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If you love using butter in your desserts, there’s one simple thing you can do to make all that buttery goodness taste extra deep and rich: Brown it first. Here’s why you should do it, and ideas for how to use it.
Brown Butter Cookies | Photo by lutzflcat
Try this recipe: Brown Butter Cookies
Q: What is brown butter?
A: Brown butter is regular butter that has been cooked until the butter melts, the milk solids caramelize, and the whole thing looks like molten gold, smells like toasted hazelnuts, and tastes super-rich and nutty. Now, imagine using all that intensified color, aroma, and flavor in your recipe instead of plain butter. See what I’m saying?
Get step-by-step instructions to make brown butter.
Q: How do I use it in desserts?
A: Use brown butter anywhere you’d use regular butter: cakes, cookies, frostings, and icings, to name a few. Once you’ve browned your butter, you can let it cool and solidify, and use it in recipes as you would room-temperature butter.
Q: Recipe ideas, please?
A: These recipes get you started with detailed instructions on how to brown the butter and use it. Once you get the hang of it, you can feel free to substitute brown butter in other dessert recipes. Note: Brown butter is darker than regular butter, and also contains dark flecks from the caramelized milk solids, which will show up in light colored frostings and icings. You can pour the butter through a fine-mesh strainer to remove the solids if you wish, but that’s strictly optional. Besides, those flecks add visual interest.
Brown Butter Pear Cake
Brown Butter and Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Browned Butter Icing
Cream Cheese Frosting with Brown Butter and Bourbon
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