Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks, 8 ounces, 225 g) unsalted butter
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 9 ounces milk chocolate (or semi-sweet or dark if you prefer) bars, roughly chopped into chunks, about 2 cups
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)