Brown sugar cookies from 100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen, with Classic Cookies, Novel Treats, Brownies, Bars, and More (page 41) by Sarah Kieffer

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  • Saltbun on June 02, 2026

    Such a good, easy recipe. My cookie mounds were closer to 30g rather than the recommended 45g, and it took a few extra minutes above the stated time to get the cookies to set. Probably a quirk of my oven. For visually identifying doneness of the cookies, I looked for when the tops had started to crack as an indicator that they were ready. Really tasty, and I could see these being a great base for other additions - I already want to try this recipe again with browned butter

  • mimisingh on November 03, 2025

    Agree with all others that this is really tasty and I will likely make again. I found it tricky finding the right time to pull these. The dough is dark from the molasses and the dark brown sugar, so it is hard to tell when the edges darken. It seemed like when the center was a nice fudgy cooked texture for me, my edges were too crunchy, but when the edges were not as hard the center was very underbaked and my cookies were still domed and fragile after cooling, so I had to put them back in, and that was when I pulled them out at 11 minutes at the directed temperature. Have been baking at lower temps to account for convection, but did not find that to be very helpful for this recipe and baked later batches at 350F. Followed the user's note of 45g per cookie and I thought that was a good substantial size

  • averythingcooks on February 14, 2025

    I made these using her suggestion of 45 g / cookie and like others here, they took a full 14 minutes to bake. No matter....we both love these cookies :)

  • pattyatbryce on December 28, 2023

    Terrific! Did cook longer than per recipe to bake - but likely my oven. Like Sparkles75 - I made them smaller and thought they were the perfect size.

  • sydlikestocook on December 09, 2023

    One of my favorite recipes that I go back to when I need a guaranteed crowd pleaser.

  • anya_sf on May 12, 2023

    Sugar cookies are usually meh, but not these brown sugar cookies. My family loved these! I weighed 45 g balls and got 22 cookies, which took 14 min to bake.

  • Sparkles75 on April 02, 2023

    I will add to the chorus of approval and say these are lovely. I’ve made other sugar cookie recipes from notable bakers before and haven’t cared for them at all- too sweet and one dimensional. Perhaps it’s because In Australia these aren’t something we generally grow up eating. I enjoy the texture and the flavour of this version very much though and will make again. I tried to be very light handed when rolling in sugar so they wouldn’t be too sweet but I may try skipping that step altogether next time just out of curiosity to see if that suits our tastes even more. I also used a 1 tab scoop instead of the 2 tab scoop and found that they were plenty big enough that way

  • cespitler on March 26, 2023

    Absolutely love these. Crisp around the edges and chewy in the inside. Love the added flavor from the brown sugar.

  • bwhip on January 25, 2023

    Delicious! Simple and interesting. I much prefer these to any standard sugar cookie.

  • Rachaelsb on January 22, 2023

    Beyond!!!! Could not agree more with what others have said. Perfect nutty sweetness and incredibly chewy. The perfect cookie!!!!

  • elysedc on December 05, 2022

    these cookies are outstanding. I added a bit of cinnamon (didn’t measure) and these tasted like the inside of my favorite poptart in cookie form. Please believe me when I say- this is the platonic ideal of the form. I enjoy other cookies, but this cookie is my favorite that I have ever eaten. (I can’t believe the only photo I have is so meh. These deserved their own photo shoot but were eaten too quickly to do so!!!)

  • taste24 on February 10, 2021

    These cookies are outstanding. It will be hard to convince me to make regular sugar cookies after having these.. chewy but sturdy, and subtle but delicious molasses notes. Love them.

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