Claire Saffitz's Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies | Dessert Person | Recipe Test Review

Today I'm trying out Claire Saffitz's recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookies from her cookbook, Dessert Person. These cookies are made with brown butter; the secret ingredient in many of the best-tasting cookie recipes. This chocolate chip cookie recipe incorporates both dark brown sugar and granulated sugar for a crispy and chewy cookie! The edges of Claire's chocolate chip cookie is perfectly crispy while the center is perfectly chewy and tender. Using high quality chocolate wafers elevates this chocolate chip cookies; wafers result is puddles of gooey chocolate vs chocolate chips which have additives to help them retain their shape during the baking process. This cookie recipe comes together quickly -- talk about no-fuss cookies. This easy cookie recipe doesn't even need a stand mixer! Just a whisk and you're good to go. The recipe recommends letting the dough rest overnight to hydrate the flour -- a critical step for the most chewy, gooey, tender, and flavorful chocolate chip cookies! Added bonus? This cookie dough freezes really well! So you can keep chocolate chip cookie dough on hand for whenever you have a cookie emergency. Just let it come to room temperature for about 10-15 minutes before baking!

I've tested a dozen different chocolate chip cookie recipes in my life -- many of them on this channel. SO how does this cookie stack up against Chris Morocco's BA's Best Chocolate Chip Cookie? Or against Rick Martinez's Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookie? Or even Claire Saffitz's very own BA's Best Salty Chocolate Chunk Cookie? Well, it's a tough call! This cookie has an advantage over Chris Morocco's chocolate chip cookie. (Chris Morocco's BA's Best Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe results in a greasy cookie that spreads too much for many people and requires extra flour. Claire's didn't). From a texture perspective, Claire's Chocolate Chip Cookie is also the winner. It has a crispier edge and the center remains just as chewy as Chris' version (Chris' version is still AMAZING and well-worth making though). Rick's brown butter toffee cookie, while delightful, doesn't truly feel like a chocolate chip cookie since there's so much other "stuff" going on in the recipe.

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