646575 Fri Aug 21 20:09:19 -0700 2009 4 31 Home Cooking 0 4967314 I'm planning on making some chocolate chip cookies for a friend's birthday this weekend (so they have to be good!). I came across several recipes online for cookies using brown butter. Has anyone else tried a recipe like this before? Is it worth making? Fri Aug 21 20:09:19 -0700 2009 448441 bluemoon4515 1 4967451 browning the butter makes the flavor much deeper, richer and nuttier. i'd say it's definitely worth the extra effort. for the record, the Cooks Illustrated recipe for Brown Sugar Cookies, which calls for browned butter, gets raves here on CH... http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/612870 http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/376430 Fri Aug 21 21:51:22 -0700 2009 4967314 103920 goodhealthgourmet 1 4967480 I was recipe hunting in "Chocolate & Zucchini" for cookie recipes and came across this one for Brown Butter Chocolate Chip cookies: http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2009/04/chocolate_chip_cookies.php Sounds great! Fri Aug 21 22:30:49 -0700 2009 4967314 10926 mnosyne 1 4967942 browned butter....GOOD! I had a browned butter cookie and the lovely butter fat molecules danced in my mouth. You're friend will love them and you. Sat Aug 22 08:28:10 -0700 2009 4967314 142336 rtms 2 4968164 Thanks everyone! I guess I'll give it a go! Sat Aug 22 10:34:29 -0700 2009 4967942 448441 bluemoon4515