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Brown Butter & Maple Brown Sugar Cookies

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Dreyers Pumpkin Patch Ice Cream DessertIt’s been a long and stressful half-week around here, and I am so grateful that we’re now heading into a four day weekend (for post-parent-teacher-conferences “Fall Break”). We’ve faced some tough decisions this week, so to cheer everyone up and lift our spirits I decided to make a special dessert for my family. My oldest son, Sawyer, loves pumpkin pie, but it’s hard to justify baking an entire pie when everyone else in the family will just pick at it. I thought about alternative ideas for awhile, and I came up with this deconstructed pumpkin pie dessert made from a base of brown butter, maple, and brown sugar cookies and topped with layers of dreamy, creamy, Slow Churned Pumpkin Patch ice cream from Dreyer’s.

Maple Brown Sugar Brown Butter CookiesThe cookies are soft and chewy, and they make the perfect “crust” counterpart to the ice cream’s “pie filling.”

Brown Butter Maple Brown Sugar Cookies

BROWN BUTTER, MAPLE & BROWN SUGAR COOKIES

Adapted from A Spoonful of Sugar

(Makes 24-30 cookies)

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 3/4 sticks unsalted butter
  • 1 3/4 cups packed dark brown sugar
  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 tbsp. maple syrup
  • 3 tbsp. brown sugar + 3 tbsp. white sugar (mixed together)

DIRECTIONS:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • In a small pan, heat the butter over medium-low heat, swirling the pan often until the mixture becomes a light golden brown. Immediately remove from heat and allow to cool until semi-solid and soft. (Note: I quickly cooled my brown butter by pouring it into a large mixing bowl and placing it in the freezer for ten minutes).
  • Cream together the butter and 1 3/4 cups dark brown sugar until smooth.
  • Add egg + egg yolk, vanilla, and maple syrup, and mix well.
  • In a separate bowl combine the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until well combined.
  • Roll tablespoon sized balls of cookie dough in the remaining brown sugar + white sugar mix and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
  • Bake 10-12 minutes until edges are lightly golden brown. Allow to cool.

Brown Butter and Maple Brown Sugar Cookies

Now, these cookies are pretty incredible all on their own, but they were designed to go hand-in-hand with this limited edition fall favorite…

Dreyers Slow Churned Pumpkin Patch Ice Cream Dryer’s Slow Churned ice cream flavors all have an incredible creamy richness that is second to none, but this Pumpkin Patch flavor really shines and hits all the right notes with only half the fat and 1/3 less calories than regular ice cream…seriously, how crazy is it that the better-for-you option actually tastes the best too!?  Wholesome ingredients, the perfect texture and great taste…it’s almost too good to be true!

Dreyers Pumpkin Patch Ice CreamSawyer declared that the Pumpkin Patch ice cream tastes “exactly like cold and creamy pumpkin pie!” and he was seriously excited to give the new dessert a taste test.

Dreyers Pumpkin Ice Cream Dessert #SlowChurnedSmilesI placed one of our brown sugar cookies in the bottom of a small dish and then layered it with a thin scoop of ice cream, another cookie and topped all off with a larger scoop of ice cream. I sprinkled the grown ups version with slivered almonds, and it added an amazing little bit of crunch, but the kiddos decided to skip the nuts on theirs.

Dreyers Ice Cream Brings #SlowChurnedSmilesThat smile says it all! After a week of frustration and tears (he’s struggling a bit with his reading, and it’s starting to give him a bad case of anxiety), I couldn’t be happier to see him so happy! We sat around the table eating our deserts and chatting about our four day weekend and upcoming pumpkin patch visit, and it was such a joy to relax and find our smiles again after a rough week!

#SlowChurnedSmiles with Dreyers Ice Cream

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I was selected for this opportunity by Clever Girls Collective, however all content and opinions expressed here are my own.

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Comments

  1. Elayne Canterbury says

    December 25, 2013 at 11:46 am

    Hi – I made these Gluten Free today and they were SO god! Thanks for an amazing recipe!!

    Reply
    • Heidi says

      December 25, 2013 at 5:24 pm

      So glad you liked them, Elayne! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Chrissy says

    July 3, 2015 at 3:34 pm

    Whenever I make these they never flatten out and crinkle they just stay proofed up ! What am I doing wrong???

    Reply
  3. April says

    November 15, 2015 at 5:35 pm

    LOVE!! Wow, that browned butter really made these… no ice cream needed! I added white chocolate chips to half and those were delicious as well! These will definitely go in my permanent cookie collection. I found this recipe by searching “maple cookies” on Pinterest. So, so, soooooo good! Thanks!!! 😀

    Reply
  4. Christina says

    January 22, 2017 at 11:55 am

    These are good!! I’ll definitely be making them again.

    Reply
  5. Lynn Gallicchio says

    April 29, 2018 at 12:33 pm

    I added maple sugar to the sugar mixture I rolled them in, they came out great!

    Reply
    • Heidi says

      May 5, 2018 at 9:34 am

      Yum! That sounds great, Lynn!

      Reply
  6. Claire says

    May 12, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    Hi there! Do you think these could be made with almond or coconut flour? Trying to do a lower carb version of this!

    Reply
    • Heidi says

      August 8, 2020 at 4:29 pm

      I haven’t ever tried it, so I can’t say for sure, but I’d love to know how it comes out if you try it!

      Reply

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