Browned Butter Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies

Course: Dessert

Keyword: cookie, Sourdough

1/3 C or 75 g Active or Discard Starter,
2 sticks or 340 g butter,
1 1/2 C or 320 g brown sugar,
3/4 or 143 g white sugar,
3 large eggs,
3 tsp vanilla,
3 C or 360 g AP flour,
1 1/2 tsp or 8 g baking soda,
3/4 tsp or 4 g salt,
3 C or 510 g 60% cacao chocolate chips (optional, but it is what gives the cookies the best
texture,
remove 3 tablespoons of the flour and replace with cornstarch before adding to mixture)

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, brown your butter in a saucepan, remove from heat and let come to room temperature.
in a separate bowl, combine flour, (cornstarch) baking soda and salt, mix and set aside,
In your mixer bowl, add your browned butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and mix
until smooth….add eggs one at a time mixing in well, then stir in vanilla…..
add your flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture and combine just until mixed remove
from mixer, and fold in your chocolate chips…
cover your dough and chill for at least 1 hour, (overnight is better for a deeper flavor)
Preheat oven to 350 and line your baking sheets with parchment paper,
scoop your dough and weigh each ball to 4 oz and place on cookie sheet making sure
the dough remains cold, work quickly….you will need a large baking sheet, 14x16 and only
place 6 on it, or using a smaller one, only back 3-4 at a time….bake for 15-17 mins, just until
edges are golden and middle is just set (do not overbake) remove from oven and immediately
sprinkle with flake sea salt then transfer to cooling rack
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