You will want to read this.

 The Browned Butter Cookie.


I love food, and especially sugar. But that's old news.



Funny story: I visited my sister who lives in Northern Spain a couple of weeks ago, and it was a joy. Not only because of the amazing surrounding mountains or baby goats, but because we openly share the same dumb humor, and an obsession over sweeeeettt treeeaattsss. Because they live up in the mountains on a farm, these delicacies are scarce. Long story short, we got word from some outside source that there was a restaurant through the forrest around the mountain that could possibly have Magnum ice cream bars. Those are the ones with the thick chocolate layer and carmel and more chocolate...Don't even let me get started. So with the boys hard at work on the land, we decided this was a journey worth traveling. So we put on our rainboots and hiked MILES through the forrest. I'm talking long long miles in the pouring rain to find this place.
"Oh my gosh, we can't give up now Bean. Let's go around one more bend.. Nope no sign of sugar. Okay just one more bend." 


After miles of forrest, sweat, rain drops the size of small cookies, and  growling bellies.. We never found the restaurant, and thus never consumed the ice cream. 
But of course, with us being women, on the way there we were like, "GARRRR I COULD EAT 5 OF THEM! I'D KILL A BEAR FOR ONE!!!" 
and on the way home,
"...You know it's actually good that we didn't find them, because our bodies are much better off without all that fat and sugar. Blessing in disguise hehe haha hehe."
.the end. 




So as I've been back in the big O'l United States, where brownies and at my finger tips, to be quite honest, things have gotten a bit out of hand...


So I thought to myself, 
"Jenna. Oh Jenna. I believe the only answer to this is prayer and juice." 


It's not like I'm being creative, the whole juice fad has been around for weeks! but it's time I took hold of the life changing stuff. 
So it's only day one.... hahahahh and posting this blog is borderline torture. but hey I love you guys that much. 


This is why these cookies are so great. Actually lets discuss what browned butter even is first. I
love those different things that make something sound so shnazzy and good, but are ridiculously simple. Like how decadent mouse sounds, when it's really only whipped cream and flavoring. You know what I mean? 
Browned butter sounds so amazing (and it is) but all it takes is a pan, some heat, and lots of patients. 
The melting of the butter with the slow heat, totally changes the flavor profile of the butter; taking what once was mild and sweet, and turning it into a dark, nutty, carmel flavor! Oh the things heat can do :)


The browned butter aspect of these cookies, take a classic chocolate chip and give it a carmel twist. Magical. 


Not only will this recipe allow you to make the perfect cookie for any get-together but it will also give you lots of enduring patients.  
Because you. can. not. stop. stirring. the. butter. as. it. browns. period!
It's like a little infant who needs lots of love and care. You wouldn't leave you new born baby alone in a room would you? Let's apply that same concept. 


 Here's the recipe: 

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 lb chocolate chips/chunks
•  

For starters turn on your oven to 350. 

1.) Browning the butter is very basic, and only takes a good little pan, medium heat, and you stirring it. As you can see it the pictures, mine went from a light carmel color to a much darker brown. You want to allow the butter to get nice and dark= great carmel flavor. As the butter fully melts it will be bubbling and dancing around. Let it just do it's thing. 

Occasionally I would pull it off the burner and swirl; letting my eyes get a good gage on the color. (Don't be alarmed when your browned butter appears to be grainy.. this is only the butter solids browning with the heat) 

Whew! Once that's done, this cookie is a piece of cake. 

2.) Combine your cooled butter with your sugars, eggs and vanilla. 

3.) Combine your dry ingredients and combine! 

4.) taste the batter. Do you taste the difference of the more nutty, carmelly butter? Isn't it like carmel cookie joy??

5.) Add chocolate chips, oats, nuts, magnum bars, whatever your heart desires. 

6.) Pan them up

7.) And bake them until they are soft and cooked through. I'd start with 10 minutes and check them from there. 

           8.) Eat all of them. For me. Please.