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Brown Sugar Cookies

These delicious, buttery cookies are made from brown sugar, and are the perfect anytime cookie. This recipe only requires a small amount of molasses, which is essentially sugar mixed with a little caramel flavor. You can tell a brown sugar cookie by its golden color and distinctive flavor. These cookies are made with a light brown-colored base and a chocolate chip center. Make sure to make sure that you have room to roll the dough, and you'll have the perfect cookie in no time.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 36 cookies
Course: Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine: American
Calories: 452
Ingredients Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 14 TBS butter
  • 1 3/4 cup Dark Brown Sugar I prefer Domino
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 Large Egg plus 1 Yolk
  • 1 TBS Rum Extract
  • 2 cups AP Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar

Method
 

  1. preheat oven to 375 degrees
  2. Melt 10 TBS of butter in a small pan and keep on the low heat for 4 minutes until the butter is a light brown color and smells nutty. Pour into a separate bowl and add the remaining 4 TBS butter and whisk to melt the butter.
  3. Let cool 3 minutes , then add brown sugar and salt. Whisk until brown sugar is completely clump free and smooth. Add egg, egg yolk and rum extract. (can be replaced with vanilla extract)
  4. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and baking powder. Add to the wet mixture and mix until fully combined, using a spatula.
  5. Combine 1/4 cup of each sugar and brown sugar and mix. Roll out 36 balls of dough and coat in the sugar combination.
  6. Bake the cookies for 8 minutes, placing only one cookie sheet in the oven at a time to ensure even baking. Rotate the cookies after 4 minutes.

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Notes

These are so good, and so addicting. They stay nice and fluffy during baking and don't spread much. The cookie is crispy on bottom yet so soft inside.
So what's your staple baking ingredient?
A little lemon zest? Pinch of salt? Squirt of agave nectar?