sea salt brown butter cookies... (just like the cayucos cookies!)

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SEA SALT BROWN BUTTER COOKIES

             yummm- these little guys are sooo good!  I have yet to find a better salted cookie.  The place I discovered these is in Cayucos, California at the Brown Butter Cookie Company.   After many trials and friggin' errors! I have finally found the recipe that fits!

recipe:

1 1/2 c. flour

1/2 c. brown sugar

1 1/2 sticks (12T) unsalted butter

1 t. vanilla extract

1 t. baking soda

 preheat oven to 325.  brown butter; browning butter is easy but you have to watch it!  and constantly stir with a wooden spoon.  This process takes about 8-10 minutes over medium heat. Once you brown the butter pour into a mixing bowl, add brown sugar, and vanilla and stir until incorporated.  Add dry ingredients to a separate bowl and gently whisk together.  Add dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture and stir until you get a nice blended round bit of dough.  roll into 1 inch balls and place on lightly greased cookie sheet- or if you have a silicon mat that will do even better.  gently press each cookie down a bit and sprinkle with sea salt.

bake for 13-15 minutes - let cool (the hardest part!) and enjoy!

see the butter start to brown! so cool!

and the butter browns a little mo...

 

if you want cocoa cookies, decrease the amount of flour by 2 T and add 1/4 c. dark cocoa.