Okay, so I’m getting a little out of control with the cookies these days. What can I do? I just love em. After the holidays I was still craving a soft batch of brown sugar cookies. I baked these cookies with brown butter, I don’t know why I don’t use brown butter very often. I guess I’m just too lazy to brown it lol! But seriously, brown butter is awesome! It smells so good after you brown it!
Browning butter is a fairly easy process. You let the butter simmer in a saucepan for about 8-10 minutes while whisking it until it turns into a nice golden brown color.
One of the things I mind while making these cookies was the height. I wanted them to be extra thick so that I had lots of goodness of the inside to drool too. The first batch I baked melted, not completely, but they were not the cookies I had in mind so I whipped up another batch, tweaked the recipe, and the 2nd batch came out perfect!
Soft Batch Brown Butter Brown Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 sticks salted butter
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 large egg
- 1 3/4 cups packed light brown sugar + 2 tablespoons
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Instructions
- In a sauce pan melt the butter over medium heat, whisk constantly until butter has turned into a gold brown color. Set aside to cool for 10-15 minutes while you work on the cookie batter.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
- In a large bowl beat the brown butter and brown sugar for 2 minutes.
- Add the vanilla, and egg and mix for another minute. Add the flour 1/4 at a time. mix until fully combined.
- in a small bowl combine the remaining 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar. Roll dough into a 2 inch bowl and dip into the sugars. continue to roll the balls until you are done with the batter. Place on a un-greased baking sheet 2 inches apartment.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, remove from baking sheet and place on a cooling rack.
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I used gluten free flour and added peanut butter chips and they were delicious! First time trying anything like this. Thanks for the recipe.
So good, I also added a tablespoon of peanut butter. Thanks!
This sounds great, Layla! Pinned – Thanks for linking up to Freedom Fridays!
Oh yeah…brown butter says it all! Yum!
These look absolutely amazing! Pinning, and thanks for sharing at Creativity Unleashed!
Thank you for pinning Jessi!
Love that golden color, wow! Looks awesome. How did you tweak them the second time around?
The first time they did not come out as moist on the inside and were a bit “dry”, so the second time around I added more butter and reduced the flour. The flour was absorbing most of the moisture.
ugh.. you live and learn. It’s always like that when it comes to baking! 😀
I’m at a higher elevation I wonder if I need to keep that amount of flour in???
Hi Stacy, I’m not familiar with high elevation cooking so I honestly can’t say. Sorry!
Brown butter cookies are a winner! I love how tall and soft these babies look!
I hope you had such a lovely weekend dear! xxx
Thank you Consuelo, Have a great weekend too! 🙂
they look yummy!
I’ve never made soft batch cookies. Definitely on the list of things to try making. Yours look great, Layla! Pinned!
Thank you Julie! glad you liked them! 😀
1. Brown Butter anything is absolutely fabulous. I know this for a fact.
2. Are you seeing the inside of these cookies?! These look absolutely amazing Layla!!
Thank you so much Jessica! You are such a sweet heart- Have a great weekend! 🙂
I just made brown butter for the first time a couple weeks ago and I was blown away. I love how nutty it tastes! I bet these cookies are great and I love how thick they are! On a third trial of cookies today so I can relate…oh well, second/third times a charm! 🙂
Isn’t it amazing Katy! Especially with cookies it’s really hard to get them right the first time because they either don’t spread or over spread etc.. But hey, after all the hard work. They always taste yummy! 😀
Yessssss! Brown butter smells sooooooo good! I made brown sugar brown butter cookies awhile ago and loved them. I’ll be posting them soon.
You so had me at brown butter. I seriously have an addiction to it. These cookies look incredible!
I’m glad you like the cookies Jocelyn! I too have an obsession with brown butter. It has a really nice nutty smell!
Soft cookies… what’s the secret to make them soft? Do I need to add the butter when it is melted or solid? Love the way these cookies look, I want to make them.
Thank you Daniela! the butter is added when it is melted. After browning it, allow it to cool for about 10 minutes so that it’s warm temperature.
I’m always up for brown butter. Like, always all the time. These look great!
Hehe, there’s nothing wrong with sharing cookies, especially if they are made with yummy brown butter 🙂 These look awesome, I love how thick and puffy they came out and rolling them in brown sugar sounds amazing!
Thank you Kelly! I’m glad you liked them 😀
These look so tender! I love the mellow flavor of brown sugar. Even though I have had my fill of sweets from Christmas I still totally want at least 10 of these cookies!
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brown sugar + brown butter=amazingggg—2 of my favorite things!!! AND COOKIES!
Bring on the cookies! Sharing delicious cookies is never out of control. A little cookie every now and then can’t hurt 🙂
Brown butter makes everything better, especially cookies! I also love the height of these cookies 🙂
Thank you! so glad you liked em! Have a happy new year! 😀
Happy New Year Layla! For the record, there is no such thing as cookie-overkill nor too much brown butter. Wishing you the best on this journey you’ve embarked on called blogging.
-Gina-
Have a Have and Healthy New Year too Gina! Thank you for your sweet wishes! 🙂
Something to know about me, I have a very real weakness for brown butter anything! There is very little I wouldn’t do for some brown butter baked goods! Questionable behaviour in fact! Great recipe 🙂
That is indeed questionable behavior Davida!! Now I’m think what I should ask you to do for a batch of brown butter cookies! 😉
Yum! These look delicious. I’m totally a sucker for cookies, even if I’ve already had a dozen or so of them 😉
Thank you Trish, I’m also a huge sucker for cookies! I don’t think there is anyone (that I know of..) that does NOT like cookies! :o!!
Oh these look so dreamy! Great job, Layla. Making me drool over here 😉
Kammie- Thanks! Glad I made you drool!! 😉 😀
I don’t use brown butter enough either – even though I think it’s amazing! Love how soft and thick these came out! They look downright amazing!
I think brown butter is amazing too Ashley! I think people don’t use it often because we are too lazy to take that extra step of browning it! 😉
You don’t have to ever apologize for giving us cookies especially when they involve brown butter deliciousness!! Love how thick and luscious they look 🙂
Thank you so much Zainab! I’m glad you liked them! 😀
Brown butter makes everything better. Love it’s toasty taste. Whoever discovered it is a genius. I bet it was an accident, that best accident ever : )
I’m sure it was an accident as well!! I mean like who would have thought of turning cookies into butter! Maybe they were trying to make a cheesecake crust or something similar 😉
Mmm I love brown butter! These look so soft and chewy! Pinned!
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Thank you for pinning and following me Chris! Thanks for stopping by because now I found your blog! 🙂
I love seeing cookie recipes even after the holidays! These look amazing! Pinned.
Also, I just started following you on pinterest and twitter! Can’t wait to see what you have coming up this year. 🙂
Thank you for following me Tina, I just followed you back !! 😀