Brown Butter Pretzel Cookies

 Oven temp: 350 degrees

Baking time: 15 minutes

Yield: 12 Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup plus 2 TBLSP butter.  Watch this video on how to brown butter.   https://youtu.be/kQYgAmpwTTA

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup dark brown sugar 

2 tsp of vanilla

1 cup flour

1 and 1/4 cup crushed pretzels (keep some chunks)

Brown butter in a sauce pan. Melt over medium heat. Once butter gets foamy reduce heat to medium low. Stir frequently and watch butter carefully for it to turn brown on the bottom. It can take 4-6 minutes. You can taste it to see if it tastes nutty. Takeoff the heat once it is golden brown. Immediately pour into a glass bowl and refrigerate. Once the butter is solid let it come to close to room temperature. 

Using an electric mixer with a paddle attachment, beat the butter,sugar, brown sugar and vanilla Together on medium-high speed until it is light in color and fluffy. This should take about 4 minutes. 

Chop up pretzels in food processor leaving chunks. Mix the flour and pretzels together in another bowl. Add the pretzel mixture to the butter mixture 1/2 a cup at a time blending after each addition. 

Refrigerate the dough for about 15 minutes. Roll out the dough onto a lightly floured surface to about 1/2 inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutter or a glass.  Arrange on parchment paper cookie sheet and chill for 15 minutes until lightly browned. Beat an egg white and brush tops of cookies before baking  sprinkle with sea salt and brown sugar  

Let cookies cool before removing from cookie sheet. They are very fragile and will break easily.