Spiced Brown Butter And Walnut Tuille Cups Recipes

SPICED TUILES

Steps:

• Bring butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup to a boil in a 1- to 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, until dough is slightly thickened, about 1 minute. Stir in cinnamon, cardamom, and salt and cool to warm, 15 to 20 minutes.
• While dough cools, put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly butter a large baking sheet.
• Drop teaspoons of dough about 3 inches apart onto baking sheet and pat each into a 2 1/2-inch round with your fingertips. Bake until golden and most of bubbling has subsided, 6 to 8 minutes (cookies will spread to about 3 inches).
• Let cookies stand on baking sheet until just firm enough to hold their shape, about 2 minutes. Gently loosen cookies 1 at a time with offset spatula and immediately drape over rolling pin. (If cookies become too brittle to drape onto rolling pin, return baking sheet to oven for a few seconds to soften.) Cool cookies completely on rolling pin, about 1 minute, then transfer to a platter. Make and shape more cookies with remaining dough.

BROWN-BUTTER NUT MIX WITH ROSEMARY AND THYME

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place nuts on a rimmed baking sheet and toast until brown and fragrant, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat until melted. Continue cooking until butter becomes fragrant and golden brown, taking care not to burn. Remove from heat and set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together sugar, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, thyme, and rosemary; mix in brown butter. Add nuts and toss to combine. Return nuts to baking sheet and transfer to oven. Bake until nuts are semidry, about 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely.