Brown butter creates an incredible flavor that is nearly impossible to replicate. Using brown butter in your desserts will create a flavor profile that will have your guests begging for the recipe. Save this delicious collection of tempting brown butter dessert recipes to use all year long!
The flavor of brown butter pairs well with both sweet and savory dishes. It is incredible in everything from frosting, cookie batter, ice cream, brownies, and cakes. I love using it in my Lemon Butter Gnocchi with Crispy Prosciutto as well as these Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. This collection of incredibly decadent dessert recipes all include rich, nutty brown butter.
What is Brown Butter?
Brown butter is regular butter that is cooked gently until the milk-fat solids "toast" and become golden brown. The flavor transforms into a deep, rich, nutty, and caramelized flavor. It is used in sweet desserts and savory dishes with either salted or unsalted butter. Try today it in any of these amazing desserts!
Blondie Brownies - Live to Sweet
These Blondie Brownies are two desserts in one! The browned butter blondie layer is topped with a fudgy brownie layer for the ultimate treat!
Brown Butter Pumpkin Cake Donuts Recipe ~ Barley & Sage
These brown butter pumpkin cake donuts are baked to perfection before being dunked in a vanilla glaze! A quick and easy fall treat!
Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies
Give your favorite cookie a nutty upgrade with this recipe for Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies. Soft, chewy and crunchy in every bite, these brown butter cookies are a trifecta of textures.
Brown Butter-Pumpkin Cupcakes With Bourbon Caramel Frosting and Filling
Give your pumpkin cupcakes a flavor boost with the addition of brown butter. These brown butter-pumpkin cupcakes feature an optional bourbon caramel filling to make the ultimate fall treat.
Biscoff Cake
If you love Biscoff, this easy Lotus Biscoff cake with brown butter Biscoff buttercream is for you. Enjoy it on your own or even better, with your Biscoff-loving friends!
One Bowl Chocolate Chip Banana Bread (Brown Butter)
This chocolate chip banana bread is extra moist banana bread that is made with brown butter, greek yogurt, and plenty of mashed bananas making this banana bread super moist, flavorful, and fluffy.
Brown Butter Pecan Cupcakes Recipe ~ Barley & Sage
These brown butter pecan cupcakes are made with nutty brown butter and topped with toasted buttered pecans! They're the perfect fall dessert!
Giant Maple Cinnamon Roll Cake with Butterscotch Glaze
This giant maple cinnamon roll cake with butterscotch glaze is not only delicious, it’s impressive! It’s made in a cast iron pan and it’s larger version of a sticky cinnamon bun cake. It would be a great treat for a special occasion especially during the fall. Indulge your sense with its warm flavors!
Financiers (French Almond Cakes)
These classic French Financiers Cakes make the most delicious little treat. Perfect with your morning or afternoon tea, these Brown Butter Almond Tea Cakes are a great sweet snack and edible gift idea. These Mini Almond Cakes are also easily customisable with many optional additions.
Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
These classic Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are crispy on the outside and chewy inside. They are irresistibly delicious, made with nutty browned butter and finished with flakey sea salt. The cookie dough can be made in advance, making them the perfect party cookie or afternoon snack.
Apple Cider Donut Cake - Keto, Low Carb, Sugar Free, Gluten-Free, THM
Sweet browned butter cinnamon cake layered with fresh apple compote and cream cheese frosting? This Apple Cider Donut Cake is the perfect dessert for autumn.
Brown Butter Banana Bread
Soft and tender, this moist brown butter banana bread has lovely caramel notes complementing the banana flavor.
Salted Caramel Brown Butter Snickerdoodle Cookies
A fun twist on traditional snickerdoodles, Salted Caramel Brown Butter Snickerdoodles are soft, chewy, and so good, you'll never be able to eat just one!
Browned Butter Blondie Brownies
Browned Butter Brownie Blondies are the best of both worlds: chewy browned butter blondies and fudgy brownies. Each piece has warm caramel and rich chocolatey flavors, crispy edges, and a gooey center. Prep this recipe in just 15 minutes with no special equipment and bake in the oven!
Chewy Caramel Blondies
Caramel blondies are a delicious, classic recipe that you'll want to make over and over again! If you love gooey, chewy cookies, these blondie cookie bars are for you. The brown butter, vanilla, and cinnamon give these bars a rich, nutty taste.
Brown Butter Bundt Cake
Super moist and overflowing with buttery goodness, this Brown Butter Bundt Cake is a go-to dessert that’s perfect for any occasion.
Soft & Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
These lightly spiced oatmeal cookies are studded with craisins and made with delicious brown butter. These are the perfect after-school, after-work, need-a-snack, need-something-sweet cookie!
Tips for Using Brown Butter
- Use a light-colored pan like a stainless steel skillet to monitor the color of the butter as it browns. The butter will quickly go from brown and nutty to burnt and bitter. Therefore, it is essential to be able to take it off the heat before this happens.
- Salted butter creates more foam as it toasts and will be more challenging to monitor the color than unsalted butter.
- Once the butter solids have turned between deep golden brown, take it off the heat so it does not burn.
FAQ's
Browned butter can replace regular butter in desserts and savory dishes like pasta sauces for a more rich and delicious flavor.
Brown butter adds a delightful nutty caramel flavor to baked goods.
The milk solids have been toasted, creating an addicting flavor that pairs well with both sweet and savory dishes.
Brown butter is regular butter that has been melted and cooked until the milk solids in the butter become toasted and turn golden brown to amber brown.
Chelsea says
Who doesn’t love brown butter?! This is a great list of recipes and I can’t wait to try them all!