Ultimate Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe For Easter Day 2024

Seriously the best brown butter chocolate chip cookies you'll ever eat with perfectly crisp edges, a soft in the middle and pockets of chocolatey goodness. They're absolutely life changing! 

– ▢ 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, one browned, one softened – ▢ ¾ cup packed light brown sugar – ▢ ¾ cup granulated sugar – ▢ 2 large eggs, at room temperature – ▢ 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract – ▢ 300 grams all-purpose flour, 2 ⅛ cups* – ▢ 1 teaspoon baking soda – ▢  ½ teaspoon salt – ▢8 oz 60% baking chocolate, chopped – ▢ Flakey sea salt, for topping

Ingredient

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Step 1

In a medium saucepan or pot heat 1 stick of butter over medium heat, whisking constantly until butter starts to foam and become fragrant and golden.  

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Step 2

Once butter is brown, remove from heat and let cool completely before mixing it into remaining ingredients. 

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Step 3

In a medium mixing bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. 

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Step 4

In a large mixing bowl whisk together the softened butter, cooled and browned butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar with a hand mixer or stand mixer until the mixture is combined. 

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Step 5

Beat in the eggs one at a time, then add in the vanilla Reduce speed and gradually add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix until just combined. . 

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Step 6

Mix in the chopped chocolate. Cover the bowl and place in the fridge to chill for at least 2 hours or overnight. 

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Step 7

Once you’re ready to bake, preheat oven to 375°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop about 2-3 Tablespoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheet.  

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Step 8

Bake in the oven (on the middle rack) for 10-12 minutes, or until the bottoms and edges are golden, but the center is still soft. Be careful not to over bake if you want that perfect soft middle! 

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Step 9

Remove from oven. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt immediately and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.

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