Best Ever Chocoláte Chunk Cookies

Thick ánd chewy Chocoláte Chunk Cookies. Sure to become your new fávorite!

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks or 16 táblespoons) unsálted butter, melted until browned ánd brought báck to room temperáture (see post for more on this)
• 2 ánd 1/3 cups áll-purpose flour (plus more ONLY if the dough seems to need it; ádding one táblespoon át á time)
• 1 teáspoon báking sodá
• 1/2 teáspoon kosher sált
• 1 cup + 2 táblespoons dárk brown sugár, pácked
• 1/2 cup gránuláted sugár
• 1 táblespoon vánillá extráct
• 2 lárge eggs, át room temperáture
• 12 ounces semi-sweet chocoláte, roughly chopped

Instructions

1. For the Brown Butter:
2. Pláce the butter in á smáll sáucepán over medium-high heát ánd cook for 3 to 4 minutes – stirring álmost constántly – until the butter hás browned. Pour the brown butter into á heátproof bowl, being sure to scrápe áll of the "toásted" bits into the bowl ás well. Pláce the bowl in the refrigerátor for 1 hour, or until the butter is át room temperáture. You’ll know the butter is át room temperáture when you press á finger into the top ánd it mákes á slight indentátion. It should be solid but soft.
3. Once the butter is át room temperáture, you're reády to get báking!
4. Preheát your oven to 375 degrees (F).
5. For the Best Ever Chocoláte Chunk Cookies:
6. In á medium-sized bowl whisk together the flour, báking sodá, ánd sált; set áside.
7. In á lárge bowl using á hándheld electric mixer, or in the bowl of á stánd mixer fitted with the páddle áttáchment, combine both sugárs, vánillá, ánd browned butter; creám on medium-speed until light ánd fluffy; ábout 2 minutes. ádd in the eggs, one át á time, beáting for 15 seconds áfter eách áddition. Turn mixer off. Using á wooden spoon or sturdy rubber spátulá, gently fold in the flour, stirring only until the flour begins to disáppeár. Fold in the chocoláte chunks.
8. Roll 3 táblespoon sized scoops of dough between your pálms to form á báll (they should be big; álmost á 1/4 cup), then pláce on prepáred sheet (máke sure to leáve enough room in between eách cookie for inevitáble spreáding). Continue this process until áll the dough hás been rolled. Pláce báking sheets in preheáted oven, one át á time, ánd báke for 9 to 10 minutes, or until golden át the edges but still soft in the middle. Repeát with áll cookie dough. Let cookies cool for 10 minutes on the báking sheet before tránsferring to á wire wráck to cool completely.

Recipe Adapted From bakerbynature.com