Description
Sweet brown sugar cookies deliver comfort wrapped in delightful nostalgia, promising rich caramel undertones that melt perfectly on hungry taste buds. Warm kitchen memories and simple ingredients create irresistible treats you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Primary Ingredients (Wet):
- ¾ cup (170 grams or 1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
- 1 ¾ cups (350 grams) packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Primary Ingredients (Dry):
- 2 cups (240 grams) all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Optional Ingredients:
- ¼ cup (50 grams) granulated sugar (for rolling)
Instructions
- Melt butter and blend thoroughly with brown sugar until achieving a silky, uniform consistency.
- Incorporate whole egg, additional egg yolk, and vanilla extract, whisking until ingredients integrate seamlessly.
- Separately combine flour, baking soda, and salt through gentle whisking to distribute ingredients evenly.
- Gradually fold dry ingredients into wet mixture, creating a soft, cohesive dough while avoiding excessive mixing.
- Refrigerate dough for minimum 30 minutes to enhance texture and flavor development.
- Shape dough into uniform spheres using a medium cookie scoop or carefully measured portions.
- Optional: Roll cookie spheres in granulated sugar to create a delicate, crackled exterior.
- Arrange dough balls with generous spacing on parchment-lined baking sheets to prevent merging during baking.
- Position sheets in preheated oven at 350F and bake approximately 9-11 minutes, targeting slightly underdone centers with set edges.
- Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for initial 5-minute cooling period, which helps structural stabilization.
- Transfer cookies to wire cooling rack, permitting complete temperature reduction and texture refinement.
Notes
- Chill the dough for extra chewiness by letting it rest in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes, which helps prevent spreading and intensifies the brown sugar flavor.
- Customize the texture by adjusting baking time – shorter baking creates softer cookies, while longer baking produces crispier edges with a chewy center.
- Swap ingredients for dietary needs by using gluten-free flour blend instead of all-purpose flour, or replace butter with coconut oil for a dairy-free version.
- Enhance flavor variations by adding a pinch of cinnamon, replacing vanilla with maple extract, or sprinkling sea salt on top before baking for a gourmet twist.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 185
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 70 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg