brown butter brown sugar shorties
There are cookies, and there are cookies. There are that require half a glass of milk for a single bite and there are snappy little sables called . There are with chocolate pieces, peanut butter pieces and tiny chunks of peanuts in them and there are toasty little with scraped vanilla beans inside. There are on shortbread bases boasting nine sticks of butter and two pounds of pecans and there are these: brown butter, brown sugar shorties.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Tea | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- Some cookies are packed into tins with
- and
- and shipped to friends around the country and you have other cookies with tea on a cold, windy day. Some are indulgences to bring to a holiday party and others should be baked on a Tuesday, just because. Some cookies are for others; these should be just for you.
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar (preferably dark)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (flaky salt would be great in these)
- Demerara sugar (Sugar in the Raw) or sanding sugar for rolling (optional)