Brown Butter Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
These brown butter pecan chocolate chip cookies are the perfect fix for your sweet tooth. They're crisp, chewy and packed full two kinds of chocolate and lots of pecans.
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 181kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 2 3/4 cup +2 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans heaping
- coarse sea salt for sprinkling, optional
Instructions
- Place 1 stick of butter in a small saucepan, set over medium heat. Heat butter until it melts, then bubbles and eventually begins to smell nutty. Whisk and swirl every few seconds until you start to see browned bits (or flecks) at the bottom, remove immediately.
- In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, add the remaining stick of butter, pour the hot browned butter over top. Add the sugars and beat for 2-3 minutes until light and smooth. With mixing speed on low, add the eggs one at a time until incorporated, then the vanilla.
- In a medium size mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. With mixing speed on low, gradually add in the dry ingredients. Beat until just combined or until a soft dough forms. Fold in the chocolate chips and pecans with a spatula. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, line baking sheets with parchment paper or baking mats.
- To bake the cookies, using a standard size cookie scoop (approximately 1.5 tbsp.) to form balls of dough. Place onto the prepared sheets, leaving at least 2 inches in between. Sprinkle with sea salt if desired.
- Place in the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, rotating the sheet half way through the baking process. Remove from oven when cookies are golden brown in color around the edges. Let cookies cool on pan for 3-4 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
-You can easily swap out the chips for chopped chocolate.
Nutrition
Serving: 36serving | Calories: 181kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 134mg | Potassium: 61mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 173IU | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg