Brown Butter Snickerdoodles

Name: Brown Butter Snickerdoodles
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks, or 240 g) butter, cut into 16 tablespoons; 2¼ cups (270 g) all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon cream of tartar; 1 teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon salt; ¾ cup (170 g) packed light brown sugar; 1¼ cups (250 g) granulated sugar, divided; 1 large egg, room temperature; 1 tablespoon (15 ml) milk; 1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Preparation info

Yield:
36 to 40
cookies

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Sally's Cookie Addiction

By Sally McKenney

Published 2017

About

If you aren’t already madly in love with the cinnamon sugar delights we all know as snickerdoodles, you will be after trying this version. Brown butter, with its nutty and toasty flavor, completely changes everything!

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks, or 240 g) butter, cut into 16 tablespoons

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Brown the butter: Have a large heatproof bowl handy. Place butter in a light-colored skillet over medium heat. (The light color of the skillet makes it easier to determine when the butter begins browning.) Whisking constantly, melt the butter. The butter will begin to foam. After 5 to 8 minutes, the butter will begin browning—you’ll notice lightly browned specks starting