2,836 batter recipes

Maple butter spread made with just softened butter and maple flavoring. A two-ingredient compound butter for toast, pancakes, waffles, and warm biscuits.

Lemon butter spread made with just softened butter and fresh lemon zest. Bright, citrusy, and ready in 5 minutes for toast, rolls, or corn on the cob.

Shallot sandwich butter blends softened unsalted butter with finely chopped shallots into a savory, spreadable compound butter for tea sandwiches and steaks. Two ingredients, five minutes flat.

Irish hot buttered mussels: fresh mussels steamed open and topped with butter, chives, and their own briny juices. Served with crusty brown bread.

Three-ingredient strawberry fruit butter: softened butter blended with crushed strawberries and fresh lemon juice. A pink, spreadable compound butter for scones, toast, or pancakes.

Almond crisps topped with amaretto-glazed slivered almonds in a flower pattern. Buttery press cookies with amaretto in both the dough and the topping for a sophisticated double almond flavor.

Flank steak seared hot and finished with a pan sauce of red wine, garlic, scallions, and mounted butter. Classic steakhouse technique in about 30 minutes at home.

Plukfisk is a traditional Danish dish of flaked boiled codfish folded into a creamy white sauce with potatoes and mustard. Cozy Scandinavian comfort food in 30 minutes.

Eggs Neptune: poached eggs and sauteed crab meat on toasted English muffins, draped in a blender orange hollandaise with fresh citrus zest. Eggs Benedict's elegant cousin.

Two-ingredient coconut pie crust made with shredded coconut and butter, baked golden and crisp. A no-flour, no-rolling crust for pudding pies or ice cream.

French Coquilles St. Jacques: tender scallops poached in fish fumet and sherry, served over buttery sweated leeks in a reduced cream sauce. Elegant and ready in 40 minutes.

Caramel pecan bars with a buttery shortbread crust topped with pecan halves in a honey-brown sugar caramel finished with cream. Makes 50 bars from one jelly roll pan.

A savory Swiss onion and Gruyère tart in a quick Bisquick crust. Buttery golden onions and nutty melted cheese baked into a simple egg custard. Serve it as an appetizer or a light meal.

Classic Greek tyropites (cheese triangles) with feta, ricotta, and nutmeg wrapped in buttery phyllo dough and baked golden. Makes 60 crispy, flaky appetizers for parties and holiday gatherings.

Whole wheat cream cheese pastry gives these mini pecan tarts a nutty edge, while vanilla-spiked filling adds aromatic warmth to the classic brown sugar and pecan combo.

Pan-seared filet mignon on butter-fried bread rounds with a mushroom cream sauce and Scotch whisky pan sauce. A luxurious steakhouse dinner with classic French presentation.