Place the butter in a light-coloured saucepan and put it over medium heat. Butter starts to melt and foam up, and as it cooks, its water content evaporates, and the fat content solidifies and turns into brown specks at the bottom of the pan. Once the butter releases a nutty aroma and the bottom of the pan is covered with golden brown specks, remove the butter from the heat, pour it into a bowl, and let it cool slightly.
1 cup+1tbsp Butter
Start by creaming the butter with both sugars like any other cookie recipe. Use the paddle attachment to mix these three ingredients until smooth, creamy, and light in colour.
1¼ cup Brown sugar, 2 tablespoon Granulated sugar
Add in the eggs and vanilla extract and mix well.
2 Eggs, 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
Sift all dry ingredients and add them to the mixture. Use a rubber spatula to fold the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Do not overmix the cookie dough.
2¼ cup All-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon Cinnamon, ½ teaspoon Baking soda, ½ teaspoon Salt
Make small cookie dough balls with a medium-sized (1.7 inch/ 45 MM Ball, 1.5 tablespoon capacity) ice cream scoop. Roll them into the sugar-cinnamon mixture. Place them on a baking sheet, cover and chill them for one hour.
½ cup Granulated sugar, 1½ teaspoon Cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 350℉ and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Place the chilled cookie balls on the baking sheets, leaving two inches of space between them. Bake them for 8-10 minutes. They are done when their edges look set and golden.
Immediately after removing them from the oven, round them with a cookie cutter to soften their edges. Sprinkle them with more sugar-cinnamon.
Let them cool down on the baking sheet for a few minutes, then transfer them to the cooling rack to cool down fully.