Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 14 min
Yield: 18 cookies
Ingredients: 1.25 cup unsalted butter; 2.667 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 0.5 tsp baking soda; 0.75 tsp salt; 0.75 cup light brown sugar; 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 1 each egg; 1 each egg yolk; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1.5 cup semisweet chocolate chips; 0.5 cup dark chocolate chips )

John Kanell · preppykitchen.com · 2025 · Original Recipe

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are a must-try! You’ll love the depth of flavor from nutty browned butter and gooey chocolate in every bite. No mixer needed to make the cookie dough either!

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Ingredients

unsalted butter(282g, diced)1.25 cup (284g)

all-purpose flour(320g)2.667 cup (320g)

baking powder1 tsp (5g)

baking soda0.5 tsp (3g)

salt0.75 tsp (2g)

light brown sugar(165g)0.75 cup (165g)

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

egg1 each (50g)

egg yolk1 each (18g)

vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)

semisweet chocolate chips(270g)1.5 cup (270g)

dark chocolate chips )(optional, (90g)0.5 cup (90g)

Total dough weight1.3kg

Process

Mixing: brown butter
Butter: browned
Eggs: mixed
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 12-14 min
Chill: 20 min
Yield: ~18 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.6. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.

Percentile Rankings

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

Flour:Fat1.13 (20th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.21 (48th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar1.65 (82th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.21 (39th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour1.13 (73th percentile)

Fat %21.6 (93th percentile)

Sugar %20.2 (49th percentile)

Hydration0.21 (31th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.13

Flour:Sugar

1.21

Brown:White Sugar

1.65

Egg:Flour

0.21

Chocolate:Flour

1.13

Fat %

21.6

Sugar %

20.2

Flour %

24.3

Hydration