Chewy Brown Butter Cookies

Sometimes you just have to eat cookies. And I don’t mean just one cookie, I mean at least three cookies. You know, like when you were a kid and you just stuffed one cookie after another in your mouth, without even one second of worry about calories or health. Your only thought around eating them was: Yummy. These are good!

A few nights ago I came across these cookies from Cooking Classy that looked like they’d melt in your mouth. After checking out the recipe, I headed straight to the kitchen to whip up a batch. They were so good that I had to revert to childhood habits and eat more than one without a worry in the world. And all that came to mind was: Yummy. These are good.

I’m not going to lie and say I felt totally wonderful the next morning, but I’m telling the truth when I say I’m glad I did it. And I’m sure I’ll do it again sooner, rather than later, because sometimes you just have to eat cookies!

Recipe adapted from Cooking Classy.

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Chewy Brown Butter Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup salted butter diced into cubes
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp cornstarch
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg yolk
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Sugar Coating
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

• Heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat until browned. It will take take about five minutes; just make sure you stir occassionally and avoid burning.
• Pour butter, including the brown bits, into bowl. Let cool.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• In mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. Add cooled butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and light-brown sugar to Kitchen Aid (or similar) with paddle attachment and mix for a few seconds.
• Add egg, egg yolk and vanilla and mix until combined. Slowly add in flour mixture and continue to mix.
• In shallow dish, mix together cinnamon and 1/4 cup sugar; set aside.
• Roll about a teaspoonful of dough into balls, then roll in cinnamon and sugar mixture. Place
• onto parchment-lined baking sheet (about 2 inches apart).
• With bottom of a flat glass, gently flatten each ball to about 1/2 inch. Bake for about 8 minutes.
• Enjoy!
• Makes about 2 dozen cookies.