Elevate your chocolate chip cookie game with these heavenly brown butter chocolate chip cookies. The brown butter adds a sweet, nutty, and toasted flavor to these cookies and makes them sure to win over the hearts of all who try them.

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Prep Time 1 hour hr

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Servings 24 ~

Ingredients

  

• 1 Cup Unsalted Butter
• 1 Cup Dark Brown Sugar
• 2/3 Cup Granulated Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 2 TSP Vanilla Extract
• 1 TBSP Greek Yogurt
• 2 3/4 Cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1 TSP Cornstarch
• 1 TSP Baking Powder
• 1 TSP Baking Soda
• 1 TSP Salt
• 10 oz Chopped Semi Sweet Chocolate

Instructions

 

For brown butter:

• Place butter in a medium-sized saucepan and melt over low-medium heat.
• Once melted, increase heat to slightly above medium and stir constantly with a wooden spoon.
• Butter will foam and pop. Once you notice browning and smell a nutty aroma remove from heat and add to heat-proof bowl.
• Allow butter to cool to room temperature before continuing with the recipe.

For cookie dough:

• Once butter has cooled, add sugars and thoroughly combine.
• Add eggs, vanilla, and yogurt and stir well.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Slowly add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and fully combine.
• Fold in chopped chocolate.
• Cover bowl and chill in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper .
• Scoop out 2 TBSP sized portions of dough, roll into a ball, and place 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle with flaky sea salt then bake for 12 minutes until cookies are turning a golden brown color.
• Allow to cool and enjoy!