brown sugar

My mom would make it every Easter and New Year’s Day, spiked with whole cloves and topped with a handful of brown sugar.

In a large bowl, whisk together the browned butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and honey.

Fridays after school and figure skating practice, I’d set out the lineup — chocolate chips, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, Crisco — pressing the dough into fat, craggy mounds on my mom’s old cookie sheets.

If you frequently make cookies, ensure you have plenty of vanilla extract, chocolate chips and brown sugar on hand.

A light sprinkling of coarse brown sugar or coconut sugar right before serving looks pretty against the paler shade of the top layer, but, honestly, this cheesecake is ready, set, go straight from the refrigerator.