{"id":20289,"date":"2025-11-06T12:28:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/?p=20289"},"modified":"2025-11-06T12:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:28:18","slug":"chocolate-butterscotch-brown-butter-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/chocolate-butterscotch-brown-butter-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate &#038; Butterscotch Brown Butter Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/ChocolateButterscotchBrownButterCookies.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate & Butterscotch Brown Butter Cookies\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/chocolate-butterscotch-brown-butter-cookies\/email\/\" title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Chocolate &#038; Butterscotch Brown Butter Cookies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 20 minutes plus cooling and chilling<br \/>\nBake: 12 minutes \u2022 Serves: 24<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>1 <\/span>cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), softened<br \/>\n<span>2-1\/2 <\/span>cups all-purpose flour<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup unsweetened cocoa powder<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>teaspoon baking soda<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>teaspoon kosher salt<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>cup granulated sugar<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup dark brown sugar<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>large eggs<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>teaspoon vanilla extract<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>cup butterscotch morsels<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>Line 2 rimmed baking pans with parchment paper. In small saucepot, cook 1\/2 cup butter over medium-low heat 8 minutes or until golden amber, stirring frequently; cool 1 hour at room temperature.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>In medium bowl, whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. In large bowl, with mixer on medium-high speed, beat sugars, remaining 1\/2 cup butter and brown butter 2 minutes or until light and fluffy, scraping down bowl occasionally. Add eggs and vanilla extract; beat 2 minutes or until incorporated, scraping down bowl occasionally. Reduce speed to low; gradually add flour mixture and beat 1 minute or until just incorporated, scraping down bowl occasionally. Fold in morsels. Makes about 4-1\/2 cups cookie dough.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>3.<\/span>Using 2 small spoons, drop 3 tablespoons cookie dough, 2 inches apart, onto prepared pans; refrigerate 30 minutes.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>4.<\/span>Position 2 oven racks to upper and lower positions; preheat oven to 375\u00b0. Bake cookies 12 minutes or until bottoms are golden brown, rotating pans between upper and lower racks halfway through baking. Cool cookies on pans 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely. Makes 24 cookies.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (1 cookie):<br \/>\n212 Calories, 11g Fat (7g Saturated), 36mg Cholesterol, 106mg Sodium,<br \/>\n28g Carbohydrates, 1g Fiber, 17g Sugars, 17g Added Sugars, 2g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>Smart Swaps:<\/span><br \/>\nTry swapping in part whole wheat or almond flour for added fiber. Chilling the dough before baking helps the cookies hold their shape.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chocolate &#038; Butterscotch Brown Butter Cookies Prep: 20 minutes plus cooling and chilling Bake: 12 minutes \u2022 Serves: 24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-20289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-04_desserts","category-recipes","tag-25hol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20289"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20323,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20289\/revisions\/20323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}