BROWN BUTTER EVERYTHING COOKIES

Inspiration shows its beautiful face often when things are going downhill in my life. For some reason, all that negative energy collects within me and blossoms into this lovely spark of motivation. Last week, let's just call this one "the breakup." It's fairly self-explanatory, but for the purpose of brevity, we will leave it at that. 

Once all was said and done, I booked it to my kitchen and immediately started pulling out all the ingredients that I had in hopes that they would come together and remotely form a type of edible, sugary morsel that I could drown my sorrows in. Dramatic? Yes. Effective? 100% of the time, every time. When these babies came out of the oven, I thought that I might just sift several cups of powdered sugar over them, because why not? Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.

Moving forward....these cookies are the best when eaten the day of, so make sure you have plenty of hungry mouths eat them all, unless you're looking to eat half the tray by yourself, which I hear cures almost anything....not naming any names.

The "everything" in the title can apply to anything you have in your pantry. This can range from chocolate chips and dried fruit to BACON. Unfortunately, I just thought of that, but I can almost guarantee that it will make a beautiful appearance in the very near future. 

For this recipe, I used coconut, walnuts and semi-sweet chocolate chips, since I did not necessarily have time or the emotional capacity to go to the grocery store (*see above if you missed why*). Regardless, I was beyond pleased to how these turned out, especially because I did not have baking soda or powder at my fingertips. WHAT! Yes folks. It is possible to make a beautiful cookie sans baking soda. I did it.

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INGREDIENTS

*Makes 12-15 cookies​​

• 1 stick unsalted browned butter
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup chopped semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
• 1/4 cup walnuts
• 1 cup powdered sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Cover a cookie sheet with non-stick spray, parchment paper or lightly greased foil. 
3. In a small saucepan, melt butter and brown as desired. 
4. While the butter browns, combine the brown sugar, granulated sugar in a medium bowl, then add the butter when ready. 
5. Add the vanilla extract and salt to the medium bowl, then slowly pour in the egg.
6. Once a smooth consistency has been reached, add in the flour 1/4 cup at a time to avoid clumping in the batter.
7. After all base ingredients have been combined into a cookie dough, add mix-ins as desired.
8. Scoop small balls of dough onto the cookie sheet, then place sheet in oven for 10-12 minutes. 
9. Remove from oven and let cool for 15 minutes.
10. Sift the powdered sugar over the beautiful browned cookies to desired amount and enjoy.