Salted Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Who can resist the sweet and salty combination?! This salted brown butter chocolate chip cookie takes the humble chocolate chip cookie to a whole new level. Extra nuttiness from the brown butter and the perfect soft chewy texture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 9 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 110 g Salted butter (1/2 cup)
- 100 g Brown sugar (1/2 cup)
- 70 g White sugar (1/3 cup)
- 200 g Plain flour (1 2/3 cup)
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda
- 1 Large egg
- 1 Egg yolk
- 200 g Dark chocolate (3.5oz)
- Flakey salt
Instructions
- In a small saucepan heat the butter over medium heat until dark golden brown (there should be specks of brown milk solids at the bottom of the pan)
- Remove from heat and cool for 5 minutes
- In another bowl whisk together the plain flour, baking powder and baking soda
- Add white and brown sugars into the cooled brown butter, along with the egg and egg yolk, mix until well combined
- Add the dry ingredients into the wet mixture and stir until just combined
- Fold in the chopped dark chocolate
- Divide the dough into 9 even balls, flatten slightly and place in the freezer to chill for 30 minutes (or fridge for an hour)
- Bake at 180C/ 355F for 15 minutes
- Remove and cool