BROWN BUTTER COOKIE COMPANY ELEVATES COOKIE EXPERIENCE WITH NEW “MADE WITH GHIRARDELLI®” PARTNERSHIP.

 Prepare your taste buds for an indulgent treat! Brown Butter Cookie Company, the beloved purveyor of artisanal cookies, is thrilled to announce the launch of their latest creation: Brown Butter Sea Salt Shortbreads made with Ghirardelli® chocolate chips in all three retail shops on June 5, 2024.

Founded by sisters Traci and Christa Hozie in 2008, Brown Butter Cookie Company has become synonymous with quality, craftsmanship, and unparalleled taste with their signature hand-rolled Brown Butter Sea Salt and Classic-style cookies. Their newest offering, a collaboration with Ghirardelli®, promises to elevate the cookie experience to new heights.

"We're thrilled to partner with Ghirardelli® and expand our shortbread cookies product line with their elevated chocolate flavor profiles," said co-founder Traci Hozie-Alderson. "The combination of our brown butter, vanilla, and sea salt cookie with Ghirardelli's chocolate chips has created a flavor profile that our customers are going to crave."

Available in three tantalizing flavors – White Chip, Chocolate Chip, and Dark Cocoa Chocolate Chip – these cookies are a treat you won't want to miss.

TAKE A LISTEN! Co-Founder Traci Hozie-Alderson talks to Adam Montiel about the new Made with Ghirardelli® Shortbread Cookies at the Brown Butter Cookie Company!

“Up + Adam with Adam Montiel” podcast aired the episode Friday, June 7, 2024

The Interview begins around the 12-minute mark.

The Old Fashioned Brown Butter Sea Salt Shortbread Cookie is inspired by a gourmet reimagining of the classic cocktail. "We've paired cocktails and cookies in a way that brings YES Cocktail Co. and Brown Butter Cookie Co. together in one bite, creating a truly unique Old Fashioned-inspired cookie," says Brooke Lynn, Director of Production at Brown Butter Cookie Company.

This indulgent treat harmoniously blends rich brown butter with fragrant vanilla, orange zest, and subtle cherry notes. A carefully curated blend of spices, inspired by YES Cocktail Co.'s '5 Spice Old Fashioned Bitters Cube', enhances the flavor profile. A delicate sprinkle of sea salt provides the perfect finishing touch, elevating this cookie to a truly delicious experience.

YES Cocktail Co. co-founder Lauren Butler shares her enthusiasm: "Our new collaboration inspired by Brown Butter Cookie Co. truly takes drinking your dessert to the next level. We had so much fun crafting these two products, as we've been inspired by the deliciousness of Brown Butter Cookie Company ever since we first arrived on the Central Coast ten years ago".

The Brown Butter Cookie Old Fashioned Cocktail Cube brings buttery decadence and classic aromatic bitters to YES Cocktail Co.'s best-selling line of Bitters Infused Cubes. Meanwhile, the Brown Butter Cookie Old Fashioned Syrup is described as "liquid cookie cocktail magic." Both products can be used to create a classic Old Fashioned with your favorite whiskey, or in lattes, coffee, tea, and hot chocolate.

BROWN BUTTER COOKIE OLD FASHIONED

2 oz Bourbon, Rye, or Brandy

.5 oz Yes Brown Butter Cookie Syrup

In a mixing glass with ice, combine spirit & syrup and stil until chilled. Strain into an old fashioned glass with one large ice sphere. Serve with a Brown Butter Shortbread Old Fashioned Cookie.

I must say that the best part about opening Etto, besides having my own store conveniently located where I work, has been getting to work with so many local movers and shakers in the local food scene. Brown Butter Cookies have always been a family favorite in our house, back from the days of their little original location in Cayucos. We have shipped their cookies to friends and family all over the place even if it was just an excuse to buy some for ourselves. Now that one of our daughters has moved across the county to Boston, we always ship her a box of their cookies to give her a taste of home. We just hope she shares them with friends (probably not). We try to have their cookies at every family gathering.

Until recently Brown Butter Cookies were only sold through their own stores and website. Somehow the stars aligned and the crew at Brown Butter asked if we'd like to be one of the first retailers to be able to sell their cookies, of course we said yes! My personal goal is to stock Etto with all the products I love, spread the love, knowing the rest will work itself out. We have carried their cookies now for the last few months and it's one less reason for me to leave Tin City and one less stop for you.

The brown butter and sage combination is classic Italian and also one of our favorite simple sauces for our pasts, specifically the butternut squash ravioli. In the past we'd recommend a crumble of amaretto cookie over our butternut sage butter ravioli, but now we have a custom cookie that's even more perfect (recipe below).

We are so excited to launch this cookie as fall and winter arrives with ravioli season in full swing as local butternut squash just arrived. We hope you find these cookies to be the perfect hostess and holiday gift too. Look for them also at Etto Pasta Bar as a cookie plate or to take home.

Brian Terrizzi

Owner, Etto Pastificio

Butternut Squash Ravioli Meets Brown Butter Sage Cookie

Ingredients:
2TB olive oil
2TB Butter
Sage - Several Leaves
2 Brown Butter Sage cookies
Etto Butternut Squash ravioli
Parmesan
salt to taste

Directions:
1. Add olive oil to a skillet and add about 12 sage leaves and fry over medium heat. Should only take a minute then add a little salt to each leaf and set aside for a garnish.
2. Meanwhile, bring 4 quarts water and 1tbl kosher salt to a boil in a large pot. Cook ravioli until floats.
3. Add butter to the skillet and cook with medium heat until it begins to brown and add some chopped sage.
4. Turn the heat off and add the ravioli to the pan or a bowl and mix well with a little pasta water.
5. Divide into bowls and top with parmesan, Brown Butter cookie crumble (1/2 cookie per portion) and crispy sage.
Boun Appetito!