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Brown Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies deliver big flavor because the key ingredients get special attention. We toast both the oats and pecans to coax out their nuttiness, then grind the oats in a food processor so the finished cookies have a more refined texture than your standard oatmeal cookie. The butter is deeply browned to add deep, butterscotchy notes that carry flavor throughout the dough. Chunks of bittersweet chocolate create pockets of gooeyness, while finely chopped milk chocolate lends creaminess and milky sweetness that melts into the cookies. (You can use store-bought chocolate chunks sold in bags alongside the chocolate chips, or chop your own from a bar. And you can grate the milk chocolate on a box grater if you find that easier than finely chopping it.) The recipe doubles easily, and the portioned dough can be frozen up to a month. Bake the cookies directly from the freezer, without thawing, for 20 minutes, rotating the baking sheet halfway through.
Makes twelve
4-inch cookies
Don’t skip the step of refrigerating the dough after mixing. Not only will the dough be easier to portion because it has had a chance to firm up and hydrate, the cookies will spread less during baking. Chill it for a minimum of 30 minutes or for up to 1 hour. If refrigerated longer, the dough will harden and be difficult to scoop unless allowed to soften at room temperature.
1 hour
15 minutes active, plus cooling
Ingredients
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113
grams (8 tablespoons) salted butter, cut into 8 pieces
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100
grams (1 cup) old-fashioned rolled oats
Directions
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01Heat the oven to 375°F with racks in the upper- and lower-middle positions. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with kitchen parchment. In a 10-inch skillet over medium, cook the butter, swirling the pan occasionally, until the milk solids at the bottom are deeply browned, 4 to 6 minutes. Pour into a large bowl and set aside.