There are two groups of cookie lovers: those who like crispy ones and those who like soft ones. Usually, I am team crispy. Well, actually, I want crispy edges with a soft and chewy center. These cookies aren’t fully on either side; they’re definitely more cake-like but still almost chewy in the center. Did I just hear you say perfection? I think of these as a homey cookie that any all-star grandma would have made. But to finish them off, I had to add my favorite brown butter icing. Cookies plus icing equals happiness, right?
The frosting is the gilding on top of amazing cookies and when I say melt in your mouth, I mean it!
Watch how to make these brown sugar cookies
Brown Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
For the cookies
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp maple or vanilla extract
- 4 ¼ cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
For the frosting
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1-3 tbsp buttermilk
- 1 tsp maple or vanilla extract
Instructions
For the cookies
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In an electric stand mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Mix in the eggs and maple extract.
- Finish with the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Using a 2-ounce cookie scoop, place cookies on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake in preheated oven until puffed and just set in the middle, 10-12 minutes.
- Remove and cool on pan for 5 minutes. Finish cooling on rack.
- While baking and cooling, make brown butter frosting.
For the frosting
- Melt butter over medium heat. Continue to cook until the foaming subsides and butter turns a brown nutty color, 6-8 minutes.
- Remove from heat and whisk in powdered sugar and buttermilk. Start with less buttermilk and add more as needed.
- Finish with extract and whisk until smooth.
- Spread a generous amount on warm cookies.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie
They look so tasty!