Brown Butter Toffee Cookie Recipe + DIY Treat Bags

Brown Butter Toffee Cookie Recipe + DIY Treat Bags — Sharing an easy Brown Butter Toffee Cookies recipe (perfect for your cookie swaps) and DIY treat bags to gift them in!

Brown Butter Toffee Cookie Recipe - sugar and cloth

I know, I know. We’re on a holiday dessert kick right now. But you wouldn’t really want me to withhold this Brown Butter Toffee Cookie recipe, would you?!

We may have missed the neighborhood Christmas cookie swap. But these are a staple you can always have on hand.

We’re even showing you a cute DIY for delivering them to your favorite people, with just a few things you probably have laying around the house!

We’re also introducing you new our newest contributor, Sprinkles For Breakfast! If that doesn’t sound Sugar & Cloth appropriate, I don’t know what does…

Brown Butter Toffee Cookie Recipe - sugar and cloth

Ingredients Needed To Make Brown Butter Toffee Cookies

Flour

Baking soda

Cream of tartar

Cinnamon

Salt

Unsalted butter

Brown sugar

Granulated white sugar

Egg

Plain greek yogurt

Vanilla extract

Toffee pieces

Brown Butter Toffee Cookie Recipe - sugar and cloth

How To Make Brown Butter Toffee Cookies

1 — Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.

2 — In a medium saucepan, cook butter over medium heat while whisking constantly. The butter will begin to foam, and eventually start to turn brown at the bottom of the pan.

3 — Once the butter begins to brown, transfer immediately to a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Let cool for 5 minutes.

4 — Add sugars and mix until combined.

5 — Then, add egg, egg yolks, greek yogurt and vanilla extract.

6 — Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined.

7 — Stir in 1 cup of toffee pieces.

8 — Using a medium ice cream scoop, place cookies on baking sheet  and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies begin to turn golden brown.

9 — Take cookies out and immediately sprinkle with remaining toffee pieces.

Brown Butter Toffee Cookie Recipe - sugar and cloth

Materials And Tools Needed To Make DIY Christmas Treat Bags For Your Cookies

Kraft bags — We used 5″ x 7.5″ bags.

Lavender or rosemary leaves

Pencil

Red, green and brown stamp pad

Brown Butter Toffee Cookie Recipe - sugar and cloth

How To Make DIY Cookie Bags

For the tree: 

Place leaf down on the green ink pad. Using a paper towel, press down to make sure leaf if fully covered in ink.

Put the leaf down on the bag, and use paper towel to press down and stamp.

Repeat slightly next to the first stamp.

Dip pencil eraser into red ink.

Randomly stamp ornaments all over the tree.

Brown Butter Toffee Cookie Recipe - sugar and cloth

For Rudolph: 

Place leaf down on the brown ink pad. Using a paper towel, press down to make sure leaf if fully covered in ink.

Put leaf on the bag, use paper towel to press down and stamp.

Repeat 2″ away from the first stamp.

Dip pencil eraser in red ink.

Stamp a red nose.

Brown Butter Toffee Cookie Recipe - sugar and cloth

For the heart: 

Using a pencil, lightly draw a heart shape on the bag.

Dip pencil eraser in red and green ink, alternate stamping dots around the heart shape.

Erase leftover pencil marks.

 Brown Butter Toffee Cookie Recipe - sugar and cloth

These treat bags are perfect for letting the kiddos help, are they not?! Plus it’s a cute way to keep them occupied and away from sneaking peeks at the presents under the tree.

Brown Butter Toffee Cookies

Brown Butter Toffee Cookie Recipe - sugar and cloth

Brown Butter Toffee Cookie Recipe

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5 from 1 vote
Sharing an easy Brown Butter Toffee Cookies recipe (perfect for your cookie swaps).
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course Desserts
Cuisine Cookies

Equipment

  • Baking sheet
  • Parchment paper
  • Medium saucepan
  • Mixer
  • Ice cream scoop

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter browned
  • 1 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp plain greek yogurt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/3 cup toffee pieces 1/3 cup for topping

Nutrition

Calories: 202kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 95mg | Potassium: 66mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 318IU | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg
Servings: 30
Calories: 202kcal

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a medium saucepan, cook butter over medium heat while whisking constantly. The butter will begin to foam, and eventually start to turn brown at the bottom of the pan.
  • Once the butter begins to brown, transfer immediately to a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Let cool for 5 minutes.
  • Add sugars and mix until combined.
  • Then, add egg, egg yolks, greek yogurt and vanilla extract.
  • Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
  • Stir in 1 cup of toffee pieces.
  • Using a medium ice cream scoop, place cookies on baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies begin to turn golden brown.
  • Take cookies out and immediately sprinkle with remaining 1/3 cup of toffee pieces.
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