Brown Sugar Cookies from 100 Cookies

Brown Sugar Cookies - made dough January 13, 2023 from 100 Cookies by Sarah Kieffer 

2 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon (364 grams) all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks or 227 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 3/4 cups (350 grams) dark brown sugar

1 teaspoon molasses

1 large egg

1 large egg yolk

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup granulated sugar for rolling

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter until creamy, about 1 minute. Add the brown sugar and molasses and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
4. Add the egg, egg yolk and vanilla and beat on medium speed to combine.
5. Add the flour mixture and beat on low speed until just combined.
6. Place the remaining 1/2 cup granulated sugar in a small bowl. Portion dough into golf-ball-size dough balls and roll each ball in the sugar. Evenly space on baking sheets. 
7. Bake one baking sheet at a time, rotating pan halfway through baking. Bake until the sides are set and the bottoms are light golden brown, 10 to 11 minutes. Let rest on baking sheet for 5 to 10 minutes then transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely. 

I loved these cookies. So far, every recipe I've tried from 100 Cookies has turned out really well. I highly recommend this book just for the handful of recipes I've tried from it. 

I didn't roll the cookies in sugar before baking as the recipe suggests since I figured they would be sweet enough without the sugar coating. Plus I wanted to keep the brown sugar caramel flavor in the cookies and not have it compete with an additional sugar coating.

It turned out to be a good call as the cookies were fantastic enough without it. They did deflate and flatten but not as much as other cookies I've made recently. Despite that, these were still good. The caramelized flavor really pulls through.