Brown Butter and Cinnamon Sugar Cookies

Okay, these look like Snickerdoodle cookies, but I technically can't call them that. Snickerdoodles traditionally have cream of tartar in the dough, these cookies don't, just because I don't particularly like the flavor it gives the cookies. They are however, soft, chewy, and oh-so delicious. If you've never browned butter for cookies, you are missing out. Brown butter gives cookies a sort of nutty caramelness that makes them even more yummy. I also love that the only equipment needed to make these cookies is a bowl, wooden spoon, and the amazingly toned arm muscles you just happen to have, because if you're like me and eat half the batch upon letting the cookies cool, a little arm work wouldn't hurt.

These cookies didn't make it to the following day because we ate them all. I have no shame in my level of dessert consumption :) Paired with a tall glass of ice-cold milk, these cookies will make the afternoon perfectly perfect.


[C'mon, let's roll]
Brown Butter and Cinnamon Sugar Cookies
Makes approximately 24 cookies
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Ingredients:

Cookies:
1 stick of butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cups flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt

Rolling Mixture:
3 TBS sugar
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Directions:

-Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together. Set aside.

-In a small sauce pan over medium heat, melt the butter and cook until the butter reaches a honey color. This takes anywhere from 3-5 minutes. Place into a heat proof glass bowl and let cool for a few minutes.

-To the browned butter add the sugar and brown sugar, stir together for one minute. Add the egg and vanilla and mix for about 2 minutes, it will slightly lighten in color. Add the dry ingredients and stir until all of the flour is incorporated. Chill the dough for 45 minutes.

-Preheat oven to 350F. Remove dough from fridge. Roll pieces of dough into a 1 inch ball, then into cinnamon sugar mixture and place on cookie sheet. (12 fit on my sheet pan). Bake cookies for 9 minutes, remove from oven and cool on cooling rack. Then devour half the batch shamelessly.