Brown Butter Slab Pie
Prep
20 mins
Cook
25 mins
Servings
4
Difficulty
Easy
Brown Butter Slab Pie is a sheet cake dessert made with all purpose flour, butter, eggs, milk and brown sugar, topped with a brown butter and cream frosting scattered with pecans and cinnamon. With twenty minutes of preparation and twenty five minutes in the oven, it makes an excellent choice for those seeking a straightforward baked treat that feeds a crowd.
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Ingredients
- 400 gall-purpose flour
- 200 gcold unsalted butter
- 200 gbrown sugar
- 100 ggranulated sugar
- 2 egglarge eggs
- 250 mlmilk
- ½ tspsalt
- ½ tspbaking soda
- 1 tspvanilla extract
- 150 gpecans(chopped)
- 100 gbrown butter
- 150 mlheavy cream
- 50 gunsalted butter(melted)
- ¼ tspcinnamon
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Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F). Line an 18x20cm slab tin with parchment paper.
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- 2
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, baking soda, and salt.
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- 3
Add the cold butter and use a pastry blender or your fingertips to work it into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
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- 4
Press the mixture into the prepared tin, making sure to evenly cover the bottom.
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- 5
Bake the crust for 15 minutes. Let it cool completely.
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- 6
In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla extract, and melted butter.
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- 7
Pour the filling over the cooled crust and smooth the top.
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- 8
Bake the pie for an additional 10-12 minutes, or until the filling is set and the crust is golden brown.
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- 9
Remove from the oven and let it cool for 5 minutes.
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- 10
Sprinkle the chopped pecans over the top of the pie and drizzle with brown butter.
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- 11
Serve warm and enjoy!
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