2,984 brown butter recipes

A juicy and scrumptious apple pie that tastes wonderful with any fruit topping or with the traditional whipped cream.

Crisp, flourless oatmeal pecan lace cookies with a delicate see-through pattern and buttery caramel snap. Five minutes of mixing, eight minutes to bake, perfect rolled into cornucopias.

Oat fruit bars layered with dried apricots, dates, and prunes in a buttery brown sugar and corn syrup base. Chewy, naturally sweet, and no mixer required.

Old-fashioned stovetop fudge made with unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar, condensed milk, and corn syrup. Beaten smooth, studded with nuts, and cut into squares. Classic candy making.

Custard-style rhubarb pie with a vanilla yogurt filling, warm nutmeg, and a brown sugar pecan crumble topping. Tart rhubarb meets sweet, creamy filling in every slice.

Chocolate apple crisp bars with an oat-brown sugar base layered with chopped apples, mini chocolate chips, and pecans. Buttery, crunchy, and cut into squares for easy serving.

Three-layer cranberry cheese bars with a buttery oat crumble crust, tangy cream cheese filling, and whole berry cranberry sauce on top. Makes 24 bars for holiday baking trays.

Chicken cordon bleu with sweet-sour pineapple sauce wraps ham and Swiss in pounded chicken breasts, breaded and baked, then drizzled with a brown-sugar pineapple-sherry sauce.

Baked apple halves stuffed with brandy-soaked dried cherries and drizzled with a maple caramel sauce. Served warm with vanilla frozen yogurt for an elegant fall dessert.

Grilled shark steaks basted with homemade barbecue sauce made from ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, and Worcestershire. Meaty, firm fish that holds up beautifully on the grill.

Munich cheesecake with a shortcrust base, vanilla bean cream cheese filling, poppy seed-raisin layer, and brown sugar streusel topping broiled until crisp.

Peanut butter and fudge filled bars with an oat cookie crust, a gooey chocolate-peanut butter fudge layer, and a crumbly oat topping. Three layers of chocolate-peanut butter goodness in every bite.

Mexican praline cookies made with brown sugar, butter, toasted pecans, cinnamon, and egg yolk, dusted with powdered sugar. A rich, buttery shortbread-style cookie with warm spice and nutty crunch.

Barbara Bush's signature chocolate chip cookies with a quirky splash of hot water in the dough that yields a crisp-edged, soft-centered cookie. A small-batch White House classic.

Classic German yeast cake with a tender enriched dough and a buttery cinnamon-crumb topping, baked in pie pans. A traditional Streuselkuchen-style coffee cake from old-country German baking.

Kahlua pecan pie cookies with a buttery brown sugar cookie cup filled with a caramel pecan center spiked with coffee liqueur. A two-bite spin on pecan pie.