Sorry, basic butter.

You just got beat.

Frombrown butter chocolate chunk cookiesto chewy brown butter blondies, everything just sounds and tastesbetterwhen brown butter is involved.

Brown butter in a bowl

Simply Recipes / Cambrea Gordon

But did you know brown butter has a place in savory dishes, too?

Here are three places where brown butter really shines.

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Simply Recipes / Elise Bauer

pasta with brown butter

Bowl of Roasted Root Vegetable Panzanella Surrounded by a Slices of Bread, Vase of Flowers, Utensils, and a Kitchen Linen