Chocolate + Brown Butter ... Yum
These Brown Butter Cookies are a gourmet twist on sugar cookies. They have a deep, rich, caramelized taste, and are decorated with white and dark modeling chocolate. The embossing gives them an added elegance, sort of like a cookie in a tuxedo.
“Elegance is not being noticed, it’s about being remembered.” Giorgio Armani
These cookies were the result of an experiment I conducted using sculpting chocolate for a cookie “cover” because this cookie deserved more than sweetness to dress it up. (Sorry, Royal Icing, no offense intended.)
When my nephew tasted these cutout cookies, he said that they were the tastiest decorated cookie I’ve ever made. ’Nough said.
Cookie specifics
Brown-Butter Cookies. Made with brown butter, which gives them a deep, rich caramelized flavor, these cookies are unique and delicious. The dark chocolate sculpting “dough” was the perfect complement to this delicious bite.
Shapes
big hearts, little hearts, and plaques
Sizes
Sizes range from 2 inches to 4 inches. 2½ to 3 inches is my favorite size for decorating and eating!
Greetings & Messages
numerous plaque shapes with interesting edges
Cookie Recipe from This Talented Cookie Artist
Brown-Butter Cookies. Original recipe from Sugar Hero.
Cookies
Brown-Butter Cookie: flour, brown butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, egg, cornstarch, vanilla, salt
Icing & Decorative Embellishments
White Chocolate (for the white “cover”): sugar, cocoa butter, nonfat milk, vanilla
Chocolate Dough (for the dark “cover”): corn syrup plus either delicate white, creamy milk, rich semi-sweet, or deep bittersweet chocolate
Royal Icing (for the embellishments”): confectioner’s sugar, egg whites, corn syrup, pure vanilla extract or almond extract, cream of tartar, food coloring
Plate, Box or Bag?
Paper Plate. Depending on the occasion, when I’m transporting my cookies locally, I occasionally arrange them on a sturdy Chinet paper plate and wrap the whole thing in clear plastic wrap. This is a safe way to get them from my house to the event I’m attending. Mostly, though, I prefer to box them or wrap them....
Box. Since I was giving a dozen of these to my nephew, I packaged them in a cardboard bakery box with a clear window on top. That makes the contents visible to anyone who wants to peek. The box held 18 cookies nicely.
Bags. I also gave some to a friend, so I wrapped those cookies individually in clear, food-safe bags, secured with a twist tie. This makes the cookies stackable without causing damage to the decorations.
What I’ve learned...
These cookies were made with the best ingredients I could find and baked in a small batch of two dozen. I’ve experimented with less expensive ingredients, but have come to the conclusion that flavor is best when I use the best. Why spend all this time baking and decorating if taste and texture are just so-so? Decorating the cookies takes time, but it’s an enjoyable process for me and I know that those who receive them appreciate that. Life is just better when you can share something you love with someone you love. Don’t you agree?
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