Nutty Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Food

BROWN BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cut butter into evenly sized pieces. In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Using your whisk, gently swirl butter around the pan to evenly melt.
• Once the butter is melted completely, it will begin to foam. Turn heat down to medium and let it bubble for 2-3 minutes, whisking frequently until brown bits appear. As soon as the butter is toasty brown and smells nutty, remove from heat and transfer into a heat-proof bowl to cool.
• Once butter is cooled, mix with sugars, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder and cream of tartar. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, stirring until fully combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Spoon batter using a #40 scoop (similar to a metal ice cream scoop) or a rounded measuring tablespoon and drop onto an ungreased insulated baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until light brown. Remove immediately from baking sheet and let chocolate chip cookies cool on wire rack.

NUTTY BROWN BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Cook butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, until it foams, then browns, 5-8 minutes. Scrape into a large bowl and let cool slightly., about 10 minutes (an instant-read thermometer should register 125°).
• Meanwhile, whisk flour, baking soda, and kosher salt in a medium bowl.
• Add brown sugar and granulated sugar to browned butter. Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat until incorporated, about 1 minute. Add eggs and vanilla, increase mixer speed to medium-high, and beat until mixture lightens and begins to thicken, about 1 minute. Reduce mixer speed to low; add dry ingredients and beat just to combine. Mix in chocolate wafers/chips with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula. Let dough sit at room temperature at least 30 minutes to allow flour to hydrate. Dough will look very loose at first, but will thicken as it sits.
• Place a rack in middle of oven; preheat to 375°. Using a 1-oz. ice cream scoop, portion out balls of dough and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet, spacing about 3" apart (you can also form dough into ping pong-sized balls with your hands). Do not flatten; cookies will spread as they bake. Sprinkle with sea salt.
• Bake cookies until edges are golden brown and firm but centers are still soft, 9-11 minutes. Let cool on baking sheets 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough and a fresh parchment-lined cooled baking sheet.
• Do Ahead: Cookie dough can be made 3 days ahead; cover and chill. Let dough come to room temperature before baking.