Brown Butter Blondies

🧂 Ingredients

• 227 grams unsalted butter, cut into ¼ inch squares

  (16 Tablespoons or 2 sticks)
• 240 grams all purpose flour

  (2 cups)
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 146 grams light brown sugar

  (⅔ cup, if measuring, firmly packed)
• 133 grams granulated sugar

  (⅔ cup )
• 1 Tablespoon milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 large eggs
• 256 grams semisweet and/or bittersweet chocolate chips

  (1½ cups )
• Pinch Flaky sea salt

Instructions

• 1 Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line an 8-inch by 8-inch pan with parchment paper.
  (If you lightly spray non-stick spray on the bottom and sides of the pan, the
  parchment will stick to the pan. Do not grease the top of the parchment paper.)
• 2 In a large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. Once fully melted, increase
  the heat to low-medium to cook the butter, stirring frequently with a rubber
  spatula or wooden spoon. The butter will start popping and crackling and then
  start foaming. The part of the butter that will start browning is the milk
  solids which will be on the bottom of the pan. This is why you need to keep
  stirring and lifting the spatula or spoon out of the pan to see what stage it is
  at. Once you have nicely browned specks on the bottom of the pan, remove the pan
  from the heat and immediately pour the butter into a heatproof bowl to stop it
  from cooking any further. (Be careful not to overcook the butter. It can go from
  brown to burnt very quickly.) Allow the butter to cool to room temperature. Set
  aside the saucepan to also cool.
• 3 In a small bowl, combine the flour and salt.
• 4 Pour the room temperature butter back to the large saucepan. (If the remaining
  drops of brown butter on the saucepan reached the burnt stage, do not use the
  saucepan to mix the batter. Instead, use a large, clean bowl.) With a wooden
  spoon or spatula, mix in the sugar, brown sugar, milk, and vanilla. Add the eggs
  and mix until fully combined.
• 5 Add the dry ingredients and mix just until fully combined. Mix in the chocolate
  chips.
• 6 Pour into prepared pan.
• 7 Sprinkle sea salt on top and bake for 32-38 minutes. The middle should not
  jiggle and the sides should be lightly browned. A toothpick inserted in the
  middle should come out clean.
• 8 Cool completely in the pan.

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