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Ingredients
🇺🇸 American units
🌏 Standard units
| 76 g | Beaten egg |
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| 348 g | Butter |
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| 406 g | Plain flour |
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| 200 g | Bread flour |
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| 206 g | Granulated sugar |
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| 235 g | Brown sugar |
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| 0.66 tsp | Baking soda |
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| 2.0 tsp | Hot water |
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| 1.0 tsp | Salt |
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| 1.0 tsp | Vanilla extract |
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| 150 g | Chopped dark chocolate |
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Method
About 2 hours, 2 minutes preparation time
- In a saucepan over medium heat, cook the butter while gently swirling or stirring until you start to see golden brown milk solids. As soon as the butter turns a rich brown color with a nutty aroma, remove from the heat. This should take about 5 minutes. Be careful not to go past this point otherwise your butter will burn, leaving a bitter taste.
- Make sure the butter is cool, but not completely hardened.
- Vigorously whisk together egg, white sugar, and vanilla until pale in color and falling from the whisk in thick ribbons.
- Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt, and whisk together.
- Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, and whisk together.
- Mix the brown butter into the egg mixture.
- Mix the brown butter and brown sugar into the egg mixture.
- Gently fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined. Do not overmix - it's OK to still have some flour visible. It's best to do this by hand rather than using a stand mixer to avoid over-working the dough.
- Gently mix in the chocolate and anything else you might want to add.
- Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes or until it firms up slightly.
- Preheat the oven and line a baking sheet with something non-stick.
- Shape your dough into small balls, about 3.5cm in diameter, about 60g each.
- Tear each ball in half and smoodge the smooth sides back together before placing on the lined baking sheet. This will help maximize cragginess.
- Place the cookies at least 10cm apart on a lined baking sheet.
- Bake at 182 degrees for 12 minutes.
- Once baked, leave the cookies to cool and solidify on the baking tray for 2 minutes before placing on a wire cooling rack. Leave to cool completely (if you can).
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Room temperature, humidity, ingredients, equipment all have an impact - if your cookies don't come out perfect, try again.