Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Brown Butter Cookies





I have to say that normally cookies are not something that JUMPS in front of me and makes me stop my pre-planned baking…however this little cookie did that. It jumped in front of the line and said “deal with it Jennifurla – I’m first”.


What a rude little cookie, huh!





Delightfully borrowed from Sue - check out her super fab blog :

http://munchkinmunchies.blogspot.com/2010/08/brown-butter-cookies-with-sea-salt.html


INGREDIENTS

1 cup salted butter
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 tbs sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
Sea Salt, Coconut and some I left plain.



DIRECTIONS


In a small saucepan, melt butter on low to medium heat, stirring occasionally, until browned. Stir in sugars and vanilla and remove from heat once combined well. Let the sugar mixture cool for just a few minutes while preparing the flour mixture.







In a mixing bowl add flour and baking soda. Stir in sugar mixture until combined. I let the mixture rest for about 20 minutes, it was still warm at this point and perfectly mailable.







At this point you will want to pre-heat your oven to 325. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and start rolling your dough into 1 inch balls. Here is where you can be creative, I dipped some balls in coconut and lightly sprinkled others with sea salt...be sure to keep a few plain - I preferred them this way actually.







Bake for 15 minutes, cool and well...enjoy! Also be sure to schedule in a few extra workouts! HA







Open up ladies and gents....



Please please do not make me eat them all....



23 comments:

teresa said...

what lovely cookies! it would be hard to ignore them, they're so pretty!

Evan B said...

Brown butter is one of my favorite ingredients! These look great and super easy!

SugarCooking said...

Yum! I love anything with brown butter!

Taylor said...

Brown butter makes my world go around! These look so good...simple, but delicious!

Larissa said...

Those look so simple and delicious!

Shandy said...

I love the toasted coconut on top! What a great flavor combo. I will have to give these a try soon.

Bo said...

I bet the browned butter add a great nutty richness.

Ashley's Cooking Adventures said...

Oh yum!!!

Monet said...

I love how well these held their shape...I hate it when cookies spread out. And I adore browned butter...so rich and nutty!

Ingrid_3Bs said...

Cookies don't float my boat either but brown butter sure does! :)
~ingrid

Lorraine said...

Oooh...those look delish! I be the brown butter gives it a wonderful flavor. Thanks for sharing these..looking forward to trying:)

La Bella Cooks said...

What a gorgeous color! I can just imagine the rich flavor.

Nirmala said...

These look so yummy, as do the rosemary short bread cookies. That's a unique combo.

Rick said...

A+A+A+

Elizabeth said...

I love your photos! So pretty! I AM a cookie fan and these look like GOOD cookies! It is super hot here in Oregon but I may just have to turn on the oven and crank out some of these!

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

Hy Jennifurla,
Beautiful and very tempting pics...I love this one too...:)

Chocolate Freckles said...

These are really cute!!! I love coconut, specially when it is a little toasted!! mmmm :)

scrambledhenfruit said...

Yep- cookies can be like that sometimes. Especially yummy ones like these!

Kristen said...

You had me with the title! Browned butter adds such an incredible flavor to everything it touches. YUM~

Reeni said...

These are like little nuggets of heaven! Brown butter is insanely delicious!

Jessica said...

Those cookies look so tasty -- the texture looks incredible. Can't wait to try out this recipe!

Lawyer Loves Lunch said...

I love the rich brown color! I've never even heard of browned butter cookies and so it's really taking all my self control not to dash home and make these right away :)

Sue said...

How I missed this, I have no idea?!? You did such a beautiful job on your cookies! I'd love to try the coconut:) Thanks for the linky-love!