Browned Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
The addition of browned butter in these cookies adds notes of toffee and butterscotch. They’re thick and chewy with chunks of chocolate in each bite.
Ingredients
- 175 grams butter
- 260 grams all-purpose flour
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt increase to 1/2 teaspoon if using unsalted butter
- 100 grams soft brown sugar
- 100 grams granulated white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 180 grams good quality dark chocolate or use chocolate chips
Instructions
- Heat a saucepan over low-medium heat and add in the butter. Let it heat it gently and slowly, for around 6-7 minutes, stirring regulary. The milk solids will settle to the bottom of the pan and start to brown. Let it cook until the milks solids become a dark amber colour, but don't let it burn. Once melted, pour the butter into a mixing bowl and let it cool slightly.
- In a seperate bowl, stir together the flour, cornstarch, salt and baking soda until there are no clumps. Set it aside.
- To the cooled butter, add the sugars, egg and vanilla and whisk it well together. Add in the flour mixture and stir well to combine.
- Chop the chocolate up into chunks and stir it into the dough. The chocolate might not stick very well to the dough at this point but don't worry about that at the moment. Chilling the dough will help.
- Place the bowl of the dough in the refrigerator for a minimum of two hours so the butter solidifies again.
- Once chilled, pre-heat the oven to 356°F (180°C) regular oven (lower the heat to 320°F and 160°C if using a convection oven.) Take the dough from the refrigerator and scoop out around 2 tablespoons of dough for each cookie. Use your hands to roll them into balls. Place the dough balls spaced 3cm apart on a lined baking tray.
- Bake for 11-12 minutes until lightly browned. As the cookies are removed from the oven you’ll see they’re still soft. Give the pan a whack down on the bench to flatten the cookies a bit. Then let them cool for 5 minutes before removing the cookies from the tray and letting the cool further on a rack.
Nutrition
Calories: 129kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 131mgPotassium: 48mgFiber: 1gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 37IUCalcium: 23mgIron: 1mg
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