Browned Butter Cookies With Caramel Frosting Food

BROWNED BUTTER COOKIES WITH CARAMEL FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. In 2-quart heavy saucepan, melt 1 cup butter over medium heat. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until butter is light brown. Cool at least 10 minutes.
• In large bowl, mix browned butter, 2 cups brown sugar, 1/2 cup milk and the eggs with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake cookies 9 to 11 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Cool 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter over medium heat. Stir in 1 cup brown sugar. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Stir in 1/4 cup milk. Heat to boiling; remove from heat. Cool to lukewarm, about 30 minutes. Gradually stir in powdered sugar. Spread Caramel Frosting on cookies.

BROWN-BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat, swirling occasionally, until the milk solids in the butter have turned golden brown and the butter smells toasty, about 10 minutes. Pour the butter into a shallow baking dish, and refrigerate until it is solid but still soft enough that your finger leaves an indentation, about 25 minutes.
• Scrape the cooled butter into a large bowl (be sure not to leave any brown bits in the skillet), and beat with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until smooth. While continuing to beat, add the corn syrup, and beat until incorporated. Scrape down the side of the bowl. Adjust the speed to medium-low, add the confectioners' sugar and salt, and beat until smooth. Use right away or keep for up to 2 hours at room temperature in an airtight container.

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in pumpkin, eggs and crystallized ginger. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 6-8 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., In a small heavy saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Heat 5-7 minutes or until golden brown, stirring constantly. Transfer to a large bowl. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to reach desired spreading consistency. Spread over cookies.

BROWN BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat butter over medium heat for 5 minutes or so, until it turns nut brown in color. The foaming and bubbling is part of the browning process, but watch it carefully so that you don't burn the butter. Remove from heat, and cool slightly. Reserve 1/2 cup of the butter for the frosting.
• Pour remaining browned butter into a large mixing bowl. Beat browned butter with brown sugar until the butter is no longer hot. Mix in eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Beat thoroughly. Mix in flour and chopped pecans. Drop tablespoons of dough onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until light brown around the edges. Cool.
• In a medium bowl, mix the reserved 1/2 cup browned butter with 2 teaspoons vanilla, confectioners' sugar, and hot water. Beat until smooth, and use to frost cooled cookies.

CARAMEL FROSTING I

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter, and mix in 3 tablespoons milk and brown sugar. Boil vigorously for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat, and beat in 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar. Cool slightly, and beat in the vanilla and remaining 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar. Add more milk if the mixture is too thick.

CARAMEL FROSTING BROWN SUGAR DROPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Grease several baking sheets or spray with nonstick spray.
• In a medium bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat together the flour, baking soda and salt, set aside.
• In a large bowl with eletric mixer on medium speed, beat together the butter and brown sugar until well blended and fluffy. Add the eggs, vanilla and beat until evenly incorporated.
• Lightly beat in half of the flour mixture.
• Add the sour cream and beat until well blended.
• Stir in the remaining flour mixture and a generous 3/4 of the pecans.if using.until evenly distributed.
• Using a heaping 1/8 measure or coffee scoop, drop the dough onto the baking sheets into evenly shaped mounds.
• Space them about 2 1/2" apart. Using a greased hand, pat down the cookies until flattened on top.
• Bake cookies, one sheet at a time, in the upper third of the oven for 9-12 minutes, or lightly tinged with brown at the edges and barely firm when pressed in the center. reverse the sheets from front to back halfway through baking to ensure even browning.
• Transfer the sheet to a wire rack and let stand until the cookies firm up slightly -- 1-2 minutes.
• Using a spatula, carefully transfer the cookies to a wire rack. Let stand until completely cooled.
• FROSTING" In a medium saucepan,melt the butter over medium high heat. Bring to a boil and gently simmer, stirring occasionally until it smells very fragrant and turns slightly golden.about 3 minutes. watch carefully,.Stir in brown sugar and cook, stirring for 1 minute more. Stir in 2 1/2 tbls of hot water and the corn syrup until the mixture is well blended and the sugar dissolves. Vigorously stir in the powdered sugar and vanilla until well blended and completely smooth.
• Set the frosting aside, stirring occasionally until it cools and stiffens, just enough to spread.2-4 minutes.
• Set the wire racks with cookies over wax paper to catch drips. Using a small wide bladed spatula, generously top the cookie tops with frosting.
• If pecans were added to the dough, sprinkle a few of the remaining scant 1/4 cup of the pecans over the top of each cookies before frosting sets.
• If at any point the frosting stiffens too much to spread, stir in just enough hot water to make it spreadable.Let the cookies stand until the frosting sets, about 45 minutes.
• Store in a single layer with wax paper in an airtight container for up to 1 week or freeze for up to 1 month.

PUMPKIN WALNUT COOKIES WITH BROWN BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°; to make the cookies-in a bowl combine the flour, baking powder, salt, allspice, cinnamon, and ginger; set aside.
• In another bowl, cream the butter and sugar until evenly combined.
• Add in the eggs, pumpkin, and vanilla; beat well.
• Add the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly; stir in the walnuts.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets, leaving several inches between for expansion.
• *The batter will seem extremely soft compared with most cookie doughs, but it will firm up during baking.
• Bake for 12 minutes; cool the cookies on the sheets for 10-12 minutes, then removed to a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the frosting: add sugar, milk, and vanilla to a bowl; set aside.
• In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, cook the butter until lightly browned, about 3-5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Remove from the heat, add to the other ingredients and beat until smooth and creamy; cover until ready to use.
• When the cookies are completely cool, spread a generous amount of frosting on each cookie, and top with a walnut half.
• Let icing set before stacking the cookies or they will stick together.