Description
Browned butter toffee chocolate chip cookies blend rich caramel notes with classic cookie comfort. Melted butter and toffee pieces create a sophisticated twist that elevates this beloved dessert, promising a delightful experience you’ll savor with each blissful bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 2 sticks (227 grams) unsalted butter
- 1 cup (200 grams) dark brown sugar
- ½ cup (100 grams) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs plus 1 egg yolk, at room temperature
- 10 ounces (283 grams) semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup toffee bits (homemade or Heath)
Flour and Leavening Agents:
- 1 ½ cups (190 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (127 grams) bread flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
Flavor Enhancers and Finishing Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder (optional)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Flaky sea salt, for finishing
Instructions
- Transform butter into a golden elixir by gently heating in a stainless pan, coaxing out rich, nutty aromas and caramel-like brown specks through careful swirling.
- Transfer the aromatic browned butter, including every precious flavor-packed morsel, into a spacious mixing vessel and blend with sugars until harmoniously combined.
- Allow the butter-sugar mixture to settle and cool to ambient temperature, developing deeper flavor complexities.
- In a separate bowl, meticulously whisk together flour varieties, leavening agents, salt, espresso powder to create a uniform dry foundation.
- Introduce eggs, additional egg yolk, and vanilla essence into the cooled butter mixture, whisking until ingredients marry seamlessly.
- Delicately incorporate the flour blend using a flexible spatula, ensuring minimal disruption to the mixture’s structure.
- Gently fold chocolate chunks and toffee fragments throughout the dough, distributing treasures evenly.
- Encase the dough completely in plastic wrap and retreat to the refrigerator for 24-72 hours, allowing flavors to intensify and mature.
- Remove dough from refrigeration and permit gentle warming at room temperature for approximately one hour.
- Prepare baking surfaces by lining with parchment and heating oven to 350°F.
- Craft generous dough spheres using a three-tablespoon measure, positioning carefully on prepared sheets.
- Bake until edges transform to a golden amber, approximately 12-14 minutes.
- Immediately crown with delicate flaky sea salt upon removal, then transfer to cooling racks to set.
Notes
- Browned butter transforms ordinary chocolate chip cookies into a nutty, caramel-like flavor sensation that elevates the entire dessert experience.
- Chilling the dough for 24-72 hours allows ingredients to meld together, developing deeper, more complex flavors and creating a perfectly textured cookie.
- Espresso powder subtly enhances the chocolate’s richness without adding a coffee taste, creating a more sophisticated and intense chocolate profile.
- Freezing extra dough balls lets you enjoy fresh-baked cookies anytime, making prep easier for spontaneous sweet cravings.
- Flaky sea salt sprinkled on top provides a delightful flavor contrast, balancing the sweetness and adding a gourmet touch to these indulgent cookies.
- Using both all-purpose and bread flour creates a perfect cookie texture – crispy edges with a soft, chewy center that cookie lovers crave.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 14 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 230
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 11 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg