Cookies

Soft brown sugar cookies

A soft, chewy cookie with deep brown-sugar flavour and no rolling or cutters required.

Based on King Arthur Test Kitchen’s King Arthur Baking recipe ↗

Time
30 minutes
Makes
About 18 cookies
Oven, conventional
175°C / 350°F

Before you begin

Read the whole recipe, then get these ready.

  • Baking tray
  • Baking paper
  • Electric beater
  • Cookie scoop

Do not wait for the centres to look fully baked in the oven; they finish setting as they cool.

Ingredients

Original recipe weights. Small quantities stay in measuring spoons; eggs stay as counts. 1 kg = 1,000 g.

Let’s bake

  1. 1

    Heat the oven to 175°C (350°F) and line a tray.

  2. 2

    Beat butter and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla.

  3. 3

    Mix in flour, baking soda and salt. Scoop onto the tray, leaving room to spread.

  4. 4

    Bake 10–12 minutes, until the edges set and the centres still look soft. Cool on the tray.

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