Brown Sugar Cookie
A Brown sugar cookie is essentially a chocolate chip-less chocolate chip cookie. Decadent and sweet, crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside.
Creating the Perfect Crispy AND Chewy Brown Sugar Cookie
Baking a cookie that’s crispy on the outer edge and chewy on the inside isn’t as much of a challenge as non-bakers may think. Here’s a few tips to help you achieve a cookie that’s crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside:
- Lower oven temperature
- Baking the cookies at a lower temperature instead of the typical 350 degrees, allows the cookies to slowly bake, leaving a chewy center
- Refrigerating cookie dough before baking
- Refrigerating the cookie dough also slows down the process of baking in the center of the cookie, creating a chewy center.
Brown Sugar Cookies
Brown sugar cookies are essentially chocolate chip-less chocolate chip cookies. Decadent and sweet, crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1½ tsp salt
- 1¾ cup brown sugar
- ½ stick butter softened
- 1½ tbs vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
Chocolate Sauce
- 1 Hershey's Bar
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 3 tbsp heavy cream
Instructions
- To a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, add in butter and sugar. Allow to cream for 3 minutes on a medium speed.
- To a separate bowl, mix together flour, salt, and baking soda.
- To creamed butter/sugar, add in vanilla extract. Follow with eggs one by one until fully combined. (Scraping the sides as needed)
- Lower your speed to low and add in your flour mixture, about a third at a time until dough is no longer dry.
- Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes to allow maximum crispiness on the outer edge and maximum chewiness on the inside.
- Preheat oven to 325℉.
- Scoop 2 Tbsp. of cookie dough onto a non-stick cookie sheet. Repeat 12x.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes or until cookies are golden and no longer raw in the middle. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before transferring. Cookies will still seem flimsy in the middle if you try to transfer them immediately.
- Drizzle chocolate sauce over cookies and serve within 3 days. Store in airtight containers to preserve freshness.
Chocolate Sauce
- To a double boiler set up, add in Hershey bar to the bowl and stir until melted.
- Add in butter and cream and stir until fully combined. Sauce should be able to fall off of the spoon and "ribbon"
