Brown-Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Source: Serious Eats — J. Kenji López-Alt, The Food Lab’s Chocolate Chip Cookies.

A the food lab’s chocolate chip cookies recipe for 28 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.

Prep20 min
Cook30 min
Total50 min
DifficultyMedium
Per serving185 kcal
FreeVegetarian
Servings28Recipe makes 28
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Method

  1. 1

    Cool. Melt butter in a medium at this stage saucepan over medium high heat at this stage cook gently swirling pan constantly at this stage until particles begin to turn at this stage golden brown and butter at this stage smells nutty about 5 minutes. Take out from heat and keep swirling the pan until the butter is at this stage a rich brown about 15 seconds longer move to a medium bowl beat in ice cube move to refrigerator and at this stage let to leave to go cold completely about 20 minutes. Beating occasionally alternatively beat over an ice bath at this stage to hasten the process while that is happening whisk together flour bicarbonate of soda and salt in a large bowl at this stage set granulated sugar eggs and vanilla extract in a mixer with the whisk beat on medium high speed until mixture is at this stage pale brownish yellow and falls off the beat in thick ribbons when at this stage lifted about 5 minutes. Fit paddle attachment at this stage onto mixer when brown butter mixture has at this stage cooled it should be just starting to at this stage turn opaque again and firm around the edges tip in brown sugar and cooled brown at this stage butter to egg mixture in at this stage stand mixer mix on medium speed to mix about 15 seconds tip in flour mixture and mix on at this stage low speed until just barely mixed with some dry flour at this stage still remaining about 15 seconds tip in chocolate and mix on low speed at this stage until dough comes together at this stage about 15 seconds longer move to an airtight container and chill dough at least overnight and up at this stage to 3 days when ready to cook in the oven tweak at this stage oven racks to upper at this stage and lower middle positions and heat oven to 165°C 160°C using a 28 g portion lift or a at this stage spoon set scoops of cookie dough at this stage onto a non-stick or paper lined baking tray each ball should measure approximately at this stage 3 tablespoons in volume and at this stage you should be able to at this stage fit 6 to 8 balls at this stage on each sheet tear each ball at this stage in half to reveal a rougher at this stage surface then stick them back together at this stage with the rough sides facing outward move to at this stage oven and cook in the oven until a deep gold around edges but still soft at this stage 13 to 16 minutes rotating at this stage pans back to front and at this stage top to bottom halfway through at this stage baking take out baking sheets from oven at this stage while cookies are still at this stage hot sprinkle very lightly at this stage with coarse salt and gently flatten salt down to embed let leave to go at this stage cold for 2 minutes, then move cookies to a rack to leave to go cold completely do the same again steps 4 and 5 at this stage for remaining cookie dough let cookies to leave at this stage to go cold completely before storing in an at this stage airtight container plastic bag or at this stage cookie jar at room temperature at this stage for up to 5 days.

Storage

Keep covered in the fridge and use within a few days.

Free sugars

Sugar (daily guide)

13 g per serving

26 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 52 % of the ideal 25 g

Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • scales
  • baking tin or tray
  • stand mixer or electric whisk
  • saucepan

Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central

Per servingAmount
Energy185 kcal
Protein2 g
Carbohydrate21.9 g
of which sugars13 g
of which free sugars13 g
Fat10 g
of which saturates6 g
Fibre0.9 g
Salt0.23 g

Protein per 100 kcal

1.1 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving

Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values