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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Brown Butter Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies

First thing–I entered my daughter into a beautiful baby contest. Yes, I’m one of those mothers…Anyways, the winner of this small contest gets a free photography session with a super talented girl named Callie. I love her style and we desperately need family photos. SO, click here and simply like the photo of Brooke on Facebook! {She’s the 1st photo on the 2nd line.} Thanks!

Now, is there anything better than chocolate or butter? I submit that there is not. Well, maybe brown butter and dark chocolate. These cookies are simply regular chocolate chip cookies made with a few fancy ingredients. Brown butter cranks up the nutty flavor and dark chocolate makes these healthy!

HAHA…ya right. If only that were true.

Anyways, these are as simple as making any cookie and taste phenomenal fresh out of the oven. One of my husbands new favorites! Here’s how I made them:

Start with 1/2 cup butter in a small pot on the stove over medium heat. Once the butter is completely melted, start swirling the pan until it turns a golden amber color. And, lets pretend you know what this is supposed to look like and forget the fact that I used a dark pan to demonstrate brown butter. Like you’re going to see brown butter in a black pan. Duh. Stupid me.

Remove from the heat and pour right into the bowl of a stand mixer. Mine was a little foamy so you can’t tell that mine is golden brown, but I promise it is!

Into your butter, pour in some shu-gah

and some brown shu-gah and give it a stir.

Next, pour in some vanilla.

And an egg. I’ve gotten into the habit of cracking my eggs into a separate bowl/container/measuring cup first before pouring it into my mixer cause you never know when you’ll get a bad egg. Seriously–you all should do it. If you don’t, you’ve clearly never gotten a bad egg. {And bad eggs=nasty, throw up in your mouth a little grossness.}

Mix these ingredients up until nice and smooth.

Add in some flour

baking powder,

and baking soda. Stir it up until just combined.

Now, chop up some chocolate. Mmmmm….I love dark chocolate.

Stir the chocolate in by hand cause you want those chunks to stay in tact.

Throw some spoonfuls of dough onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 7-8 minutes–basically you want the edges lightly golden and the centers still soft.

After a few minutes cooling on the baking sheet, transfer to a cooling rack. I highly highly recommend eating these warm with lots of milk! Get ready to live, my friends.

These make such a great dessert or snack. And, they pack up nicely to deliver to friends.

Hello ooey gooey chocolate. How are you? We loved these and hope you all do too! Happy hump day! [/donotprint]

Other recipes you might like:
Triple Chocolate Brown Butter Cookies from Bran Appetit
Brown Butter Toasted Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies from Joy the Baker
Brown Butter Brown Sugar Cookies from The Novice Chef
Browned Butter Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies from Recipe Girl

Brown Butter Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies
yield: 1 1/2 dozen cookies
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Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
2 oz. semi sweet dark chocolate, chopped

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment or silicone baking mat and set aside. Place butter into small pot over medium heat. After butter has melted, start swirling pot gently until it starts to brown and become fragrant. Once the butter is a golden amber color, take off the heat and pour into the bowl of a mixer. Pour in sugar and brown sugar. Stir. Mix in egg and vanilla. Scrape sides and stir again. Pour in all dry ingredients and stir slowly. Scrape sides and mix again briefly. Stir in chocolate chunks and stir by hand. Scoop by the teaspoon into pans and bake 7-8 minutes or until lightly golden around the edges. Remove from oven, cool 5 minutes and transfer to cooling rack. Serve.

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