You’ll become a pro in no time, I promise! Basically, when you heat the butter, the water evaporates from the milk solids, and those milk solids get toasty, with that dark-speckled look and the sweet, savory, nutty, toffee-like aroma. It’s liquid gold. It’s nutty and toasty, and it adds an exceptional depth of flavor to basically anything it touches. You can use it in both sweet and savory recipes. I have some ideas listed for you below.
Brown butter chocolate chunk cookies (these are some of my absolute favorite cookies EVER). Brown butter chocolate chip blondies Brown butter snickerdoodle cookie skillet Brown butter frosting Brown butter sweet potatoes Brown butter butterscotch chocolate chip cookies Brown butter iced oatmeal cookies Brown butter rice krispies Brown butter salted caramel cookies