Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Steps8

1. 1

   Step 1. Brown the butter

   Melt half the butter in a pan over medium low heat and stir until it browns, with brown bits of butter fat forming.

2. 2

   Step 2. Combine butter and cream

   Pour the browned butter over the remaining butter, add the heavy cream, and let it sit while the rest of the butter melts.

3. 3

   Step 3. Whisk the dry ingredients

   Whisk the flour, salt and baking soda together.

4. 4

   Step 4. Whisk the wet mixture

   1 min

   Add the brown sugar, sugar, eggs and vanilla to the butter and whisk well for about 45 seconds to a minute.

   Vanilla extract
5. 5

   Step 5. Combine wet and dry

   Add the wet mixture to the dry ingredients and mix until combined.

   All-purpose flourSaltBaking sodaBrown sugarSugarEggVanilla extract
6. 6

   Step 6. Fold in chocolate

   Chop both the bittersweet and milk chocolate into pieces and add them to the dough.

   Use chocolate bars cut up rather than chips, since bars melt better.

   Dark chocolate
7. 7

   Step 7. Scoop and chill dough

   12 h

   Scoop 1.5 to 2 oz portions of dough onto a sheet pan close together and refrigerate for at least 12 hours.

   Baking unchilled dough will spread like a pancake.
8. 8

   Step 8. Bake the cookies

   15 min

   Place the chilled dough on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake at 350 for about 15 minutes, checking from 15 minutes as they may need up to 20.

   Watch the cookies after 15 minutes as they may overbake.