Brown Butter Oatmeal Cookies

By maredan

Ingredients

• 10 * 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2/3 * 2/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/3 * 1/3 sugar
• 1 * 1 egg
• 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1-1/3 * 1-1/3 cup old-fashioned rolled oats (not instant)
• 3/4 * 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 * 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 * 1/2 cup chocolate chips, raisins, chopped walnuts, coconut or any combination

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
2. Melt butter in a sauté pan over medium heat until bubbling subsides and butter browns, about 5 minutes. Strain butter through a coffee filter and cool to room temperature.
3. Beat butter with brown sugar, sugar and egg until smooth. Stir in vanilla. In a separate bowl, stir oats, flours, cinnamon, baking soda and salt to combine. Add oat mixture to butter mixture and blend. Stir in choice of chocolate chips, raisins, walnuts, and/or coconut. Drop by spoonfuls onto prepared tray and bake in the center of oven for about 12 minutes, until browned. Let cool for 5 minutes, then gently remove from tray onto a rack to cool completely.