# Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

This recipe provides instructions for making the best brown butter chocolate chip cookies of all time.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.75 cup butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 0.25 cup white sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 whole egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1.75 cups all purpose flour
- 0.75 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
- sea salt

## Instructions

1. Start by putting 3/4 of a cup of butter on low heat on the stove.
2. Cook until the butter starts to bubble up and turns a beautiful golden brown color.
3. Take the browned butter off the heat.
4. Add in 1 cup of light brown sugar and 1/4 cup of white sugar.
5. Mix until just combined.
6. Add in 1 large egg yolk, 1 whole egg, and 1 tablespoon of vanilla.
7. Add in 1 3/4 cups of spooned and leveled all-purpose flour.
8. Add 3/4 teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon salt.
9. Mix this until just combined.
10. Add in 2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips (or 8oz of chopped chocolate).
11. Scoop your cookie dough into 2oz balls.
12. Roll the cookie dough balls between your hands.
13. Add a few more pieces of chocolate to the top of each cookie.
14. Chill these cookies for at least 30 minutes in the fridge.
15. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350F.
16. Bake for 11 to 12 minutes.
17. Top your baked cookies with a little sea salt.

## Equipment

- stove
- fridge

## Tips

- Use three times as much vanilla as normal for enhanced flavor.
- Chill cookies for at least 30 minutes to deepen flavor and improve texture.
- Add a few more pieces of chocolate to the top of each cookie dough ball.
- Always top your baked cookies with a little sea salt.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yyp5qb/
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- Extracted: 2025-12-24

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