Brown butter bakes best
Brown-butter lemon squares
Prep: Leah Eskin Home on the Range
Deep thinkers debate good versus evil, while baked goods, which have goodness baked right in, debate good versus better, which is to say butter versus brown butter.
Butter set over steady heat separates; left to sizzle, the milk solids toast in the milk fat, turning sweet, creamy butter into rich, nutty brown butter.
If brown butter is better than butter, imagine how good a baked good is when baked with better butter. Really, really good. Bake: