I hadn’t baked in five years. That was true, till I found a recipe that looked delightful. So then, on one random night, I discovered how to make the best chocolate chip cookies.

I was craving sweets, and cookies were the first thing that came to mind. It was around ten o’clock at night, and I searched the internet for the best recipe. I ended up on reddit, of course, and found the recipe that appealed to me most. It wasn’t just any regular chocolate chip cookies that I found, but they were brown butter chocolate chip cookies. The sound of them resonated with me, so I knew I had to make them. 

They were relatively easy to make, but made me feel like a skilled baker by the end of the process. The brown butter heightened the flavor by miles, and I refuse to make chocolate chip cookies now any other way. I have made them at least five times by now, whether that be for family, friends, or classmates. They can all agree that these cookies are to die for. For example, I made them only once for my brother, and now he asks me to make them for him every time I see him. He lives across the country currently, but is determined to convince me to go through the mailing process in order to get his hands on these cookies. 

Ingredients

1 cup salted butter

1 cup light brown sugar

½ cup granulated sugar

2 large eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon coarse sea salt

2 ½ cups all purpose flour

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

1.  In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and bring it to a boil. Once it starts boiling, stir constantly until the butter is out of the foamy phase and becomes an amber color.
2. Remove from heat, and allow it to cool for 20 minutes.
3. While the butter is cooling down, preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
4. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil and set aside. 
5. Add granulated sugar, light brown sugar, vanilla extract, baking soda, eggs, and salt into a large mixing bowl. Add the cooled butter and stir to combine using a rubber spatula.
6. Stir in the flour until the dough is well combined and the ingredients are evenly distributed.
7. Finally, mix in the chocolate chips.
8. Use a large cookie scoop (about 3 tablespoons), scoop the dough onto the baking sheet, making sure they are about 2 inches apart. 
9. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes until they are golden brown. 
10. Remove from the oven and allow them to cool completely.
11. Sprinkle a small amount of flaked sea salt on top if desired.