Browned Butter Cookies With Caramel Frosting

Name: Browned Butter Cookies With Caramel Frosting
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 48 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup butter (do not use margarine); 2 cups packed brown sugar; 1/2 cup milk; 2 eggs; 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 1/4 cup milk; 2 cups powdered sugar

Submitted by looneytunesfan

"Here's one of those cookies that is enjoyed many ways--frosting first or nibbled all around. One things is certain: Everyone loves them!"

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Ready In:: 1hr 30mins
Ingredients:: 11
Yields:: 48 cookies

ingredients

Cookies
1 cup butter (do not use margarine)
2 cups packed brown sugar
¹⁄₂ cup milk
2 eggs
3 ¹⁄₂ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
Caramel Frosting
¹⁄₂ cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
1 cup packed brown sugar
¹⁄₄ cup milk
2 cups powdered sugar

directions

Heat oven to 400°F In 2-quart heavy saucepan, melt 1 cup butter over medium heat. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until butter is light brown. Cool at least 10 minutes.
In large bowl, mix browned butter, 2 cups brown sugar, 1/2 cup milk and the eggs with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake cookies 9 to 11 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Cool 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter over medium heat. Stir in 1 cup brown sugar. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Stir in 1/4 cup milk. Heat to boiling; remove from heat. Cool to lukewarm, about 30 minutes. Gradually stir in powdered sugar. Spread Caramel Frosting on cookies.