Brown Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Chewy oatmeal cookies with nutty browned butter and crisp edges.
Submitted by Eliza Donovan
Prep
20 mins
Cook
12 mins
Total
32 mins
Servings
18
Steps
- 1
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 2
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat until it foams and smells nutty. Let cool for 5 minutes.
- 3
Whisk browned butter with both sugars, then beat in the egg and vanilla.
- 4
Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and oats until a dough forms.
- 5
Scoop dough onto the baking sheet, spacing cookies a few inches apart.
- 6
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until the edges are golden and the centers are just set.
- 7
Cool on the pan for 5 minutes before moving to a rack.
Make it fancy
Kick it up a notch
Optional moves for when you want to impress.
- Fold in chopped dark chocolate or dried sour cherries.
- Add a pinch of cardamom with the cinnamon for something more aromatic.
- Sprinkle flaky salt over the tops right before baking.
- Sandwich two cookies around a thin layer of vanilla ice cream.
- Top with toasted panko, lemon zest, and salt to taste for a crunchy finish.