Caramel Cookies My Way
First I saw these cookies on FoodBuzz, they immediately caught my eye. I bookmarked the recipe and a few days later baked them, though in a little altered way. The author of the recipe is Mama J @A Little Bit Crunchy A Little Bit Rock n’Roll. Mama J has some pretty interesting recipes posted on her blog, do check them out! http://alittlebitcrunchyalittlebitrock.blogspot.com/
Total Steps
10
Ingredients
13
Tools Needed
7
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- 14 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 3/4 cups brown sugar
- 1 egg egg plus 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 5 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon simple sugar syrup
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Step 2
In a bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, ginger, chili powder, nutmeg, and salt together with a whisk and set aside.
Step 3
Mix sesame seeds with simple sugar syrup until the seeds are coated and sticky. Add more syrup if the mixture is too dry. This mixture will be used for topping the cookies before baking.
Step 4
In a non-nonstick saucepan, melt 10 tablespoons of butter. Continue cooking on medium-low heat, stirring constantly until the foaming subsides. Continue stirring until the butter browns and forms small dark specks on the bottom of the pan. Be careful as brown butter can burn quickly.
Step 5
Remove the brown butter from the stove and pour into a mixing bowl. Add the remaining 4 tablespoons of cold butter and whisk until melted.
Step 6
Add the 1 3/4 cups brown sugar and whisk.
Step 7
Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and whisk.
Step 8
Fold in the dry ingredients.
Step 9
Roll the dough into 1 to 1 1/2 inch balls, press them slightly, top with 1/4 teaspoon of the sesame seeds-sugar syrup mixture, and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Note: these cookies will spread.
Step 10
Bake for 8 to 9 minutes. Undebake the cookies and let them continue 'baking' on the sheet pan, out of the oven, on a cooling rack. Once the cookies are cool on the sheet pan, transfer them to a cooling rack to continue cooling completely.