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Brown Butter Sugar Cookies

Prep Time

20 min

Servings

30

Cook Time

11 min

CookiesEasy

Brown Butter Sugar Cookies

Nutty browned butter elevates a simple sugar cookie into something extraordinary.

1Ingredients

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30
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

2Instructions

  1. 1

    Brown butter in saucepan until amber and fragrant; cool.

  2. 2

    Cream browned butter and sugar.

  3. 3

    Add eggs and vanilla.

  4. 4

    Mix in flour, baking powder, salt.

  5. 5

    Chill 1 hour.

  6. 6

    Roll balls; flatten slightly.

  7. 7

    Bake at 350F for 9-11 minutes.

Baker's Tips

  • •Watch butter carefully - it goes from browned to burnt fast
  • •The dough will be softer than normal