10,000 butter recipes

Bohna soup is a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch bean and milk soup, finished with brown butter croutons. Six pantry ingredients and a heritage recipe in one pot.

Grune Bohnen mit Birnen: a traditional German side dish of runner beans and sliced pears tossed in butter with sugar and vinegar. Sweet, tangy, and simple.

Cinnamon sugar toast cut into strips and stacked like a log cabin. A fun, easy breakfast activity for kids using just bread, butter, cinnamon, and sugar.

Classic Southern spoonbread made with cornmeal, milk, butter, and eggs. A custardy, soufflé-like cornbread casserole so soft you serve it with a spoon. Just six ingredients.

Lemon herb broiled chicken basted with melted butter, fresh lemon juice, and marjoram. Just 5 ingredients for golden, juicy broiled chicken with a bright citrus-herb finish.

Perfect baked potatoes with crispy or soft skins, pricked and oven-baked directly on the rack. Topped with butter, salt, pepper, and paprika. A simple foundational recipe.

Orange spirited carrots cooked in the microwave with vodka, butter, orange zest, and a touch of sugar. A quick glazed carrot side dish ready in 20 minutes.

Sauteed salmon steaks with mustard, butter, and apple cider. A simple 4-ingredient pan-seared fish dinner ready in 25 minutes. Works with any large fish steak.

Cream cheese frosting with butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Thick, spreadable, and made for carrot cake or zucchini cake. Comes together in 15 minutes with just 4 ingredients.

Nut kolachky filling is a traditional Eastern European walnut filling for kolachky cookies and pastries. Ground walnuts, egg whites, sugar, and melted butter mixed into a thick paste.

Simple couscous with raisins and butter, ready in under 10 minutes. Just boil water, stir in couscous and raisins, cover, and let it steam. Five ingredients, no fuss.

Pate sucree is the classic French sweet shortcrust pastry for tarts, with butter, sugar, egg, and flour. A buttery, slightly crisp shell that holds custards, fruit, and chocolate beautifully.

Slow cooker onion soup with butter-soaked onions, cubed French bread, and chicken broth simmered low for up to 18 hours. Four simple ingredients, zero fuss, deeply savory results.

Creamed cucumbers boil cucumbers tender, then toss in a paprika-spiked béchamel of butter, flour, and milk. A vintage Scandinavian-leaning side dish for fish and roast pork.

Scalloped rhubarb baked with buttered bread crumbs and sugar until the rhubarb is tender and the top is golden. A simple, old-fashioned spring dessert with just five ingredients.

Rum bananas flambe with brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon in 15 minutes. A simplified take on bananas Foster that's impressive enough for guests but easy enough for a Tuesday.