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Brown Butter Sugar Cookies
By Bianca Fernandez · bitesbybianca.com
Makes 15 cookies
45 min + cooling
Nutty brown butter cookies with malted milk and espresso, decorated with white and dark chocolate details.
| prepPreheat oven to 325°F / 162°C | ||||||||
| prepLine two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mat | ||||||||
| ½ cup / 115 g unsalted butter, cut into tablespoons | Brown butter, cool & stir in espresso | Whisk brown butter with both sugars | Whisk in malted milk, egg & vanilla until smooth | Fold in dry ingredients until no dry spots | Roll dough balls in sugar, space 3 inches apart | Bake 325°F / 162°C, 9–11 min; sprinkle flaky salt | Cool on sheet 5 min, transfer to rack | Serve decorated cookies |
| 1 tsp espresso powder | ||||||||
| 1⅓ cups / 165 g all-purpose flour | Whisk dry ingredients | |||||||
| ½ tsp baking powder | ||||||||
| ½ tsp baking soda | ||||||||
| ½ tsp fine sea salt | ||||||||
| ½ cup / 100 g granulated sugar | ||||||||
| ¼ cup / 55 g brown sugar, packed | ||||||||
| 3 tbsp malted milk powder | ||||||||
| 1 egg | ||||||||
| 1 tbsp vanilla extract | ||||||||
| ¼ cup / 50 g granulated sugar (for rolling) | ||||||||
| flaky sea salt | ||||||||
| 3 tbsp white chocolate | Melt white chocolate in 30-sec intervals | Tint portion of white chocolate pink | Melt dark chocolate; pipe all decorations | |||||
| ½ tbsp milk or dark chocolate | ||||||||
| oil-based pink food coloring | ||||||||
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