Chewy Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Simply the best Chewy Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies for your Monday baking needs. A soft brown sugar and granulated sugar chocolate chip cookie, made with browned butter, and lots of chopped chocolate to ensure extra chocolate in every bite! It’s easy to make, made in one bowl, with ingredients you probably already have in your pantry. Trust me, these cookies are ones that you’ll want to bake again and again! Every bite is sweet, extra chocolate-y, lightly nutty, and oh-so chewy.

About The Recipe

There’s just something about a good chocolate chip cookie, you know? It’s nostalgic, always delicious, and comforting. Though, what if I told you that the classic chocolate chip cookie could be elevated?

Oh, yes.

With the use of browned butter, you can take a delicious chocolate chip cookie and give it a depth of flavor that makes them totally irresistible!

Though, getting these cookies to perfection wasn’t the easiest. These cookies were a full days worth of recipe testing alone!

With this recipe, my mom and I had a very specific idea in our heads of what we wanted these cookies to be. Soft, chewy, loaded with chocolate, with lots of crinkles…sounds simple, right?

Well, it took a LOT more work to get to than we were expecting. When I said a full day, I wasn’t joking!!

While we were at it, we also tried out about six varieties of chocolate to finally achieve the look and flavor we wanted.

Finally, at the end of the day, we achieved what we think is our best chocolate chip cookie. The secret to the perfect cookie?

Well, using chopped chocolate! This not only allows for pools of gooey melted chocolate, but also ensures every cookie is FULL of chocolate. No more bites without chocolate!

Then, right as these cookies come out of the oven, if you tap them on the counter a few times, you will achieve that gorgeous crinkle-look.

All together, it creates the ultimate brown butter chocolate chip cookie!

What Are Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies?

A brown butter chocolate chip cookie is just like the classic cookie you know and love, but made with browned butter!

Though, you may be asking yourself, “what is brown(ed) butter?”. It’s not something you can buy, but instead, something you can make easily with your butter at home! Browned butter is simply butter that has been cooked over low heat until the milk fats are toasted to golden-brown perfection.

But, what does this mean for your cookie? Well, by toasting the milk fats in the butter, it brings out a subtle nuttiness that makes these cookies irresistible.

Oh, and an added bonus, it also means that these cookies need no specialty equipment and are mixed up in one bowl!

Why You’ll Love These Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

• Made in one bowl! Which means less dishes. A total win!
• Uses brown butter. YUM!
• Nutty, chocolate-y, chewy, and so delicious.
• A chocolate lovers DREAM! These cookies are loaded with chocolate and it’s soooo good.

Equipment Needed

• Large Skillet
• Mixing Bowl
• Whisk
• Rubber Spatula
• Sheet Pans
• Parchment Paper
• Medium Cookie Scoop

Ingredients To Make The BEST Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (& Why!)

Full ingredient amounts and instructions can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

• Salted Butter – This is used to make the browned butter, which adds a wonderful depth of flavor to these cookies!
• Brown Sugar – For the ultimate chewy cookie, light brown sugar is a must-use!
• Granulated Sugar – Adds just a little bit of crispiness to the edges.
• Large Eggs – Remember to set your eggs out ahead of time to allow them to come to room temperature before mixing.
• Vanilla Extract – A splash of vanilla always makes cookies better!
• All-Purpose Flour – Creates the perfect texture for these cookies.
• Baking Soda – Adds just the right amount of lift to these cookies, while also helping with the structure.
• Chopped Chocolate – This is our secret to the perfect chocolate chip cookie! Using a semi-sweet (or bittersweet) chocolate bar cuts down on some of the sweetness from the cookie, while also ensuring you get chocolate in every bite.

How To Make Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Step-by-Step!)

Step 1: Brown the butter

Place butter in a large, light-colored skillet. Heat over medium low heat, stirring continuously, until butter starts to turn golden brown, about 3-5 minutes.

Immediately remove from heat. Pour into a large, heat-proof glass mixing bowl.

Step 2: Prepare cookie dough

Add both sugars and whisk until combined.

Add eggs and vanilla. Whisk until smooth and well combined.

Add flour and baking soda. Using a rubber spatula, mix only to blend.

Stir in the chocolate pieces.

Step 3: Scoop and bake

Use a medium cookie scoop to portion dough onto prepared pans, about 8 cookies per pan. Bake for 12 minutes.

FAQ’s and Troubleshooting

What’s The Best Chocolate To Use?

If you want delicious pools of melty chocolate, you need to use a high quality chocolate bar. Baking chips are designed to hold their shape when baked, but if you use a chopped bar or a high quality chocolate chip (like Ghirardelli or Guittard!), you are guaranteed to have pools of melted chocolate with every bite!

How To Achieve A Perfectly Round Cookie

The first step is to always use a cookie scoop! It helps get each cookie the exact same size, but also, there is a little trick that we almost always use when it comes cookies.

Using a biscuit cutter that’s larger than the cookie, we bump the cookies while they’re still very hot to fit inside the cutter and circle around them to create the perfect round shape!

What To Make With Leftover Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

If you have any leftover cookies, there are a few delicious ways to use them up in a few and fun dessert!

• Make ice cream sandwiches!
• Chop them and fold them into a brownie batter. Especially into our Better Than Boxed Brownies!
• Crumble them and put them in a milkshake.
• Decorate a cake with them!

How To Store

These cookies are definitely best when eaten fresh out of the oven! Though, they can be stored in an airtight container or zip-top bag and kept in the fridge for 5 – 7 days. If desired, you can also freeze them in a freezer safe bag for up to 3 months!

Substitutions

• If you don’t have a chocolate baking bar, you can use chocolate chips.
• Don’t wanna use brown butter? Feel free to use melted butter.

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Expert Tips

• Keep stirring the butter as it cooks! It can burn very quickly, if left alone. Keep an eye on it and keep it stirred. Use the photos in the post above to help know when the butter is perfectly golden.
• When mixing the browned butter and sugars together, make sure the mixture isn’t too hot before adding the eggs! You may need to let it cool slightly, about 1-2 minutes before adding the eggs.
• Make the egg is completely incorporated before adding the flour.
• Use a rubber spatula and gently mix/fold the flour and baking soda into the liquid ingredients!
• A medium cookie scoop is equal to 1 ½ Tablespoons.
• It’s best to use light-colored sheet pans to bake these cookies, as a darker sheet pan may cause the bottoms to burn.
• Tap the sheet pans on the counter as the cookies come out of the oven. This helps ensure beautiful crinkly cookies!

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