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Bakery Style Brown Butter S’mores Cookies

These bakery style s’mores cookies are made with thick and chewy brown butter chocolate chip cookie dough wrapped around a gooey graham cracker, marshmallow, and chocolate center.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Chill Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 34 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 514

Ingredients
  

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
S’mores Centers

Equipment

  • Kitchen scale: For weighing each fully assembled cookie to approximately 120g and most accurate way to measure flour and sugars
  • Small saucepan: For browning the butter
  • Large mixing bowl For mixing the cookie dough
  • Medium mixing bowl: For combining the dry ingredients
  • Whisk For mixing the browned butter, sugars, eggs, and other wet ingredients
  • Rubber spatula: For folding the dry ingredients and chocolate chips into the dough without overmixing
  • Baking sheet: Preheated before baking to help the large cookies set properly
  • Parchment Paper For preventing sticking and easier cleanup
  • Wire cooling rack: For cooling the cookies after they set on the baking sheet
  • Large round cookie cutter: Optional, for scooting the warm cookies into perfectly round bakery-style shapes

Method
 

  1. Add the butter to a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring frequently, as the butter melts, foams, and begins to brown. Once the milk solids at the bottom of the pan are golden brown and the butter smells nutty, about 5–7 minutes, immediately remove it from the heat. Pour the browned butter, including all of the browned milk solids, into a large mixing bowl and let cool slightly.
  2. Add the brown sugar and granulated sugar to the browned butter and whisk until well combined. Add the egg, egg yolk, vanilla extract, and heavy cream and whisk until smooth.
  3. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and fold with a rubber spatula just until combined. Fold in the dark chocolate chunks and milk chocolate chips, being careful not to overmix.
  5. Cover and refrigerate the cookie dough for at least 2 hours, or until thoroughly chilled and firm. Do not skip the chill time. The cold dough is much easier to wrap around the s’mores centers and helps control spreading during baking.
  6. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 365°F.
  7. Break the 4 whole graham cracker sheets in half to make 8 squares. Top each graham cracker square with 1 large marshmallow and 3–4 chocolate melting wafers. You may only need 7 centers depending on your final cookie yield.
  8. Take a portion of chilled cookie dough and flatten it into a thick disc in your hands. Place one prepared s’mores center in the middle, then bring the cookie dough up and domed around the graham cracker, marshmallow, and chocolate none of the filling is exposed.
  9. Weigh each fully assembled cookie, including the s’mores filling, and aim for approximately 120g per cookie. Add or remove a little cookie dough as needed. Depending on your exact measurements, the recipe will make about 7–8 large cookies.
  10. Arrange the assembled cookies on the baking sheet, leaving plenty of room between them to spread. Bake for 11–12 minutes, until the edges are golden and set but the centers still look soft and slightly underbaked.
  11. Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven, use a large round cookie cutter to gently scoot around each cookie and reshape it into a circle, if desired. Press a few additional milk chocolate chips into the tops while the cookies are still warm.
  12. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire cooling rack. The cookies will continue to set as they cool.

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Notes

  • Best Served Warm: These cookies are at their best slightly warm, when the chocolate is melty and the marshmallow center is soft and gooey. If you're enjoying a leftover cookie, microwave it for about 10 seconds to bring back that fresh-from-the-oven texture.
  • Measuring the Cookies: The 120g measurement is for the entire assembled cookie after adding the graham cracker, marshmallow, and chocolate filling, not 120g of cookie dough plus the filling.
  • Storage: Once completely cooled, store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3–4 days. For the best texture, enjoy them within the first couple of days and warm them briefly before serving.
  • Make Ahead: The cookie dough can be prepared ahead of time and stored covered in the refrigerator until you're ready to assemble and bake the cookies. If the dough becomes very firm, let it sit at room temperature just until it is workable while keeping it cold enough to easily wrap around the filling.
  • Chocolate Substitution: Chocolate melting wafers melt especially smoothly inside the cookies, but pieces of a milk chocolate bar can be used instead for a more traditional s’mores flavor.
  • Marshmallows: Large marshmallows work best for creating the gooey s’mores center. Mini marshmallows can be used in a pinch, but they won't create quite the same dramatic center.
  • Prevent Marshmallow Leaks: Make sure the s’mores filling is completely covered with cookie dough and carefully pinch any seams closed. If the dough becomes too warm or soft while assembling, refrigerate it again briefly before baking.
  • Nutrition (per serving, 8 servings): 514 calories, 70g carbohydrates, 6g protein, 24g fat, 14g saturated fat, 72mg cholesterol, 260mg sodium, 3g fiber, 43g sugar. Nutrition information is an estimate and may vary based on specific ingredients and brands used.