Description
Make the best bakery-style chocolate chip cookies with a rich brown butter flavor. This recipe uses a no-chill dough and includes adjustments for high altitude baking, resulting in giant, soft, and chewy cookies perfect for gifting.
Ingredients
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- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until the butter foams, then brown bits form at the bottom and it smells nutty. This is your brown butter. Pour the brown butter (including the browned bits) into a large heatproof bowl and let it cool for 15 minutes.
- Add the brown sugar and granulated sugar to the cooled brown butter. Whisk until well combined.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing on low speed until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- For high altitude adjustment: Reduce the baking soda to 3/4 teaspoon and increase the flour by 2 tablespoons.
- Scoop large portions of dough (about 1/4 cup each) onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, leaving plenty of space between them for spreading.
- Bake at 375°F (190°C) for 11 to 14 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown but the centers still look slightly soft.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- For extra chewy cookies, slightly underbake them. They will set up as they cool.
- If you prefer a traditional cookie size, use a standard tablespoon scoop instead of a large 1/4 cup scoop.
- This no chill cookie dough is ready to bake immediately, saving you time.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 14 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 60mg