Description
Delicious brown butter cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar, perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)
- 1 1/4 cup white granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup light or dark brown sugar
- 2 eggs (room temperature)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp coarse salt
- 1/4 cup white granulated sugar
- 3 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Chop butter and add it to the cooking pan. Heat butter in a cooking pan, over medium heat, until melted. Butter will be roaring bubbling for the first minute or so and then calm down and become foamy.
- Continue cooking, slowly stirring every few seconds to discourage burning. You will start to notice that the butter is darkening and turning to golden brown. You will also smell a distinct nutty aroma. You want to take the pan off heat when the butter is golden-browned but not too dark or it will burn. It usually takes about 3-5 minutes altogether.
- Transfer browned butter into a large, heatproof mixing bowl. (If using metal, be careful at first as metal is an excellent heat conductor and it will be hot.)
- Whisk in both sugars and vanilla extract until fully incorporated.
- Whisk in eggs vigorously until mixture is smooth with no lumps remaining, about 30 seconds. Let mixture stand a couple of minutes, then whisk for 30 seconds.
- Using a rubber spatula, stir in flour, cinnamon, cream of tartar, salt and baking soda until just combined but evenly incorporated.
- Place the cookie dough into the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 375℉ and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk together granulated sugar and cinnamon for the sugar coating.
- Use a cookie scoop to get even amount of cookie dough each time.
- Quickly roll the cookie to shape it and roll it in cinnamon sugar mixture to coat. Place the rolled cookies on the baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10-11 minutes, take them out of the oven and let them cool on the baking sheet for about 10 minutes. Take them off the baking sheet onto a cooling wire rack.
Notes
- No need to chill longer than 30 minutes.
- Watch the butter closely while browning to prevent burning.
- Cookies can be adjusted to desired thickness by changing the cookie scoop size.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 11 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 40mg