Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Chip Cookies · The Best Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
One of 88 chocolate chip cookies recipes we measured
It ranks #3 of 88 for sweetness perceived among the chocolate chip cookies recipes we compared. 511 cooks on www.ambitiouskitchen.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 88.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 84% | 65% |
| total sugar | 137% | 98% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 86% | 53% |
| egg | 19% | 27% |
| leavener | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 6% | 0% |
| mix-ins | 100% | 94% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| Wet ingredients: | |
| 226 g | 1 cup (226 grams) salted butter*, sliced |
| 320 g | 1 1/2 cups (320 grams) packed dark brown sugar |
| 50 g | 1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated sugar |
| 50 g | 1 large egg plus 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon vanilla extract |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon plain whole-milk Greek yogurt |
| Dry ingredients: | |
| 270 g | 2 1/4 cups (270 grams) all-purpose flour |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt |
| 135 g | 3/4 cup (135 grams) semisweet chocolate chips |
| 135 g | 3/4 cup (135 grams) milk or dark chocolate chips or chunks |
| Flaky sea salt (I like Maldon) |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.ambitiouskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I am a total sucker for brown butter so I really wanted a good brown butter cookie recipe. I followed the instructions to a T and … they did not turn out. I measured the flour and everything with my scale but the cookies flattened and were a bit greasy tbh. I ” — a cook, 4★
“Before making these cookies I was a loser. A sad boy with nothing to show for or anything to prove to anyone. The day I stumbled upon this recipe I knew my life would begin to change. Brown butter. An idea so brilliant and intriguing I had to try. Never will a” — a cook, 5★