1,308 butters topping recipes

Fiddlehead fern and ham casserole layered with herb white sauce and topped with buttered bread crumbs. A New England springtime comfort dish using foraged fiddleheads.

No-bake Reeses bars with a peanut butter, graham cracker, and powdered sugar base topped with melted chocolate chips. Five ingredients and no oven required.

Smoky mushroom tart with sauteed shiitake and button mushrooms layered over smoked mozzarella in a blind-baked butter pastry shell, topped with Asiago and walnuts.

Hot chicken salad casserole with rice, cream of chicken soup, hard-boiled eggs, and a crunchy cornflake and buttered almond topping. A retro Southern classic.

Fiddlehead and ham casserole layered with a parsley-chive white sauce and topped with buttered bread crumbs. A classic springtime casserole showcasing foraged fiddlehead ferns.

Alsatian apple cake with four pounds of Golden Delicious apples, honey, rum, and a caramelized egg-butter-brown sugar topping. A rustic French apple dessert.

Amaretto butter and amaretto maple syrup, two quick toppings for pancakes, waffles, and French toast. Almond-flavored brunch condiments with just 2-3 ingredients each.

Mashed butternut squash with butter, brown sugar, and white pepper, topped with maple syrup-glazed pecans and broiled until toasted. A Thanksgiving-worthy side dish.

Classic stovetop rolled oats cooked in 5 minutes and topped with your choice of butter, brown sugar, honey, jam, or cream. Simple, customizable breakfast oatmeal.

Oversized peanut butter pizza cookies topped with chocolate frosting, cashews, candy pieces, coconut, gumdrops, and a white chocolate drizzle. A fun decorating project for kids.

Buttery gold tube cake flavored with lemon extract and mace, topped with a from-scratch mocha butter frosting made with cocoa, coffee, and egg whites.

Ring-shaped orange juice cookies topped with candied cherries or almonds. Delicate bracelet cookies made with oil instead of butter. Dairy-free and freezer-friendly.

Classic British teatime shortbread cookies with just four ingredients: butter, sugar, flour, and salt. Buttery, crumbly, and pale golden with the traditional fork-pricked tops.

Butterscotch blonde brownies, also known as blondies, with brown sugar caramelized into melted butter, chopped nuts in the batter, and chocolate bits sprinkled on top.

Mushroom stuffed egg bake: hard-boiled eggs filled with a Worcestershire-spiked mushroom yolk mash, blanketed in Swiss cheese bechamel, and topped with buttered breadcrumbs.

Fried bread crumbs: dry crumbs sauteed in melted butter until deeply golden and crisp. A two-ingredient finishing topping for pasta, vegetables, casseroles and gratins.