Name: Brown Butter M&M Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ¾ cup unsalted butter; ¾ cup light brown sugar; ¼ cup sugar; 1 large egg; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1½ tbsp low fat milk; 2 cup all purpose flour; 1 tsp cornstarch; 1 tsp baking soda; ½ tsp salt

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How To Make Brown Butter M&M Cookies

What’s a great way to make M&M cookies even more sumptuous? Make them with brown butter like how it’s done in this easy recipe.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 30 minutes

Total: 45 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

¾cupunsalted butter,room temperature
¾cuplight brown sugar,packed
¼cupsugar
1largeegg
2tspvanilla extract
1½tbsplow fat milk
2cupall purpose flour
1tspcornstarch
1tspbaking soda
½tspsalt

Instructions

Place butter in a small saucepan over medium heat and heat until golden brown specks appear, swirling the pan occasionally. Butter will get foamy and there will be brown bits at the bottom and it will have a nutty smell.
Remove from heat and pour into a small bowl. Make sure to get all those browned bits at the bottom of the pan, that is where all the flavor is. Allow to cool until it becomes solid.
When brown butter is solid, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream together brown butter, brown sugar and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla and milk and beat until combined.
In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt and add to wet ingredients. Mix until just combined. Stir in one cup of M&M’s. Chill dough for at least 1 hour or overnight.
Roll dough into balls, around 1½ Tablespoons of dough per cookie. Press a few extra M&M’s onto the top of each dough ball. Bake for 7 to 9 minutes. Cookies will look underdone, but set up perfectly once they cool.

Nutrition

Calories: 118.87kcal
Fat: 6.06g
Saturated Fat: 3.73g
Trans Fat: 0.23g
Monounsaturated Fat: 1.58g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.30g
Carbohydrates: 14.69g
Fiber: 0.28g
Sugar: 6.61g
Protein: 1.44g
Cholesterol: 23.05mg
Sodium: 64.68mg
Calcium: 9.45mg
Potassium: 23.74mg
Iron: 0.56mg
Vitamin A: 52.41µg

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