Brown Butter Bourbon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Brown Butter Bourbon Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 22 min
Yield: 12 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter; 3 tbsp bourbon; 1 cup dark brown sugar; 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 1 each egg + 1 egg yolk; 1.5 tsp vanilla extract; 2.75 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tbsp cornstarch; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 0.75 tsp table salt; 6 oz semi-sweet chocolate bar; 1 each flaky sea salt

Sam Merritt · sugarspunrun.com · 2025 · Original Recipe

These brown butter bourbon chocolate chip cookies are unique and oh so gourmet! They have a thick, chewy texture and are scooped large for a bakery-style look. A splash of bourbon, melty pockets of ch

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Ingredients

unsalted butter(cut into Tablespoon-sized pieces)1 cup (227g)

bourbon3 tbsp (27g)

dark brown sugar1 cup (140g)

granulated sugar0.5 cup (100g)

egg + 1 egg yolk(room temperature preferred)1 each (18g)

vanilla extract1.5 tsp (6g)

all-purpose flour2.75 cup (344g)

cornstarch1 tbsp (8g)

baking powder1 tsp (5g)

baking soda1 tsp (6g)

table salt0.75 tsp (2g)

semi-sweet chocolate bar(chopped)6 oz (170g)

flaky sea salt(for sprinkling)1 each (6g)

Total dough weight1.1kg

Process

Mixing: brown butter
Butter: browned
Eggs: mixed
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 20-22 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~12 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.8. 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:Fat1.51 (53th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.43 (68th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar1.40 (76th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.05 (22th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.49 (18th percentile)

Fat %21.4 (93th percentile)

Sugar %22.7 (67th percentile)

Hydration0.05 (15th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.51

Flour:Sugar

1.43

Brown:White Sugar

1.40

Egg:Flour

0.05

Chocolate:Flour

0.49

Fat %

21.4

Sugar %

22.7

Flour %

32.5

Hydration