Brown Butter Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies

Ingredients (10)

• 1 cup (224g) salted European style butter (like Kerrygold)224 g
• 1 1/4 cup (250g) sugar, divided250 g
• 1 large egg, cold≈ 50 g
• 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste≈ 13 g
• 1 tsp lemon juice≈ 4.9 g
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt (use 1/2 tsp if using unsalted butter)≈ 1 g
• 1/2 tsp baking soda≈ 3 g
• 1/2 tsp cream of tartar≈ 1.6 g
• 2 1/4 cups (290g) all-purpose flour or gluten-free baking flour, spooned and leveled290 g
• 1 tsp vanilla bean powder (optional)≈ 4.2 g

flour 290 gbatter 841 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 513 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

• Fat77% · 86th percentile · median 61%
• Sugar86% · 78th percentile · median 64%
• Egg17% · 46th percentile · median 18%
• Leavening1% · 42nd percentile · median 1.3%
• Salt0.3% · 29th percentile · median 0.7%

Oven

Temperature

350°F / 175°C

median 350°F

Time

10 to 12 minutes

median 11 minutes