BROWN BUTTER ROSE BAKLAVA COOKIES.

Baklava is one of those desserts that are super addictive, once you have one, you want to keep going! This rolled phyllo pastry desserts are a Middle Eastern specialty that are typically filled with pistachios, assorted nuts, drenched in butter and are glazed in a honey or rose simple syrup. I thought to myself wouldn’t it be interesting to add this delicious crunchy, nutty, honey dessert into a cookie? The brown butter in the sugar cookie dough complements the nuttiness of the baklava and a touch of rose water adds a floral dimension. Chopped pistachio, chopped walnut, rose petals and a heaping scoop of chopped baklava get mixed in to create a sweet, fudgy studded sugar cookie.

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Spelt + Sage + Brown Butter Cookies

Sage and brown butter are a tale as old as time. As golden cubes of butter melt down and sizzle in the pan, in go the light green sage leaves, releasing an alluring herbaceous aroma along with heady notes of browning butter. The sage crisps up and darkens as the butter turns into a dark amber hue. The crisped sage gets rubbed into the sugar mixture to further release its aromas. The addition of spelt enhances the nutty quality of the brown butter and adds a touch of dimension to the cookie. If desired a quick roll or dusting of sage rubbed sugar makes for a beautiful cookie.

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Tahini Oreo Cookies

Thick, chewy cookies have a special place in my heart and these tahini Oreo cookies fit that bill perfectly. Sweet vanilla tahini gets added to a classic brown butter cookie dough to create at thick, chewy rich cookie that offers a perfect toothsome bite. The addition of Oreo add a touch of sweetness and bites of chocolatey goodness through the cookie. These cookies get rolled in mixture of black and white sesame and get topped with Oreo dust for a very visually striking cookie. These cookies taste so good right out of the oven! They are perfectly balanced with the right amount of sweetness and notes of nuttiness.

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Dark Chocolate + Peanut Butter + Marshmallow Fluff Cookies

These deep, dark black cocoa are laced with notes of brown butter and have the most incredible chew to them. Swirls of honey roasted peanut butter, nutty peanut butter chips and puddles of sweet thick marshmallow fluff make this a chocolate and peanut butter lover’s paradise.

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Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk Whisky Cookies

These cookies are my take on the classic chocolate chip cookie. By subbing in brown butter, adding freshly chopped chunks of chocolate, a hefty spoon of salt and a dribble of whisky, the humble chocolate chip cookie is transformed into something even more special. No matter how many cookies I make, this brown butter chocolate chunk whisky cookie is always the cookie of choice by the husband. I don’t blame him, these cookies are highly addictive with the perfect amount of crispiness around the edges and the softest chewiest center. They are studded with 70% dark chocolate chunks and have the lightest touch of whisky to amplify the nutty notes of brown butter in the dough.

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Whisky Brown Butter S’mores Cookies

Everything you love about s’mores by the campfire but in cookie form. Nutty warm graham cracker cookie crumbs, a touch of spicy sweet whisky, gooey marshmallowy fluff, flecks of golden brown butter and deep smooth dark chocolate puddles.

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PASSIONFRUIT MERINGUE PIE COOKIES

These cookies taste like a passionfruit meringue pie. The cookie dough is laced with buttery brown butter notes, graham cracker crumbs and swirls of marshmallow fluff for extra chew. Each cookies is filled with smooth, tart and sweet tropical passionfruit filling. The zip and tang of the passionfruit, the buttery graham cracker cookie dough along with with a swirl of marshmallow fluff give this cookie that signature meringue pie feel.

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Strawberry Tahini Streusel Cookies

These thick chewy tahini cookies are filled with bright sweet notes of strawberry, nutty sesame seeds and warm notes of brown butter. The addition of tahini makes for a delicious toothsome cookie that is packed with flavor. The ubiquitous flavor combo of strawberry and peanut butter might have a rival because the combination of strawberry and tahini are somehow even more perfect. The crumbly buttery streusel topping feels like you are eating the best part of the muffin while eating a cookie!

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Brown Butter Tahini Cranberry Cookies

Tahini and brown butter are a match made in heaven. The nuttiness and warmth of Soom’s premium tahini plays perfectly with the flavors of brown butter. Together they create a cookie that is so rich, chewy and lush in every bite. To contrast the nutty notes of this cookie dried cranberries and candied cranberries get added for a pop of freshness and tang. These cookies are unbelievably delicious and are perfect for the holidays!

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Toasted Marshmallow Red Velvet Cookies

Nothing says cozy winter vibes more than roasting marshmallows by the fire. Just the thought of toasted marshmallows makes me all cozy and fuzzzzy! I’ve been playing around with the idea of a red red velvet cookie for a bit but wanted to add a fun holiday twist to them, so I though why not torch the fluff to get a toasted marshmallow feel.  And that is exactly what it needed! These cookies are super rich and chewy, so fudgy and delicious and have the perfect amount of chocolate. The roasty marshmallow flavor compliments the chocolatey notes of the cookie and add depth to the cookie. I added a few white chocolate curls on top for a touch of sweetness and texture.

