I’ve worked in plenty of bakeries to know all the secrets to the best chocolate chip cookie, but this combination of rich brown butter, melty dark chocolate, and umami miso is the one. Like my favorite brown butter toffee chip cookies, the nutty richness of brown butter brings out another depth of flavor, and the subtle umami from miso paste creates a unique, slightly savory flavor that makes them so irresistible.
These cookies have the best of so many worlds—slightly crispy and chewy with soft, gooey middles and a salted caramel flavor. You only need one bowl to make them!
If you’re on a brown butter kick, you have to try my brown butter nutella bars. They’re just as quick and easy as this recipe but stuffed with gooey nutella! Or, for a caffeine fix, my brown butter espresso chocolate chip cookies are a reader favorite!
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Let’s Make Them!
1
Make the brown butter. This step cooks the butter past its melting point to create a caramel or toffee-like flavor!
You’ll want to scrape all the brown milk solids from the bottom of the pan because that’s where the flavor is!
2
Whisk in the miso and wet ingredients. When the butter is cool, whisk in the miso paste, sugar, eggs, and vanilla paste for a more concentrated flavor!
You’ll have plenty of leftover miso after making this recipe, so try my chewy peanut butter miso cookies or my family’s favorite, my black cocoa miso brownies!
3
Fold in the dry ingredients. Stop mixing when it’s about 75% combined, and you can still see some flour. That’s the perfect time to add the chocolate chips! I used a mix of chopped chocolate and chocolate wafers.
4
Scoop and bake the cookies. For large cookies with gooey centers, use a large cookie scoop.
Ingredient Substitutions
Miso paste: You might notice you find red miso or yellow miso, both of which will bring a different flavor. Feel free to try them out. I always use white miso paste! You can find it in the refrigerated section near the tofu.
Chocolate chips: For pools of melty chocolate, I use two different kinds: chocolate wafers and a chopped chocolate bar. Feel free to use regular chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, chocolate chunks, or a combination!
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Miso Chocolate Chip Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 14 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons white miso paste
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, *See notes below for measuring*
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 large egg yolk, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla paste or extract
- 1 cup bittersweet chocolate wafers, plus more for topping
- 1/2 cup chopped semi-sweet chocolate bar
Instructions
- Cook the butter in a stainless steel pan over medium heat until it smells nutty and has browned bits of milk solids. The butter will foam, crackle, and pop as it cooks- this is normal! Scrape into a large bowl, roughly whisk in the miso paste (it will not dissolve, so don’t worry if it’s clumpy!), then let it cool at room temperature. You should have about ¾ cup (160 grams) of browned butter. The time it takes for the butter to cool will depend on how warm your kitchen is. Do not continue to the next step until it feels room temp, otherwise the cookies will be greasy and spread in the oven.14 tablespoons (196 g) unsalted butter, 3 tablespoons (55 g) white miso paste
- Preheat the oven to 350 F/180 C. Line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.2 cups (260 g) all-purpose flour, 3/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- Once cool, whisk the white sugar and brown sugar into the butter. Then, whisk in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla until thick.1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons (128 g) light brown sugar, 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar, 1 (50 g) large egg, 1 (18 g) large egg yolk, 2 teaspoons vanilla paste or extract
- Fold in the dry ingredients, then when almost combined, fold in the chocolate chips. Set aside for 15 minutes. This will firm up the dough and make it easier to scoop!1 cup (130 g) bittersweet chocolate wafers, 1/2 cup (70 g) chopped semi-sweet chocolate bar
- Scoop the dough into 3-tablespoon-sized balls, rolling each one in your hand and arranging them on the baking sheet (only 6 a tray). Bake for 9-10 minutes. Let the pan cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then use a spatula to transfer the cookies from the pan to the wire rack to finish cooling.
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Notes
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Amazing!! Thanks Stephanie!
another amazing recipe from cambrea bakes!!! made these the other night and ate waaay to many of them!
Yay! Happy to hear it Molly!
Woo! So glad to hear you’re enjoying them Rachelle 🙂
Hi! I’ve just made the batter but it’s a bit runny. So, Im chilling the dough before scooping it. Hoping this will help because right now that batter taste amazing 😍
Loved this recipe and really appreciate being able to scale it up and get the metric version automatically! The balance on these is perfection and the miso gives them a lovely salty, umami quality. We own a bed and breakfast hotel and are known for our baked goods, so we’re always looking for fun, delicious items to add to our rotation. We’ll be doing these on repeat for quite a while! Looks like you’ve got some flaked salt on yours in the picture, but don’t see that in the recipe. Wondering if you recommend that, or if it gets too salty? Thanks for another great recipe!
I am thrilled to hear that! I feel so honored that this recipe is being featured at your bed and breakfast, I used to work at a bed and breakfast when I was a teenager and I remember how much everyone always loved the baked goods that were left around the house 🙂 Yes! I added the flaky sea salt purely when I took the photos but I preferred them without the extra salt, sorry for the confusion!
How fun! You definitely know what a big deal it is to have great snacks for the guests! Thanks for the confirmation about the flaked salt. Appreciate the info.