Salted Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

By Tarah716

Ingredients

• 2 sticks unsalted butter
• 1 and 1/3 cups packed brown sugar (I used light, dark is fine too)
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg + 1 egg yolk (room temperature is best)
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon table salt
• 1 – 11.5 ounce bag Nestle Chocolate Chunks
• Sea salt for garnish

Details

Servings 3
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 25mins
Adapted from centercutcook.com

Preparation

Step 1

Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees.
Melt two stick butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. When the butter starts foaming, whisk vigorously, and continue whisking until the butter turns brown and there are little bits on the bottom of the saucepan. Remove the butter from heat and pour it into a large mixing bowl and allow it to cool completely.
In a separate bowl, combine 2 and 1/4 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 3/4 teaspoon table salt. Set aside.
To the brown butter, add in 1 and 1/3 cups packed brown sugar and 1/4 cup granulated sugar. Mix for several minutes until the butter and sugars are well combined.
Add in egg and egg yolk, and vanilla, and mix well.
Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until combined. Fold in chocolate chunks.
Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Use a heaping tablespoon of cookie dough for each cookie. Bake for 10 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are just starting to brown. Immediately sprinkle the cookies with sea salt when they come out of the oven.
Carefully transfer the cookies to wire cooling racks. The cookies will firm up as they cool. Store in an air-tight container.
Yields around 3 dozen cookies.