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Dessert for 10

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

$3.82for 4120 minServes 10

Chilled brown butter cookie dough bakes around semisweet chocolate chips for thick, chewy cookies with crisp edges.

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Photo: ambitiouskitchen.com

What it costs

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IngredientAmountCost
Butter, 8 oz$0.40/oz typical8 oz$3.20Typical price
Eggs, 1$0.30 each typical1$0.30Typical price
Sour cream, 0.5 oz$0.14/oz typical0.5 oz$0.07Typical price
Chocolate chips and baking chocolate, 4.5 oz$0.45/oz typical4.5 oz$2.02Typical price
Total for the servings shown$9.56

Swaps

  • Swap sour cream for yogurtabout $0.02/oz less at typical prices
  • Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

Syrups, molasses, powdered sugarSugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaFlourBaking powder and sodaSalt and pepper

Not included in the cost.

  • 120 minstart to table
  • Involveddifficulty
  • 10servings as written
  • $typical cost tier

AmericanVegetarianKid-friendlyBudgetDesserts

Typical price

$0.96 per serving$3.82 for 4

Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup salted butter
  • 1 1/2 cups packed dark brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg plus 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp plain whole-milk greek yogurt
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (optional)
  • flaky sea salt

Steps

  1. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes, until browned and fragrant, then cool it for 20 minutes.
  2. Whisk in both sugars, the egg, egg yolk, vanilla, and yogurt until smooth.
  3. Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt, then fold in the chocolate chips.
  4. Cover the dough and chill it for 75 minutes.
  5. Heat the oven to 350 F and scoop the dough onto lined baking sheets.
  6. Bake for 11 to 13 minutes, until the edges are set, then sprinkle with flaky sea salt and cool.

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