*These Brown Butter Snickerdoodles are my new favorite cookie for the holiday season. Each bite is perfectly rich and chewy, with just enough sweet cinnamon flavor.*

My friends, I feel like fall is slipping quickly into winter. Granted, we don’t have too much of a winter here in California (so I don’t mean to complain, for those of you suffering through actual winter issues like snow and ice). But it’s not just the weather, it’s more the feeling in the air.

Suddenly, I walk out of the office after work and the sky is dark. Not a hazy purple, streaked with orange and red, as marks the sunsets we’ve been having this fall. But really black. The sun is gone and night time is here, before I’ve even made it home. With the dark comes a certain stillness. Gone is the excitement of the back-to-school season and Halloween. Instead, it is replaced by a sense of calm, a quiet desire to hunker down and enjoy the slow evenings as they come.

For me, this darkness and stillness means plenty of hot tea, an abundance of new books to be enjoyed, and the start to my holiday baking! What could be more enjoyable, on a cold and gloomy evening, than to relish in the warmth of a cozy kitchen, particularly with a batch of cookies in the oven? These brown butter snickerdoodles are everything for me, right now. The dough is rich and nutty with the taste of browned butter, yet light and chewy, too. Of course, we can’t forget the trademark sweet-and-spicy addition of cinnamon sugar! If you’re looking for a delicious cookie to make this season, or anytime, really, I think that this snickerdoodle is it. 🙂