Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 25 cookies
Ingredients: 2 stick unsalted butter; 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 1.25 cup lightly packed dark brown sugar; 1.5 cup all-purpose flour; 1 cup bread flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 0.25 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp fine sea salt; 2 each eggs plus 1 egg yolk; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1.5 cup semisweet chocolate chips; 1 cup semisweet chocolate baking wafers; 1 each flaky sea salt

Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · 2025 · Original Recipe

Chewy, melty centers, crisp edges, and a rich, nutty brown butter flavor make these some of the best chocolate chip cookies. Best of all, no mixer is required — just simple steps for bakery-worthy coo

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very chocolatey

Ingredients

unsalted butter(227 grams)2 stick (226g)

granulated sugar(100 grams)0.5 cup (100g)

lightly packed dark brown sugar(250 grams)1.25 cup (250g)

all-purpose flour(190 grams)1.5 cup (190g)

bread flour(127 grams)1 cup (127g)

baking soda1 tsp (6g)

baking powder0.25 tsp (1g)

fine sea salt1 tsp (3g)

eggs plus 1 egg yolk(at room temperature)2 each (36g)

vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)

semisweet chocolate chips(255 grams)1.5 cup (255g)

semisweet chocolate baking wafers(140 grams)1 cup (140g)

flaky sea salt(optional)1 each (6g)

Total dough weight1.3kg

Process

Mixing: brown butter
Butter: browned
Eggs: mixed
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 13-15 min
Chill: 2 hr
Yield: ~25 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

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Outlier Profile

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Percentile Rankings

Where this recipe falls compared to all 621 recipes in the dataset.

Flour:Fat1.40 (45th percentile)

Flour:Sugar0.91 (19th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar2.50 (94th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.11 (25th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour1.25 (82th percentile)

Fat %16.8 (61th percentile)

Sugar %26.0 (85th percentile)

Hydration0.11 (18th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.40

Flour:Sugar

0.91

Brown:White Sugar

2.50

Egg:Flour

0.11

Chocolate:Flour

1.25

Fat %

16.8

Sugar %

26.0

Flour %

23.5

Hydration