Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

Difficulty: Easy

• 225g unsalted butter
• 200g dark brown sugar
• 100g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 320g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp fine salt
• 250g dark chocolate, chopped
• Flaky sea salt, to finish

Method

1. 1

   Brown the butter in a pan until it smells nutty and flecks turn amber, then cool for 10 minutes.

2. 2

   Whisk the browned butter with both sugars, then beat in the eggs and vanilla until glossy.

3. 3

   Fold in the flour, baking soda, and salt, followed by the chopped chocolate.

4. 4

   Chill the dough for at least 1 hour so the flavor deepens and the cookies bake up thick.

5. 5

   Scoop onto lined trays and bake at 180C for 11 to 12 minutes until the edges set but centers stay soft.

6. 6

   Finish with flaky salt and let them firm up on the tray for 5 minutes.