Salted Brown Butter Cookies

Ingredients

Difficulty: Medium

• 225g butter
• 220g brown sugar
• 80g white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 300g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp fine salt
• 250g dark chocolate, chopped
• Flaky sea salt to finish

Method

1. 1

   Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat until it foams, smells nutty, and turns deep amber, then cool for 10 minutes.

2. 2

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

3. 3

   Fold in the flour, baking soda, and salt, then the chopped chocolate. Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes.

4. 4

   Scoop onto lined trays, sprinkle with flaky salt, and bake at 180C for 11-12 minutes until the edges are set but the centers still look soft.