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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

There is nothing better than classic Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies! These cookies are the perfect balance of flavors with semi sweet chocolate, sea salt, and caramelized brown butter.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Servings: 18 cookies

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup butter
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Brown the butter by placing the butter in a saucepan on medium high heat. Once the butter is melted, turn the heat down to medium heat. After about 5 minutes, the butter will start to foam up and then start to brown quickly. Once you see that the bottom bits of the butter are brown, you can turn the heat off and pour the butter into a separate bowl. Allow the butter to cool, until you can touch it with your finger comfortably.
  • Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a bowl and set aside.
  • In a stand mixer bowl with the paddle attachment, combine the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and cooled brown butter. Mix on medium speed for 2-3 minutes. Then, add the eggs one at a time into the mixture while mixing on medium heat. Add the vanilla and mix until combined.
  • Switch to low speed and slowly pour in the dry ingredients until combined. Add the chocolate chips and mix until combined, only about 3 turns of the mixer.
  • Form dough balls about the size of a tablespoon and place onto a greased baking sheet (or line a baking sheet with parchment paper). Make sure all of the cookies are about the same size and allow each cookie dough ball to have an inch or two around it to spread.
  • Bake for 12-13 minutes until the cookies are set. They won't look quite done at this point, but they are done and will set more as they cool.

Notes

You can freeze this cookie dough by forming it into dough balls and placing them into a freezer bag. Freeze for up to 3 months and bake from frozen when you are ready for cookies!