Don’t you love happy accidents in the kitchen?
I put two sticks of butter in a saucepan the other night to melt for Heavenly Homemaker’s Giant Breakfast Cookies. Then I got involved in putting a child to bed and when I came back, the top of the butter was slightly crystallized. And it smelled PHENOMENAL.
I’ve seen recipes made with brown butter, of course, but I never “got it” until the fragrance of that butter was wafting through my galley kitchen. I knew it was going to make the cookies awesome.
So I started assembling just to discover that not only did I have some very brown butter, I also had no oats. None. Nada.
Not one to be discouraged, I came up with this crazy concoction of granola, more flour, and oat bran to replace the oats. It worked. I love the extra pizzazz the granola adds to these, but you can replace it with old-fashioned oats if you’d like.
Browning the butter is worth the time for a wonderful, developed flavor in these cookies. The whole wheat flour, oat bran, and oats will hold you over until lunchtime, and kids love having a cookie for breakfast!
Ingredients
- 1 c. butter
- 3/4 c. honey
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3/4 c. buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 3 c. whole wheat flour
- 3/4 c. granola (Any kind; I make Crystal's Lazy Granola with raisins.)
- 1/4 c. oat bran (optional)
- 6 oz. chocolate chips (about 1 cup)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Over low heat, melt butter in a saucepan until it is caramel color and smells nutty. This may take 15 minutes+.
In a large bowl, stir together butter, honey, buttermilk, salt, cinnamon, baking soda, vanilla, and buttermilk until well-combined. Add slightly beaten eggs.
Add flour, granola, and oat bran to mixture; stir well. Fold in chocolate chips.
Use an ice cream scoop or large cookie scoop to form cookies; place on greased baking sheets or ones lined with silpats or parchment paper.
Bake about 18 minutes. Let cool on trays 3-4 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool.
Should we take a vote on whether these qualify as breakfast food or not?
Added to Sweet Tooth Friday at Alli-n-Son.
I cannot wait to try these!
I am seriously in love with brown butter….I will so be making your cookies!!!