As a kid, I'd spent some time in the cupboards spooning brown sugar into my eager mouth. I preferred brown over white, mainly because the flavors are deeper (and, I believed, I got more of a sugar high!). These cookies are a throwback to my childhood, echoing of honey, molasses, and caramel, containing much more dark brown sugar than I could ever eat in a single day with my spoon. I like to make these huge, so when you pair one with a tall glass of milk, you might actually be left with more cookie than milk. —Furey and the Feast
Everyone out there who eats brown sugar with a spoon will love these (though others may find them a bit cloying). The cookies are thin and chewy with a strong nutty, caramel brown sugar taste. The cookies form a great crinkly skin and crisp bottom with a center so chewy it almost sticks to your teeth. Furey and the Feast really does make them huge! I found dividing the dough into 18 balls resulted in cookies that ran into each other. The cookies are so intensely sweet that I could only eat half before I had to take a break. Next time, I'd go down in size to dough balls about 1 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter. - Stephanie —Stephanie Bourgeois
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