brown butter and chocolate oatmeal cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 42
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 50 mins


• melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; cook, swirling the pan frequently, until the butter is browned, about 5 minutes. pour browned butter into a bowl and set aside to cool.
• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (168 degrees c).
• beat browned butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together in a large bowl until smooth and creamy. beat one egg into the butter mixture until smooth; add second egg and vanilla extract and beat again until smooth and uniform in color.
• mix oats, flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl; add to the browned butter mixture and stir to get a cookie dough. stir chocolate chips into the dough. drop dough by heaping teaspoonful baking sheets.
• bake in preheated oven until edges and bottoms are golden brown, about 12 minutes. cool on sheets for 10 minutes before transferring to wire cooling racks to cool completely.