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Butter-Toasted Steel-Cut Oats with Dried Apples

Cooking steel-cut oats in a pressure cooker means the grains tenderize quickly, without any stirring and without any risk of boiling over, making this breakfast staple a breeze to prepare. To build rich flavor, we start by cooking a couple tablespoons

Cauliflower Soup with Harissa Butter

This soup gets a burst of bold, rich flavor as well as stunning color from a drizzle of harissa bloomed in browned butter. Look for harissa, a North African spice paste, in well-stocked supermarkets and Middle Eastern markets. Spiciness varies by bran

By Elizabeth MindreauNovember 3, 2021

Roasted Butternut Squash with Ginger and Five-Spice

Instead of pureeing butternut squash and loading it up with butter, we cut it into chunks and roast it, seasoning it with fresh ginger and Chinese five-spice to complement its natural sweetness. You will need two large, heavy rimmed baking sheets. The

By Phoebe MaglathlinOctober 8, 2018

Browned Butter and Lemon Pasta with Chicken

We cook butter until the milk solids caramelize to add nutty fragrance and flavor to this pasta dish. The richness of the browned butter is balanced with a generous measure of aromatic lemon zest and tart, tangy lemon juice. Either boneless chicken br

By Courtney HillOctober 17, 2023

Browned Butter Vinaigrette with Walnuts and Herbs

Toasting walnuts while browning the butter gives this warm vinaigrette an intense nuttiness and luxurious richness. Garlic, rosemary and lemon zest add layers of bright, herbal flavor and fragrance. This is perfect spooned onto roasted vegetables such

By Rose Hattabaugh & Julia RackowOctober 18, 2023

Browned Butter Skillet Cornbread

For a crispier, savory cornbread, we bake the batter in a pool of browned butter in a ripping hot cast iron skillet.

By Diane UngerJuly 18, 2024

Maple–Browned Butter Pie

Sweet and rich maple custard filling, cut with a hit of apple cider vinegar, and embedded in a nutty whole wheat crust.

Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies with Browned Butter Icing

These generously sized cookies are soft and cake-like. Spiced with cinnamon and ground ginger and made with just 4 tablespoons of butter, their flavor is mostly about the bittersweet, subtly smoky notes of molasses. Use either mild or “robust” (or “fu

By Rose HattabaughOctober 16, 2019

Pork Chops with Kimchi, Scallions and Browned Butter

Tart, spicy kimchi complements and contrasts sweet, juicy pork in this single-skillet meal. We begin by searing the pork chops until caramelized, then use the remaining fat to build a bright, kimchi-based pan sauce, balanced by rice vinegar and mirin

By Dimitri DemopolousOctober 17, 2023

Broccoli with Browned Butter and Almonds

Paired with butter and toasted almonds, broccoli gets the “amandine” treatment in this recipe. When sautéing the shallots and almonds in the butter, be sure to cook the mixture long enough so the milk solids that separate out from the butter turn gold

By Courtney HillOctober 13, 2020

Mashed Potatoes with Caraway-Mustard Butter

Classically creamy, with a kick of sweet heat from horseradish. A drizzle of browned butter spiked with caraway and mustard seeds adds balancing complexity.

By Sandra Rose GluckOctober 16, 2017

Brown Butter-Cardamom Banana Bread

Two simple changes, and zero additional effort, make banana bread holiday-worthy, and we now only make it this way. OR Two simple changes, and zero additional effort, put this banana bread head and shoulders above the rest.

Browned Butter and Coconut Loaf Cake

This moist, dense, buttery loaf cake comes from Briana Holt of Tandem Coffee + Bakery in Portland, Maine. It's baked until the exterior is deeply browned, developing rich, toasty flavors and an amazing aroma. A coconut syrup is brushed on while the ca

Buttermilk Monkey Bread

Monkey bread gets an update that makes the pull-apart loaf even better thanks to buttermilk, a little whole-wheat flour and a lighter hand with sugar. The result is more tender and nuanced—and less sweet—than the versions many of us grew up with. Brow

By Erika BruceSeptember 12, 2024

Shaved Brussels Sprouts with Browned Butter Vinaigrette

Rich, nutty browned butter and woodsy notes of sherry vinegar pair perfectly with earthy shredded sprouts. Smoked almonds add salty crunch and tangy dried cranberries add a pop of color.

