Brown Butter Butternut Bread

Author: Anita Jacobson

Courses: Bread

Cuisines: American

Ingredients: Vegetables

Prep Time: 3 hours

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 3 hours 30 mins

Serves: 20

Ingredients

• Brown Butter
• 16 tablespoon (2 sticks) unsalted butter
• Dry Ingredients
• 3 cups all purpose flour (or bread flour)
• 2 1/4 teaspoon active dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• Wet Ingredients
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup butternut squash, cooked and pureed
• Other ingredients
• 2 tablespoon honey
• 2 tablespoon unsalted butter

Instructions

• Brown Butter
  1. Place 2 sticks butter in a small sauce pot. Heat on medium until foamy and turns light brown.
  2. Transfer to a bowl and chill until solidified.
• Bread Dough
  1. Whisk together all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Set aside.
  2. Place milk and 4 tablespoon of solidified brown butter in a small sauce pot. Heat on medium low just until the butter has melted. Take it off from the heat. Add egg and whisk until well combined. Add butternut squash puree and whisk until well combined.
  3. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and knead until the dough is smooth and non-sticky. You may need to add 1-2 tablespoon of flour if the dough is too sticky. Kneading time is about 10 minutes.
  4. Place the dough in an oiled mixing bowl, cover the bowl with a saran wrap, and let it proof until the volume has doubled. About 1 hour.
  5. Meanwhile, line a 9" round pan with a parchment paper. Set aside.
  6. Punch down the dough to deflate and let out air bubble. Transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead for 2 minutes. Divide the dough into 20 portions.
  7. Melt 4 tablespoon of solidified brown butter and stir in 1 tablespoon of honey.
  8. Dip each portion of dough with honey butter solution, then place it in the prepared pan. Repeat for the rest of the dough portions. Let it proof again for 1 hour.
  9. Now make the honey brown butter spread. Combine the rest of solidified brown butter with the honey butter solution, 2 tablespoon of unsalted butter, and 1 tablespoon of honey. Heat just until all the butter has melted. Let this cool to a spreadable consistency.
  10. Preheat oven to 180 Celsius (350 Fahrenheit). Once the dough has finished proofing, bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or until golden brown.
  11. Serve the bread hot with honey butter spread. You can also brush the just-out-from-the-oven bread with a bit of the spread to give it shine.