Brown Butter Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter (no substitute)
• 1 cup light brown sugar or 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup chocolate chunks or 1 cup chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees. in a medium saucepan melt the butter, swirling and stirring the butter until nicely browned bits appear in the bottom of the pan. this may take about 5-7 minutes. once the butter is browned, remove pan from heat and set aside to cool a bit while you measure out the dry ingredients and set them aside.
• 2 in the bowl of a stand mixer add the brown sugar and slightly cooled butter. beat on medium speed for about 2 minutes. add egg and beat for one minute more. add milk and vanilla extract and beat to incorporate.
• 3 turn the mixer off, scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the dry ingredients all at once. with either the stand mixer on low, or by hand with a spatula, incorporate the dry ingredients until just mixed inches fold in the chopped nuts and chocolate chips.
• 4 scoop two teaspoon sized balls onto a lined baking sheet. bake for 9-11 minutes or until cookies are golden brown. remove from oven and let rest of the baking sheet for 3 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.