Chewy Brown Sugar Cookies Recipe

• servings: 16 servings
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

14 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted (7 ounces; 200g)

1 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar, divided (12.25 ounces; 350g)

3/4 teaspoon Diamond crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use about half as much by volume or the same by weight (3g)

1 large egg (55g)

2 teaspoons vanilla extract (10ml)

2 cups all-purpose flour (10 ounces; 285g)

1 teaspoon baking powder (4g)

1/2 teaspoon baking soda (2g)

Directions

Getting Started: Adjust 2 oven racks to upper and lower-middle positions and preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.

Stir butter, 1 1/2 cups (10.7 ounces; 300g) brown sugar, and salt in a large bowl until combined. Stir in egg and vanilla until combined. Add flour, baking powder, and baking soda to bowl and stir until combined.

Scoop 1/4-cup sized balls of dough onto rimmed baking sheets (7 to 8 per pan). Add remaining 1/4-cup (1.5 ounces; 50g) brown sugar to now empty (unwashed) bowl. Roll each dough ball into sugar, return to pan, and press to about 1 inch thick.

Bake until tops have puffed and cracked, and edges are golden, 9 to 11 minutes, rotating pans from top to bottom and front to back halfway through baking. Let cool on pans for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: Makes 14 to 16 cookies
• Calories: 244 kcal
• Total Fat: 11 g
• Saturated Fat: 6 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
• Cholesterol: 40 mg
• Sodium: 146 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 35 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0 g
• Total Sugars: 21 g
• Protein: 2 g