookies
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes 10 seconds
Total Time 32 minutes 10 seconds

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are a classic cookie recipe taken to the next level with the addition of deliciously nutty and super easy to make brown butter. So yummy!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cup Salted Butter (made into Brown Butter)
  • 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1 1/4 cup Dark Brown Sugar
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 3/4 cups of All-Purpose Flour
  • 2 cups Nestle Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Instructions

Brown Butter

    1. Make Brown Butter with 1 1/4 cup of Salted Butter.
    2. Melt the butter in a pan on Medium high heat.
    3. Once the butter starts to foam use a heat resistant spatula to stir the butter. You want to make sure you can see the bottom of the pan so you will know when the butter starts to brown. All the favor is in the browned bits in the bottom of the pan.
    4. Take the butter off the heat and pour it into another container. Make sure you get all of the browned bits.
    5. Place the brown butter in the refrigerator and allow the butter to begin to re-harden (approximately 1 hour.)

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

  1. Transfer the Brown Butter to the mixing bowl.
  2. Cream the Brown Butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a mixer.
  3. Add eggs and mix until combined.
  4. Add the Vanilla and mix until combined.
  5. In a separate bowl, add flour, the Baking Soda and salt and mix.
  6. Add the flour mixture a bit at a time and mix until it is completely incorporated.
  7. Stir in the chocolate chips.
  8. Bake the cookies in a 350 degree oven for 10-12 minutes.

Notes

Note about the amount of brown butter: You use 1 1/4 cups of butter because some of the butter evaporates during the process of browning the butter and you want to have a full cup of brown butter for the cookies.

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Cuisine: American / Category: Cookies