Sweet and Salty Cookies

Sweet & Salty Kitchen Sink Cookies adapted via the cooking Actress
1 cup  butter, browned
1 1/2 t vanilla
1 1/2 c b sugar
1/2 c sugar
2 eggs, room tempe
2 1/2 c flour
2 1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 t sea salt + more for sprinkling
3/4 c broken pretzels (window pane style)
1 1/2 c caramel chips (dont use the bits, they cool weirdly)
3/4 c semisweet chips

Line cookie sheet w parchment. Preheat oven 350F .To brown butter: In (light colored) saucepan, melt butter over med heat, whisking as it melts, foams, bubbles, and eventually little brown bits form and it turns amber. Immediately pour into large, heatproof, bowl, and use a spatula to scrape all the little brown bits into bowl. Using a stand or hand mixer, beat vanilla and sugars into  butter for a couple min, until it lightens a bit. Beat in eggs for about 30 sec. Add baking powder, 1/2 t salt, and 1/3 of flour. Mix slowly, add another third, mix, and add last of flour til just combined. Stir in pretzels, and chips.1/4-1/2 c scoop of dough. add a tiny sprinkle of salt and extra chips if desired. Bake 13 min (til golden around the edges. Remove and allow to cool on the sheet 5 min. Then, transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.