How to Make Brown Butter

Brown Butter is super delicious in both sweet and savory recipes and is so easy to make at home, we have all the directions you’ll need to make it perfectly each and every time.

Brown Butter tastes so great and is so easy to make. It has a rich nutty buttery flavor that is oh so yummy. We are always tempted to use it for any recipe that calls for butter.  And it tastes great in both dessert recipes and savory recipes. If you haven’t embraced this yummy variation of butter in your cooking yet, you simply must give it a try.  Lucky for you, we have all the tips and tricks you will need to make it perfectly each and every time. 

Ingredients you will need

The better quality of butter you have the better quality of Brown Butter you will get.  We used Sweet Cream Salted Butter.  You can use Unsalted Butter too. Unfortunately, Margarine or butter substitutes really will not work.

Directions

1. Cut the butter into cubes and place in a large sauce pan set at a Medium-high heat. We like to use a pan with a light coating so we can see the brown butter bits at the bottom of the pan.
2. Allow the butter to melt.  The melted butter will start to sputter, this is the water cooking out of the butter.
3. Once the butter starts to foam use a heat resistant spatula to stir constantly.
4. Brown bits will begin to form at the bottom of the pan.  This is the final stage.  Stir so that you can see the bottom of the pan so you will know when the butter starts to brown.

All the flavor is in the browned bits in the bottom of the pan.  You will begin to smell a nutty buttery flavor and the brown bits will be sitting on the bottom of the pan.  The whole process should take 5-8 minutes. Take the butter off the heat and pour it into another bowl or container to cool.  Make sure you get all of the brown bits of butter!  You can use the Browned Butter in this melted form or you can put it in the refrigerator and allow it to firm back up to use in a cookie recipe for example.

Other Brown Butter Recipes you will love

• Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Brown Butter Buttercream Frosting
• Pumpkin Spice Brown Butter Rice Krispie Treats

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How to Make Brown Butter

Yield 1 cup

Cook Time 8 minutes

Total Time 8 minutes

Brown Butter is super delicious in both sweet and savory recipes and is so easy to make at home, we have all the directions you'll need to make it perfectly each and every time.

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup Butter (Sweet Cream Salted Butter)

Instructions

1. Cut the butter into cubes and place in a large saucepan set at medium-high heat.
2. Allow the butter to melt.  It will start to sputter, this is the water cooking out of the butter.
3. Once the butter starts to foam use a heat resistant spatula to stir constantly.
4. Brown bits will begin to form at the bottom of the pan.  This is the final stage.  Stir so that you can see the bottom of the pan so you will know when the butter starts to brown.
5. All the favor is in the browned bits in the bottom of the pan.  You will begin to smell a nutty buttery flavor and the brown bits will be sitting on the bottom of the pan.  The whole process should take 5-8 minutes. Take the butter off the heat and pour it into another bowl or container to cool.  Make sure you get all of the brown bits of butter!

Notes

Note about the amount of brown butter: Some of the butter evaporates during the process of browning the butter so if you need 1 cup of Brown Butter for your recipe you will need to start with 1 1/4 cup of butter.

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