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Chewy Cap’n Crunch Cookies

These cap’n crunch cookies are so so so soft + chewy, so brown buttery, filled with notes of brown sugar, hints of nuttiness and have so much depth of flavor from the cap’n crunch cereal. It’s such a low fuss recipe and very big on flavor. Chewy cookie lovers you are going to looooove this one. The key is to underbake these cookies so they stay super chewy.

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Salted Caramel Swirl Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

hese salted caramel swirl pumpkin cheesecake bars have a delicious brown butter graham cracker crust and have the most luxuriously silky pumpkin filling. The pumpkin filling is loaded with lots of warm, snuggly autumn spices and has the perfect amount of sweetness from the salted caramel swirl. If you find cheesecakes to be intimidating don’t be! These bars are so simple to make and are a dream to eat up. They are the perfect mix of pumpkin pie and caramel cheesecake all in one!

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Brown Butter Buckwheat Pumpkin Snack Cake

This is the softest, plushest little pumpkin cake. This lovely little snack cake is slathered with a delicious maple, mascarpone cream cheese frosting dolloped with spiced jammy pumpkin butter. This cake has the lushest texture and is a dream to whip up. The flavors of brown butter and buckwheat paired with the spices heighten the nutty notes on this cake and make this cake just all that more special.

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Sour Cherry Pecan Brown Butter Oatmeal Cookies

If you can get your hands on fresh sour cherries you need to make these delicious sour cherry pecan brown butter oatmeal cookies. The cookie dough base is loaded with buttery pecans, nutty oats and is laced with deep golden brown butter. Sugared sour cherries get mixed in to create a perfect tangy juicy touch to this cookie. These cookies are so soft and chewy! They are simply irresistible.

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Cardamom + Bay Leaf + Brown Butter + Rum Blondies

These chewy blondies are ladened with nutty brown butter notes, toasty sugary hints of rum, hints of floral bay leaf and imbued with both green and black cardamom pods. If you are not familiar with black cardamom, it is the larger, more savory relative of the green cardamom. Black cardamom lends a subtle smoky, camphor like tone to these blondies while the green cardamom adds warm citrusy, peppery flavors. The marriage of these ingredients leaves you with a flavor packed dessert that is unlike any blondie you’ve ever had! Perfectly chewy and so easy to whip up!

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Vanilla Bean Bourbon Skyr Tart

Warm nutty brown butter graham cracker crust gets layered with a luxuriously silky, creamy vanilla bean bourbon skyr filling and gets topped with fresh juicy blueberries. The skyr creates a thick, sumptuous filling that rivals any cheesecake while being healthier and lighter! The vanilla and bourbon play off each other to create a delicately flavored filling that is truly addictive. It is super easy to whip up and is the perfect dessert to make ahead and serve after dinner. Dress it up and it will be an absolute show stopper for any party you attend this season!

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Nectarine & Brown Butter Whiskey Frangipane Galette

Lushly tart and bright honey hued nectarines get bathed in a sumptuously fragrant brown sugar, vanilla whiskey sauce and layered over a deeply nutty brown butter almond frangipane. All that nectarine and frangipane goodness gets wrapped in an all butter crust to create the most rustic summer galette. Drizzle this beauty with some salted caramel sauce and serve with some classic vanilla ice cream for the perfect summer dessert.

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Pecan Whiskey Chocolate Center Brown Butter Cookies

Brown butter, brown sugar a touch of whiskey and buttery pecans create thick, chewy cookies that you can really sink your teeth into. These big butterscotchy cookies are filled with delicious 70% dark chocolate and topped with more chocolate chunks, flaky salt and some more pecans. My family has named them the best chocolate chip cookies ever and I think you might too!

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Vanilla Apples & Bourbon Brown Butter Frangipane Galette

Vanilla infused, brown sugar apples are pressed into a sumptuous brown butter bourbon frangipane and enclosed in a flaky all butter crust. Almond croquant, flaky sea salt, salted caramel and dusting of powdered sugar get showered on top to create a deliciously simple galette perfect for any gathering. Top it with some vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or caramel gelato!

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Brown Butter Bourbon Cookies with Peanut Butter Butterfinger Caramel Filling

Thick, chewy, brown butter bourbon cookies get stuffed with a delicious Butterfinger peanut butter caramel that creates this amazingly chewy center when you bite in. The entire cookie is studded with dark chocolate chunks, Reese’s peanut butter cup wedges, peanut butter chips, crumbled butter fingers and a hefty pinch of flaky salt. It’s a peanut butter lover’s paradise

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