Brown butter chocolate chip cookies

These are an awesome cookie.  Made with brown butter so they have a little different taste.  These also use bread flour, which makes them thick and chewy.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I also suggest chilling the individual doughs for a few hours or in the freezer for an hour.   And, preheat the oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, brown
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tbs heavy cream
  • 3 cups bread flour (scooped from your flour bag into your measuring cups)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions – in a pan over low-medium heat, cook butter until little brown specs appear.  Remove from heat, place in a bowl and cool 5 minutes.  Add sugar and brown sugar.  Mix in egg, yolk, vanilla and cream.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Add chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.  Chill a few hours or freeze an hour.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.   Bake 10 to 12 minutes, no longer.   Cool completely.  Store in covered container.

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Chocolate Chip Cookies with finely ground pecans

Before the temps go over 100 again, I wanted to bake some cookies.  I added finely ground pecans to chocolate chip cookies.  The recipe is from my friend, Jeff’s mom.  She was an incredibly, kind, sweet lady and I was grateful she gave me this recipe.  She made these before a bunch of us went to the U2 concert in 1992 in Toronto.  I still remember how good they were. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 1 cup pecans, finely ground

Directions – in a bowl, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, salt, baking soda and vanilla.  Mix in eggs.  Fold in flour and cornstarch.  Blend in chips and pecans.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.   Chill individual doughs in fridge for a few hours.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies of sheet, leaving space because these spread a little.  Bake 11 to 15 minutes, no longer.   Let cookies cool.  You can pop them in the fridge to firm then up.  Store in covered container.

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Browned butter/bread flour chocolate chip cookies

Another variation of chocolate chip cookies.  These use browned butter and bread flour.  The bread flour makes the cookies thick and chewy.  I used a combo of semisweer chocolate and mini chocolate chips.

Browned butter is super simple to make.  You cook the butter over low-medium heat until little brown specs appear.  It take 8 to 10 minutes. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the correct amount.  I also recommend forming the dough into tall mounds after you scoop it out and chilling it  for a few hours or freezing it for 30 minutes.  And preheat the oven to 350 degrees before baking so they oven cycles to the right temp.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, browned and cooled
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cups
  • 1 egg
  • 1 yolk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp heavy cream
  • 2 1/2 cups bread flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, combine butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Blend in egg, yolk, vanilla and heavy cream. Fold in dry ingredients.  Mix in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.  Form tall mounds.  Chill a few hours or freeze for 30 minutes.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 10 to 11 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

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Celebratory blondies

Go Bills!

In honor of the Bills 21 point win over the defending Super Bowl champion Rams, I felt a celebratory treat was in order. Rob suggested blondies, so here they are.

Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes so it cycles to the right temp. Also, spoon your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. If you pour the flour directly into the measuring cup, it gets packed in and you actually wind up with too much flour and your treats could be dry. A grave offense.

  • Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled 10 minutes
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

Directions – line an 8×8 pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. In a bowl, combine butter, brown sugar and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Fold in flour. Mix in 1 cup chips. Press evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup chips on top of dough and lightly press into dough. Bake 20-25 minutes. Bars will be light golden around edges. Cool completely and cut. Store in covered container.

Cookie monster!!!

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Brown butter triple chip cookies

The cookie monster!

As I continue to break in out new stove, I present another version of the triple chip cookie. I used browned butter to give them a different flavor and active yeast to make them chewy.

Tips – scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup. (Pouring it in packs in the flour and winds up being too much flour,which could make dry cookies). I like to chill the dough for a bit so they cookies don’t get too flat. Also, preheat your oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes so it cycles to the right temp

  • Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup cold butter, shredded
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp active yeast
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup white chips
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

In a pan, brown butter over low-medium heat. (The butter melts, you continue to cook and stir it occasionally until little brown specks appear. Once that happens, set aside for ten minutes. In a bowl, combine flour, baking soda and yeast. Cut in cold, shredded butter. Add browned butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg and vanilla. Stir in chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper. Stagger cookies. Bake 9 to 13 minutes (light golden patches on top). Cool completely.

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