20 Ways to Make Everyday Dishes Better with Brown Butter
Browned butter is the secret ingredient your favorite recipes just might be missing. So simple and often overlooked, it has the power to elevate your everyday recipes, sweet or savory. When it comes to making brown butter, there's nothing much to it—grab your favorite butter and saucepan and watch it carefully on the stove. Then, throw the delicious concoction into one of these recipes that rely on brown butter, and you're sure to be impressed. From our Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies and Brown Butter Blondies, to savory fare like Pumpkin Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter, you'll find that it really does belong everywhere. So get to browning and get ready for recipe requests from all of your guests to roll in.
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe: Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
If chocolate chip cookies are always sure to be a hit, then you better believe this brown butter version will fly right off the table.
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Best Brown Butter Blondies
Recipe: Best Brown Butter Blondies
Think of these as a giant chocolate chip cookie with even better butter.
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Brown Butter Snickerdoodles
Recipe: Brown Butter Snickerdoodles
Warm cinnamon meets the rich flavor of brown butter in a rendition of everyone's favorite sugar cookie.
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Pecan Pie Cake with Brown Butter Frosting
Recipe: Pecan Pie Cake with Brown Butter Frosting
Now, you'll never have to choose between pie and cake ever again. The tender cake and pecan pie filling are swathed in a generous layer of Brown Butter Frosting, and guests will be coming back for seconds.
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Brown Butter Cornbread
Recipe: Brown Butter Cornbread
Elevate the humble cornbread with the addition of some nutty brown butter. Serve alongside a pot of chili for a comforting meal.Â
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Hummingbird Snack Cake with Brown Butter Frosting
Recipe: Hummingbird Snack Cake with Brown Butter Frosting
A spin on the classic, this snack cake requires just one bowl and is slathered in Brown Butter Frosting for just the right mix of sweet and spice.
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Pumpkin Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter
Recipe: Pumpkin Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter
This homemade pasta couldn't be easier, but the Sage Brown Butter makes it fancy.
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Blackberry, Browned Butter, and Almond Tart
Recipe: Blackberry, Browned Butter, and Almond Tart
Tennessee's award-winning Blackberry Farm shares their tart recipe, which likens itself more to a butter cake. Either way, it's delicious.
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Brown Butter-Caramel Blondies
Recipe: Brown Butter-Caramel Blondies
Additional caramel drizzle obligatory.
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Mathew Rice's Brown Butter Snickerdoodles
Recipe: Mathew Rice's Brown Butter Snickerdoodles
Nashville chef Mathew Rice shares his snickerdoodle recipe.
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Brown Butter-Maple-Pecan Blondies
Recipe: Brown Butter-Maple-Pecan Blondies
Turn your blondies up a notch with the addition of sweet maple syrup and crunchy pecans.
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Lisa Cericola's Herbed Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes
Recipe: Lisa Cericola's Herbed Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes
Our Senior Food Editor says these are required on her Thanksgiving table. Once you get a taste, they'll be on yours, too.
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Butter Toffee-Pecan Layer Cake
Recipe: Butter Toffee-Pecan Layer Cake
Warm toffee notes, creamy frosting, and nutty brown butter make this cake a sure hit.
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Brown Butter Sweet Potato Pie
Recipe: Brown Butter Sweet Potato Pie
Brown butter lends the well-loved sweet potato pie extra dimension and depth.
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Butter Pecan Layer Cake with Brown Butter Frosting
Recipe: Butter Pecan Layer Cake with Brown Butter Frosting
Three layers of tender pecan cake meet nutty brown butter frosting—ideal for every birthday party and the Thanksgiving sideboard.
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Grits and Greens with Brown Butter Hot Sauce
Recipe: Grits and Greens with Brown Butter Hot Sauce
Proof that brown butter belongs everywhere.
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Amanda Mack's Apple-Almond Spice Cake with Brown Butter Frosting
Recipe: Amanda Mack's Apple-Almond Spice Cake with Brown Butter Frosting
Pile this loaf cake high with apple chips and toasted almonds—but not before giving it a generous drizzle of icing.
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Sliced Pork Chops with Brown Butter-Golden Raisin Relish
Recipe: Sliced Pork Chops with Brown Butter-Golden Raisin Relish
Pull out your slow cooker for the grunt work, but finish these pork chops in the skillet. Serve with the Brown-Butter-Golden Raisin Relish for a savory-sweet topping.
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Bourbon-Chocolate Cake with Browned Buttercream Frosting
Recipe: Bourbon-Chocolate Cake with Browned Buttercream Frosting
Bourbon, chocolate, and brown butter come together in an irresistible combination.
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Chocolate-Zucchini Cake
Recipe: Chocolate-Zucchini Cake
Rich, dense chocolate cake gets a moisture boost from plenty of zucchini. The whole thing is topped with crunchy pistachios punctuating the layer of brown butter frosting.