Description
Browned butter toffee chocolate chip cookies blend rich, caramelized notes with classic cookie comfort. Crunchy toffee pieces and melted chocolate create irresistible layers of sweet complexity that draw people closer with each delicious bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 sticks (227 g) unsalted butter
- 1 cup (200 g) dark brown sugar
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 10 oz (283 g) semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup toffee bits (homemade or Heath)
- 2 large eggs plus 1 egg yolk, at room temperature
- 1 ½ cups (190 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (127 g) bread flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- 1 tsp instant espresso powder (optional)
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- Flaky sea salt, for finishing
Instructions
- Butter Transformation: Gently heat butter in a stainless pan, swirling until golden brown with nutty caramel specks and rich aromatics develop.
- Mixing Base: Combine browned butter with sugars in a large mixing bowl, blending until smooth and integrated, then allow to cool to room temperature for flavor development.
- Dry Ingredient Preparation: Whisk flour, leavening agents, salt, and espresso powder in a separate bowl to create a uniform dry mixture.
- Wet Ingredient Integration: Mix eggs, additional egg yolk, and vanilla into the cooled butter-sugar base, whisking until completely incorporated.
- Dough Formation: Fold dry ingredients into wet mixture using a flexible spatula, then gently fold in chocolate chunks and toffee pieces until evenly distributed.
- Flavor Maturation: Wrap dough completely in plastic and refrigerate for 24-72 hours to intensify flavors, then allow to warm at room temperature for one hour before baking.
- Baking Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper, then portion dough into three-tablespoon rounds.
- Final Baking: Bake cookies until edges turn golden amber (12-14 minutes), immediately sprinkle with flaky sea salt, and transfer to cooling racks to set.
Notes
- Elevate Flavor Complexity: Browning butter develops deeper, nuttier taste profiles by caramelizing milk solids, transforming ordinary cookies into extraordinary culinary experiences.
- Master Resting Technique: Refrigerating dough for 24-72 hours allows ingredients to meld, intensifying flavors and creating more complex, sophisticated texture.
- Optimize Baking Precision: Use a three-tablespoon measure for consistent cookie size, ensuring uniform baking and professional-looking results.
- Enhance Finishing Touch: Sprinkle flaky sea salt immediately after baking to create delightful sweet-savory contrast and elevate overall taste sensation.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 14 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 22
- Calories: 195
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg