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Brown butter shortbread

Brown butter shortbread

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Browned Butter Shortbread is one of my favorite holiday cookies. My version is a thick shortbread, cut into wedges and dipped in chocolate, with coarse sugar and flaked sea salt sprinkled on for a salty/sweet garnish. I don't know why, but I only tend to make shortbread around the holidays. It's really a tragedy. It's certainly not the most exciting or photogenic cookie, but dare I say that I find comfort in its brown, plainness? I mean all the best food is brown, isn't it? So while these might not be the stunner of your cookie platter, I will tell