Soft Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Low sodium chocolate chip cookies with the nutty flavor of brown butter.
SODIUM COUNT: 16 mg per cookie; 909 mg in the whole batch.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Yield: 28 servings (2 cookies per serving) 1x
Ingredients
Scale
Brown Butter
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1 ice cube
Dry Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups bread flour ((bread flour helps make the cookies soft and chewy))
- 1 1/2 tsp sodium-free baking powder
- 1/2 (3.4 oz) package instant vanilla pudding mix ((makes cookies soft and adds flavor))
All the rest
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1 (12 oz) package dark chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup walnuts (chopped (optional))
Instructions
For the Brown Butter
- Place the butter in a saucepan or skillet and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes. Continue to stir the butter periodically as it heats.
- When the butter becomes a golden brown and smells nutty, remove from heat. Immediately place the butter into a medium bowl and whisk in the ice cube.
- Put the browned butter in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes, or until the butter has cooled completely.
For the Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Whisk together the dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
- Mix the eggs and white sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until they become pale and creamy (about 3-5 minutes).
- Stir the vanilla, brown sugar, and cooled brown butter into the egg mixture.
- Stir the flour mixture to the egg mixture, then fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts.
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Use a cookie scoop or spoon to create cookies that are one tablespoon each. Place them on a cookie sheet about 2-3 inches apart. Bake in the preheated oven for 10-11 minutes.
Notes
Want fresh baked cookies every day for a few days? Refrigerate the dough and bake the cookies when you want them. The dough will keep in the fridge for about 3 days.
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION Yield: 28 servings (each serving is two cookies)
Sodium: 32.5 mg, Calories: 204.5, Total Fat: 11.9 g, Saturated Fat: 4.4 g, Cholesterol: 22.1 mg, Carbohydrates: 23.2 g, Fiber: 0.8 g, Sugar: 15.0 g, Protein: 2.1 g.