Browned Butter-Coconut-Chocolate Chip Cookies

 Browned Butter-Coconut-Chocolate Chip Cookies

from Ellen's kitchen, thanks to Bake from Scratch

Ingredients:

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup virgin coconut oil
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 egg, room temperature
• 1 egg yolk, room temperature
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 tesp baking powder
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 2/3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• garnish: flaked sea salt

In:

• light-colored medium saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat.  Cook, stirring frequently, until milk solids have turned deep amber color and butter is fragrant, 8-10 minutes.  Pour into shallow heatproof dish, and let cool at room temperature until solidified.

Preheat:

• oven to 350.  Line baking sheets with parchment paper.

In:

• bowl of stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat solidified brown butter, coconut oil, and sugars at medium speed until fluffy, 2-3 minutes, stopping to scrape down paddle and bowl.  Add egg and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Beat in vanilla.

In:

• a separate medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.  With mixer on low, gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating just until combined.  Stir in chocolate chips and coconut.  

Scoop:

• dough to consistent size (heaping tbs?) and place 12 per prepared pan.  Flatten each ball slightly with palm.  

Garnish:

• each ball with a few sprinkles of flaked sea salt (Kosher works as well), flip balls over, and salt garnish this side as well.

Bake:

• until golden brown, about 12-15 minutes.  Let cool on pans for 5 minutes and then move to wire rack to cool completely.  

Store:

• in airtight container for up to 3 days.

Note:

• to easily bake frozen balls from oven, refrigerate after garnish step to stabilize ball shape, then move balls to freezer in airtight container.  Bake straight from freezer at same temperature, adding about 1-2 minutes more.