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Microwave Brown Butter

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Quick and easy brown butter made in the glass Anyday dish, featuring rich and nutty flavors. This method ensures perfectly browned butter, ideal for enhancing baked goods, pasta, and more. It can also be frozen in Anyday Freezer Trays for later use.
Microwave brown butter
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Prep Time

1 min

Cook Time

5-6 mins
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Brown butter makes everything better. Use it to add a warm nuttiness to baked goods, toss with fresh sage for the most luxurious pasta sauce, and so much more. The possibilities are endless.

All of Anyday’s recipes are tested (and retested!) in many different microwave and home kitchens to make sure they work— and work well. Unless specified otherwise, all recipes should be cooked at full power.

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What You’ll Need

What You’ll Need

The Medium Deep Dish

The best dish for 1-2 portions of grains, veggies, mac and cheese, ramen, and more.

The Medium Shallow Dish

Look no further for making poached eggs, desserts, dips, and small portions of meat or fish.

The Anyhand Mitts

Handle hot Anyday dishes with care with these microwave mitts that double as trivets!
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Select your serving size and microwave wattage in the dropdown. The recipe will change accordingly.

¼ cup
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Select your microwave wattage in the dropdown. The cook times in this recipe will automatically change accordingly.

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To find your microwave’s wattage, look at the front panel, the side of the door, in the back, in the user manual, or Google the model number. If both an input and output wattage are listed, use the output.

Wattage translates to how powerful the microwave is. The higher the wattage, the faster your food will cook. The lower the wattage, the longer the cook time.

When in doubt, start with less time — you can always add more.

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Dish

The Medium Deep Dish

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons butter, diced

Preparation

  1. Place the butter in the Anyday. Cover with the lid slightly ajar. (Note: you don’t want to fully cover the Anyday because otherwise, the lid won’t allow the moisture in the butter to evaporate and therefore it won’t brown! But you also don’t want butter to splatter all over your microwave, so having the lid ajar is a happy medium.)
  2. Cook at Power Level 5tooltip for 5-6 minutes,  or until butter smells fragrant and nutty and turns golden brown. You will definitely hear loud popping sounds while the water in the butter bubbles and evaporates — that is normal! The lid should prevent any butter from escaping.
  3. Whisk and use as desired.

Serving suggestions & tips

  • You can put brown butter on virtually anything! Try spooning over cooked chicken, pasta, or fish.
  • If you’d like, use brown butter when baking cookies or cakes or in any other recipe that calls for regular butter.
  • Freeze the butter in the 2-tablespoon Anytime Freezer Trays and use when needed.

Recipe notes

  • Some loud popping sounds are normal, and expected. It is the water in the butter evaporating as it breaks through the fatty top of the melted butter.
  • Microwave ovens vary, even with the same wattages. Adjust cooking times as needed.