Delicious Brown Butter Meltaway Cookies

These incredible Brown Butter Meltaway Cookies have only 6 ingredients with no mixer needed! The best easy Christmas cookie recipe you will try!   

Thank you DairyPure Milk for sponsoring this post 

Incredibly Delicious Brown Butter Meltaway Cookies

Sometimes the simpler things are the best ones. These Brown Butter Meltaway Cookies may not look like much but each bite packs a punch of huge flavor of butter and vanilla with a crumbly melt in your mouth texture.

If you’re leaving cookies and milk out for Santa this year, I recommend these ones. He will give you much more generous gifts after having just a few.

I am a huge fan of baking with brown butter. It has a deep nutty taste that permeates the flour and creates a wonderful moist product. You can choose to dust them with confectioners sugar or leave them as is. I chose to dust them because it gives them a “snowed in” effect that is perfect for winter.

For these meltaway cookies, I rolled them into balls and then used a cookie stamp to create a cute flower pattern. You can do any shape you may like, although I do not recommend using cookie cutter since this dough tends to be on the sticky side.

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I hope you can try these delicious Brown Butter Meltaway Cookies at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.

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Brown Butter Meltaway Cookies

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

25 mins

 

These incredible Brown Butter Meltaway Cookies have only 6 ingredients with no mixer needed! The best easy Christmas cookie recipe you will try!   

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: European

Servings: 16 cookies

Calories: 171 kcal

Author: Tiffany Bendayan

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)
• 2/3 cup confectioners sugar, sifted plus more for dusting
• 1 3/4 cup flour sifted
• 1 egg white
• Pinch powdered vanilla*
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit

2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper 

3. Place butter in a pan over medium-low heat. Melt butter and whirl the pan occasionally

4. When butter turns brown and develops a nutty aroma, remove from heat and strain into a bowl. Cool for a few minutes
   

5. Add confectioners sugar and mix using a spatula or wooden spoon

6. Add salt, vanilla, and egg white. Mix until combined

7. Finally, add the flour little by little, mixing well 

8. Roll dough into balls and place them on a cookie sheet. Flatten the balls with your hands 

9. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until tops are firm and the color is golden

10. Remove from the oven and place the cookies on a cooling rack. Dust with confectioners sugar

11. Enjoy! 

Recipe Notes

*You can substitute with 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract 

Nutrition Facts

Brown Butter Meltaway Cookies

Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)

Calories 171 Calories from Fat 99

% Daily Value*

Fat 11g17%

Saturated Fat 7g44%

Cholesterol 30mg10%

Sodium 41mg2%

Potassium 21mg1%

Carbohydrates 15g5%

Sugar 4g4%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin A 355IU7%

Calcium 5mg1%

Iron 0.6mg3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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