brown butter snickerdoodles

"The snickerdoodle recipe of my dreams: thick, tender (but never cakey), fragrant with brown butter and vanilla bean, complex with a little cream cheese, and unequivocally the best aroma on earth to…..."

INGREDIENTS
1 cup (8 ounces or 225 grams) unsalted butter (see Note)
3 tablespoons (45 grams) water (see Note)
3 cups (400 grams) all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups (250 grams) granulated sugar + 3 tablespoons (40 grams) for rolling
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt (Diamond brand, use half of others)
1/4 cup (2 ounces, 55 grams or 1/4 of an 8-ounce brick) cream cheese, in chunks
1 large egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
1 1/2 tablespoons (10 grams) ground cinnamon
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