Brown Butter Kitchen Sink Cookie Crumble Trifles

Recipe by @wellmadebykiley

Serving Size: 14-16 cookies

Ingredients

Brown Butter Kitchen Sink Cookies
  •   Straus Organic Unsalted European Style Butter
  •  brown sugar
  •  granulated sugar
  •  at room temperature
  •  vanilla bean paste or extract
  •   Straus Organic Heavy Whipping Cream, at room temperature
  •  all-purpose flour
  •  baking soda
  •  baking powder
  •  salt
  •  chocolate chips or chopped chocolate bar of choice
  •  toffee bits
  •  crushed potato chips
  •  crushed pretzels
Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce
  •  salted butter
  •  semi-sweet chocolate chips
  •   Straus Organic Heavy Whipping Cream
  •  granulated sugar
  •  cocoa powder
  •  salt
  •  vanilla extract
For Serving

Instructions

Brown Butter Kitchen Sink Cookies
  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

  • Brown butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat until golden and fragrant (5–8 min). Immediately transfer to a large bowl; cool slightly.

  • In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

  • Add sugars to cooled butter and whisk until combined. Whisk in egg, egg yolks, and vanilla until lighter in color.

  • Whisk in heavy cream until combined.

  • Fold dry ingredients gently into wet ingredients until just combined (no flour streaks).

  • Fold in chocolate chips/chunks, toffee bits, crushed potato chips, and pretzels until evenly distributed.

  • Let dough rest 15–20 min.

  • Scoop dough (about 3 tbsp per cookie), spacing 2 inches apart on baking sheets.

  • Bake 12–15 min until lightly golden and edges set.

  • Cool on baking sheet 5 min, then transfer to cooling rack.

Hot Fudge Sauce
  • Whisk in half and half (or cream) until smooth.

  • Add sugar, cocoa powder, and salt; whisk until combined.

  • Cook for 5 min over medium heat until mixture slightly boils, then simmer for 2–3 min, stirring frequently.

  • Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.

  • Transfer to heat-safe jar; refrigerate up to 3 weeks.

To Assemble the Trifles
  • Serve and enjoy!

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