By Diane UngerDecember 10, 2018

Tahini and Browned Butter Cookies

These sweet and nutty cookies are proof that chocolate can make anything better, even from a rich and luscious starting point!

By Rose HattabaughNovember 16, 2022

Green Beans with Browned Butter and Almonds

This easy one-pot side was inspired by classic green bean almondine. First, the beans simmer in a small amount of water until tender-crisp. Then, the liquid is cooked off, leaving them lightly glazed with butter. We especially like the texture of sliv

By Courtney HillNovember 16, 2021

Salty Honey and Browned Butter Bars

Cheryl Day — cookbook author, pastry chef and co-owner of Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, Georgia — knows a thing or two about Southern baking. So it’s no surprise that these sweet and salty bars, adapted from her book, “Cheryl Day’s Treasury of S

By Rose HattabaughSeptember 28, 2023

Tomato Sauce with Browned Butter and Cumin

Deeply savory and packed with umami, browned tomato paste makes an excellent base for this Turkish-inspired sauce, enhanced by butter and spices. Dried mint has a distinct menthol-like tang that balances the mixture’s richness, but dried oregano works

By Rose HattabaughOctober 17, 2023

Mint and Browned Butter Yogurt Dip

The browned butter in this dip adds nutty richness and the mint balances with its cool menthol. Aleppo pepper is a coarse, seedless, brick-red chili flake with subtle fruitiness and cumin notes; if it’s not available, use ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Pan-Roasted Asparagus with Herbed Browned Butter Vinaigrette and Walnuts

In this quick and easy method for basic pan-roasted asparagus, an initial blast over high heat gives the spears a light char to develop sweet, nutty flavor, then covered cooking with a little water renders the spears perfectly crisp-tender. Serve the

By Julia RackowApril 17, 2019

Green Beans with Toasted Almonds, Browned Butter and Whole Spices

Ground seeds and spices—as well as fragrant toasted almonds—give classic green beans amandine gets a bold update with plenty of texture. The browned butter amplifies the nuttiness of the almonds, adds a touch of richness and ties everything together.

By Julia RackowOctober 8, 2018

Sea Scallops with Browned Butter, Capers and Lemon

With just six ingredients, you get a caper and lemon sauce with nutty browned butter that highlights the scallops’ sweetness.

By Courtney HillApril 21, 2022

Pasta with Browned Butter, Yogurt and Herbs

Browned butter brings rich nuttiness, beautifully balanced with strong herbs.

By Sandra Rose GluckApril 2, 2018

Pasta with Shrimp and Browned Butter

We build big flavor into this dish by cooking tagliatelle or pappardelle—dried pastas made with egg—in a skillet, directly in the liquid that becomes the pasta sauce. The noodles' delicate texture pairs perfectly with sweet, briny shrimp and the nutti

Red Lentil and Bulgur Soup with Browned Butter and Yogurt

This rich vegetarian soup gets its pleasantly thick body from red lentils, which soften and break down during cooking. The bulgur, on the other hand, keeps its chewiness while adding nutty notes that complement the lentils’ earthy flavor. Harissa is a

Roasted Acorn Squash with Browned Butter–Orange Vinaigrette

This elegant, wintry side dish was inspired by a recipe from “Gjelina” by chef Travis Lett. Deeply caramelized roasted squash is finished with a sauce of browned butter, orange juice and white wine vinegar, the bright acidity of the liquids balancing

By Julie RackowOctober 16, 2019

Roasted Eggplant and Peppers with Aleppo Browned Butter and Yogurt

For a rich and flavorful dish, we broil sweet peppers and eggplant until tender and silky, toss the vegetables with browned butter infused with Aleppo pepper (or sweet paprika plus red pepper flakes) and serve them atop a creamy bed of butter-enriched

By Elizabeth MindreauNovember 19, 2021

Roasted Rutabaga and Pears with Browned Butter, Honey and Rosemary

The sturdy, purple-shouldered root vegetable known as rutabaga also goes by the name swede or yellow turnip. Its interior is yellow-orange and its flavor earthy-sweet. Oven-roasting these roots is an easy way to render them tender on the inside and ca

By Rose HattabaughNovember 23, 2021

Pasta with Butternut Squash, Browned Butter and Almonds

In northern Italy’s Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy regions, Christmas means pasta with velvety pumpkin and almond-rich amaretti cookies. Inspired by this holiday classic, we developed a weeknight-simple dish featuring similarly warm, comforting flavors.

By Dimitri DemopolousApril 25, 2023