Step 1

Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350F degrees

Step 3

To brown the butter: In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat, whisking as it melts, foams, bubbles, and eventually little brown bits form and it turns amber

Step 4

Immediately pour into a large heatproof bowl and use a spatula to scrape all the little brown bits into the bowl

Step 5

Using a stand or hand mixer, beat the vanilla and sugars into the butter for a couple minutes, until it lightens a bit

Step 6

Beat in eggs for about 30 seconds

Step 7

Add the baking powder, 1/2 tsp. salt, and about a third of the flour.

Step 8

Mix slowly, add another third of flour, mix, and add the last of the flour until just combined

Step 9

Stir in the pretzels, caramel bits, and chocolate chips until evenly distributed

Step 10

Scoop out very large balls of dough and place on the prepared baking sheet, leaving plenty of space in between

Step 11

Add more broken pretzel pieces, caramel bits, and chocolate chips to the tops of the dough balls to preference

Step 12

Sprinkle with sea salt

Step 13

Bake 13 minutes until golden around the edges

Step 14

Remove and allow to cool on the sheet for 5 minutes

Step 15

Then, transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely

Step 16

Serve and enjoy!