Brown Butter Sugar Cookies

These crunchy, yet soft, cookies are your simple sugar cookie with a twist. Instead of using plain butter, the recipe requires brown butter. It makes quite the difference in flavor! Try it out and let me know your thoughts!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup (1 stick) of butter
1 and 1/4 cup all purpose flour 
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

For sugar coating:
4 tablespoons brown sugar
4 tablespoons granulated white sugar

Instructions:

Following these instructions exactly will provide the best results.

1.        Make brown butter (Credit to Sally's Baking Addiction): Break butter into pieces and place into a light colored pot or skillet. Melt the butter over medium heat and stir occasionally. Butter will begin to foam (this is normal). Keep occasionally stirring and stay near the stove at all times. After 5 or so minutes, the butter will begin to appear golden. Keep occasionally mixing. The butter will be "brown butter" after a couple of more minutes when the butter transforms into a toasty brown and you will see little specks begin to form at the bottom of the pan. The butter will smell nutty. WATCH THE BUTTER CAREFULLY as the butter can quickly go from brown to burnt!!!

2.       Let the brown butter cool.

3.       In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the cooled brown butter and whisk until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla and mix thoroughly. The  dough mixture will be very oily to touch.

4.       In a separate bowl, combine the sugars for the sugar coating. Roll a teaspoon or two of dough into a 1 inch ball. Roll the ball in the sugar mixture. Place ball on an ungreased baking sheet. Repeat until all dough is used and make sure that the cookies are at least 1 inch apart.

5.       Bake cookies for 8 minutes at 350 degrees and until the cookies are a light golden color. Allow the cookie to cool on the baking sheet to prevent breakage.

6.      Enjoy!


Note: If you make your cookies larger, you will need to increase cooking time by a few minutes.

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