Brown Butter Cobbler
Prep
20 mins
Cook
40 mins
Servings
6
Difficulty
Easy
Brown Butter Cobbler is a warm, comforting dessert that combines brown butter with flour, sugar and eggs to create a rich, indulgent treat. Topped with chopped pecans and baked until golden, this cobbler takes just 20 minutes to prepare and 40 minutes to cook. It suits anyone looking for a satisfying pudding that brings together butter, cream and pecans in one delicious dish.
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Ingredients
- 250 gall-purpose flour
- 200 ggranulated sugar
- 120 gunsalted butter
- 100 gbrown sugar
- 150 mlheavy cream
- 3 egglarge eggs
- 1 mlvanilla extract
- 5 gsalt
- 100 gchopped pecans
Detail level
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
- 2
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, and salt.
- 3
Add the cold butter to the dry ingredients and use a pastry blender or your fingertips to work it into the mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- 4
Press half of the crumb mixture into the bottom of a 20cm (8 inch) round baking dish.
- 5
In a separate bowl, whisk together the heavy cream, eggs, and vanilla extract. Pour the cream mixture over the crust.
- 6
Sprinkle the brown sugar and chopped pecans over the top of the cream mixture.
- 7
Top with the remaining crumb mixture and press gently to seal.
- 8
Bake for 40 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and the filling is set.
- 9
Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
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