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How to Make Brown Butter
Learn how to make brown butter to add into all your favorite recipes, both sweet and savory. Use brown butter as a secret ingredient for baked goods, or use it as a delicious sauce!
Cook Time
mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 203 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
Instructions
- Slice the butter into cubes and place it in a small skillet set over medium-high heat.
- Allow the butter to cook until it has fully melted, about 2 minutes.
- Whisk the butter constantly for another 2-3 minutes until it begins to smell nutty and turn golden brown. The butter will foam on top, but you’ll be able to see the color underneath as you whisk.
- As soon as the butter turns golden brown, remove it from the pan so it doesn’t burn.
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Notes
- Storage: Store brown butter in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 10 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Browned butter is delicious in pasta sauces, cookies, baking, or potatoes!
- Slice the butter into cubes to start with, so that everything melts and browns evenly.
- Whisk/stir regularly and keep an eye on it to avoid burning.
- It's done when the butter turns a golden brown. It will create a nutty aroma.
- Keep a bowl/container next to the stove so you can pour the butter into it as soon it browns (otherwise it will keep cooking and burn).
- You can use brown butter as a substitute for regular butter in lots of baked goods. Just add it into a recipe in the same form it calls for (chilled, softened, room temperature, etc.).
Nutrition Information
Serving
2tablespoons
Calories
203kcal
(10%)
Carbohydrates
1g
(0%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
23g
(35%)
Saturated Fat
15g
(75%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
6g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
61mg
(20%)
Sodium
3mg
(0%)
Potassium
7mg
(0%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
709IU
(14%)
Calcium
7mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 203
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 2tablespoons | |
| Calories | 203kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 23g | 35% |
| Saturated Fat | 15g | 75% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 61mg | 20% |
| Sodium | 3mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 7mg | 0% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 709IU | 14% |
| Calcium | 7mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.