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Brown Butter Biscuits

Traditional dish with superfine sugar, egg, vanilla extract.

Brown Butter Biscuits
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Ingredients

  • 1 stick butter
  • ½ cup superfine sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2½ cups self-rising flour

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (356 °F).
  2. Line 2 baking sheets.
  3. Melt the butter in a pan over a medium heat for 3–5 minutes until the surface is foamy.
  4. Leave it to cool for 5 minutes.
  5. Whisk in the sugar until dissolved.
  6. Leave it to cool for 10–15 minutes until lukewarm.
  7. Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
  8. Fold in the flour until combined.
  9. Roll the dough into 20 balls and place on the prepared baking sheets.
  10. Flatten the biscuits with a fork.
  11. Bake for 12–14 minutes until golden.
  12. Transfer the biscuits to a wire rack and leave it to cool.

Adapted from “Brown Butter Biscuits”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.

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