I just found these and have to try them but they look amazing!! You could probably change them into Christmas cookies by adding food coloring and flavoring in the glaze or chocolate!
Recipe: Brown Butter Cookies with Lemon Glaze (Source: Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts email)
"These sweet and buttery cookies dipped in a tart lemon glaze are simple, yet scrumptious. Browning the butter before mixing adds a nut...ty flavor that takes classic sugar cookies to a whole new level. For a citrus twist, try orange or grapefruit in place of lemon.
Yield: About 4 dozen cookies
Ingredients:
For the cookies:
2 cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
6 oz. browned unsalted butter, room temperature
¾ cup sugar
2 egg yolks, room temperature
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
For the glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
Method:
* Brown the butter by heating butter in a small saucepan over medium heat until the butter solids separate and the liquid becomes golden brown and smells "nutty." You will use both the solids and the liquid. Set aside to cool.
* Whisk together the flour and salt and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the brown butter and the sugar until fluffy.
* Add the egg yolks and vanilla extract. Mix together.
Slowly add in the flour mixture, mix until just combined. Add water tablespoon at a time until dough comes together.
* Divide the dough in half and roll each half into a log with a diameter of about 1 ¼ inches. Chill for 30 minutes.
* Preheat oven to 350°F and line 3 sheet pans with parchment paper.
* Slice the cookies off the log in 3/8 inch thick pieces. Place them 1 ½ inches apart on the prepared sheet pans.
* Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden, remembering to rotate the sheets halfway through baking.
* Prepare the glaze by whisking the powdered sugar, lemon juice, and zest until combined.
* After the cookies are slightly cooled, dip the top of each cookie in the glaze.See More