Brown Butter Sea Salt Cookies
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: an hour
Yields: 3 dozen
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
1/2 C lightly packed brown sugar
1 tea vanilla
1 1/2 C flour
1 tea baking soda
Sea Salt for sprinkling (preferably fleur de sel)
optional - chocolate chips for dipping
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 325°
- Line cookie sheet with a silpat or parchment paper
- In a sauce pan over medium heat, melt butter until it starts to caramelize. It should smell nutty and you will see brown bits at the bottom of the pan. BE CAREFUL NOT TO BURN - in which case you will have to start over.
- Pour brown butter into a medium bowl and stir in brown sugar and vanilla. In a small bowl whisk together flour and baking soda and add mixture to the butter and sugar. Let cool to room temperature.
- Roll cookies into balls the size of lg marbles and sprinkle with sea salt and press lightly into tops of cookies.
- Bake 15 minutes or until lightly golden. Don’t overcook, or they will be very dry and crumbly.
- If desired, melt chocolate and dip bottoms of cookies into the chocolate after they have cooled.
NOTES from tastebook
We searched this recipe after getting the original cookies from Kelly Ross. She got them from a friend in California, from the Brown Butter Cookie Company in Cayucos, CA. They are $12.95 for a dozen... and we thought we could do better.. and we have.
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