My (no so secret anymore) Brown Sugar Cookies

These cookies taste just like fall to me. They are perfect with a glass of milk or a cup of hot apple cider. The directions are really weird and break a lot of the traditional "cookie rules", but take your time and you will be rewarded!

Makes about 24 cookies

Ingredients

1/4 cup sugar

2 cups packed brown sugar

   **Be sure your brown sugar is fresh and soft or it will make your cookies          dry**

2 cups and 2 TBS all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp baking powder

14 TBS butter  

1/2 tsp salt

1 egg

1 egg yolk

1 TBS vanilla extract

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover baking sheets with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
• Unless the recipe calls for it NEVER use cooking spray under your cookies. The added fat can change the final product, trust me.
• Melt 10 TBS of butter in a small sauce pan over medium high heat. Stir constantly until is turns a dark amber color.
• Remove and pour into another bowl (so it does not continue to cook in the hot saucepan). Add the remaining 4 TBS of butter and stir until melted.
• Set aside for 15 minutes??!! I know... bizarre.
• Mix white sugar and 1/4 cup brown sugar in a bowl and set aside.
• Add remaining brown sugar, egg, egg yolk and vanilla to the butter. Mix. 
• Add remaining ingredients and and mix until combined. Do not over mix or the dough will be tough.
• Wet your hands and roll the cookies into balls. Roll balls in the sugar mixture.
• Bake for 12-14 minutes....
• Then... leave them on the cookie sheet for ten minutes so they can continue cooking. After ten minutes move to a cooling rack or eat right away! I love them warm.

They are a little bit different but a definite crowd pleaser. Enjoy!

Recipe originally from The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book.
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