Brown Butter Sea Salt Cookies

Brown Butter Sea Salt Cookies

by Yummy Mummy Kitchen

1 1/2 sticks of butter

1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

Sea Salt for sprinkling

Preheat oven to 325° F. and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter until it starts to caramelize. It should smell nutty and you should see brown bits at the bottom of the pan. BE CAREFUL NOT TO BURN IT as you will have to start all over.

Pour the brown butter into a medium bowl and stir in the brown sugar and vanilla. In a small bowl whisk together the flour and the baking soda. Add the mixture to the butter and sugar. Let the mixture cool to room temperature.

Roll the cookies into balls (about the size of a large marble) and sprinkle with sea salt. Press the top of the cookies lightly.

Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown. Overcooking will make them dry and crumbly.

Trying to replicate a recipe is difficult. Here's the report.

Taste: The flavor wasn't as rich as the original. They weren't as sweet and the browned butter flavor wasn't as distinctive. (Maybe I didn't brown it long enough.)

Texture: They seemed just a bit dry. They cracked possibly due to the dryness. Might this be the stiffness of the dough? I adjusted the baking time along the way and it didn't seem to help.

Conclusion: More sugar, brown the butter longer, use less flour and decrease the baking time....