Butter Brown Chocolate Chip Cookies

A nutty chocolatey haven:

These brown butter chocolate chip cookies will hold a special place in your heart. From the keen tang of the flaky garnish to the wholly scrumptious, rich, buttery core. Its crisp golden edges complement its chewy center, oozing with semi-sweet chocolate. This cookie, in all its chocolatey glory, will be yours to relish. 

Ingredients:

• 1 stick unsalted butter

• 2 cups and 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

• ½ teaspoon baking soda

• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

• 1 cup dark brown sugar

• ½ cup cane sugar

• 2 large eggs plus 1 egg yolk

• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract or orange blossom water

• ⅔ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Photo by Nofa Ouali

Equipment:

• 1 Medium Mixing Bowl

• 1 Stand Mixer Fitted with a Paddle Attachment/Hand Mixer & Large Bowl

• 3 Large Sheet Trays

• 1 Small Saucepan

Instructions:

1. Line three large baking pans with parchment paper.

2. In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat, stirring constantly. Once the butter begins to foam and bubble, reduce the heat to low. 

3. When a nutty fragrance is emitted from the melted butter and it begins to brown, remove it from the heat and let it cool. 

4. To make the cookie dough, combine flour, salt, and baking soda, whisking them together.

5. Once the butter has cooled, combine it with the sugars, eggs, and yolk, vanilla or orange blossom water. Using a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or a hand mixer on medium speed, mix for about two minutes. 

6. Next, add in the flour and combine until the mixture forms into a dough and all traces of flour are incorporated.

7. Gingerly fold in the chocolate chips into the dough.

8. Then, cover the bowl with the dough inside and chill for up to 72 hours. 

9. After the dough had been chilled, shape the cookie dough into balls and place them onto the baking sheet. Place additional chocolate chips on top of the cookie dough balls if desired 

10. You can optionally chill in the freezer for another fifteen minutes before baking them in a preheated oven at 350°F for about fifteen to sixteen minutes or until the cookies' edges reach a light golden brown.  

11. Sprinkle the cookies with flaky salt and eat warm, at room temperature, or cooled.