2,984 brown butter recipes

Chunky apple butter made overnight in a crockpot with Granny Smith apples, applesauce, brown sugar, and warm spices. Set it before bed and wake up to fall in a jar.

Delicate butter cookies with golden brown edges and crispy texture bake up in 3-5 minutes for an elegant tea-time treat.

Dairy Hollow House almond pie with browned butter, corn syrup, honey, almond extract, and toasted almonds. Like pecan pie's nutty, elegant cousin.

Danish frikadeller meatballs: traditional pan-fried Scandinavian meatballs from twice-ground veal and pork, served with browned butter, potatoes, and stewed cabbage.

Greek makaronia: spaghetti tossed with browned butter, mizithra cheese, and shaved kalamata olives. Four-ingredient Greek pasta classic ready in 20 minutes.

Crock pot fried chicken browns seasoned, flour-dredged chicken in butter, then slow-cooks it with no added liquid until fall-off-the-bone tender. The hands-off way to get fried-chicken flavor without standing over a hot skillet.

Bourbon orange chicken with just four ingredients: chicken breasts browned in butter, simmered in orange juice concentrate that reduces to a glossy glaze, then finished with a splash of bourbon. Sweet, sticky and weeknight-fast.

Pan-seared tuna with Madeira, orange, and soy: yellowfin medallions dusted in flour and browned fast, then plated under a reduced sauce of fortified wine, citrus, cream, and a glossy butter swirl.

Shark amandine: meaty shark fillets broiled with sherry-lemon butter, crowned with browned almonds, crisp bacon, and green onion. A smoky, Southern-inflected coastal main dish.

Roasted acorn squash halves stuffed with savory ground beef, sweet-tart apples, plump raisins, and warm cinnamon, glazed with brown sugar and butter.

One-pan cookie bars mix up in minutes with melted butter, brown sugar, and a chocolate chip topping for easy crowd-pleasing dessert.

Chewy blonde brownie bars with melted butter, brown sugar, and chocolate chips create an easy one-pan dessert that's ready in 20 minutes.

Honey roasted peanuts with just 3 ingredients: peanuts, butter, and honey tossed together and baked until golden brown. A 20-minute homemade snack.

Butter-free pecan sugar cookies with brown sugar, honey, cinnamon, and allspice. Chewy with warm spice flavor and ground pecans in every bite.

Swedish meatballs browned in butter and simmered in stock with a sherry-spiked gravy. Tender, savory, and smothered in a rich pan sauce.

Classic flounder meuniere pan-fried in browned butter with lemon juice and fresh parsley. A simple French technique for delicate white fish fillets.