Ingredients for Brown butter sugar cookies
- 1 stick + 2 Tbs unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1 egg (room temperature)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cup AP flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2-3 Tbs sugar (for rolling dough in)
Cooking Instructions for making Brown butter sugar cookies
Place a stick of butter in a heavy bottom pot to brown, you will have it melt on medium low heat, occasionally stirring with a spatula. It will start to smell nutty and turn brown. Once the color is an amber color, remove from heat. Transfer to a heat proof bowl. Stir in your extra two tablespoons right away until melted, and then set aside to cool slightly.
Add your light brown and granulated sugar to your browned butter. Stir together using a spatula or large spoon to help further cool your butter and to fully combine your sugar into the butter. Once mixture is not too hot, stir in your egg. In a separate bowl, combine your dry ingredients – flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Add in your dry ingredients, half at a time to your wet ingredients, and fold together until a dough forms.
Optional: mix together a bit with your hands. Cover your dough in plastic wrap, and place into the fridge to chill for six hours or overnight until firm.
Once dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350. While the oven is preheating, take out dough to come to room temperature. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and form a ball. Roll into sugar and place on sheet. Bake 12 minutes.
Once 12 minutes is up, let stand on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack until cool.
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