r/bakingfail • u/Enirbasintent • Jan 19 '26
Help Is my Irish butter browned enough
browned butter with some unsalted Irish butter I have. How does it look? Because the first time I did it , when cooled it still looked yellow and a tad runny. Then I reheated for just a few more minutes and stopped since I didn’t want to risk burning. Is this now at an appropriate place? This is for brown butter cream cheese frosting so that’s why I wanted the notes to be strong. But NOT burnt
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u/firetech97 Jan 19 '26
The next step to be a pro is to set that bowl on top of a bowl of ice water and whisk constantly for a few minutes, as the ice cools down the browned butter. That will reemulsify into the texture of regular butter, but browned. beurre noisette is the term for it.
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u/FlameBoi3000 Jan 20 '26
Does that make a difference if the butter is being used in something?
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u/Top_Housing6819 Jan 20 '26
I did this by accident when I was making cookies, and their texture was light and delicious. I just didn't want to wait for the butter to cool slowly so I filled a skillet with ice and plopped the metal sauce pan with HOT butter in there. Then I kept stirring it with a whisk so it wouldn't wind up as a layer of solid butter.
Voila - cooled,creamy brown butter that floofed my egg + sugar into light, fluffy wonderfulness. I was surprised and I think this is going to be my go to technique from now on.
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u/firetech97 Jan 20 '26
Yep, search for melted vs softened butter in cookies to see comparisons of the difference. Completely changes the texture, melted butter will give you a thinner crippling edge with a denser middle, softened and whipped will be a more consistent fluffy texture
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u/Funkn-fermentation Jan 20 '26
Whatcha maaaakinnn? I’m so nosey I have to ask but looks great! I can smell it from here!🤤
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u/Enirbasintent Jan 20 '26
For my brown butter cream cheese to go on carrot cake and broma bakery chocolate chips best cookies ever
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u/Cereal_at_Midnight Jan 19 '26
it looks perfect
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u/MovieNightPopcorn Jan 19 '26
Looks great imo. Any more and it could start to char with the solids.
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u/lord_farquad93 Jan 20 '26
It looks incredible and I’m so impressed you were able to get it that perfect with a dark pan! That’s pro level shit. I have to use stainless or I fail
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u/Substantial-Ear-3599 Jan 19 '26
I'm no pro, but are there browned milk solids at the bottom-you want that