299 butters topping recipes

Cheddar cheese pretzels made with aged cheddar, butter, Dijon mustard, and cayenne, topped with poppy seeds. A savory make-ahead appetizer that keeps for days.

Apple cookies with butterscotch chips, walnuts, and brown sugar topped with a cinnamon butter glaze and a walnut half. A soft, fruit-studded fall cookie.

Baked banana halves brushed with butter and lemon juice, topped with shredded coconut until golden. A warm 4-ingredient dessert ready in 20 minutes.

Baked apples and pears layered with buttered cake and topped with a peaked meringue. A classic British fruit dessert with warm spice and lemon.

Microwave Parmesan tomatoes topped with butter, grated Parmesan, oregano, and parsley. A 5-minute side dish using just 5 ingredients and ripe summer tomatoes.

Napoleon's Hat cookies are Scandinavian butter cookies shaped like tricorn hats with a ground almond meringue filling peeking from the top. A traditional Swedish holiday cookie.

Brussels sprouts and egg noodles baked in a sour cream and cottage cheese sauce with caraway seeds and golden buttered breadcrumbs on top. A cozy casserole that converts sprout skeptics.

Caramel almond apple pie is a single-crust apple pie with sliced tart apples under a bubbling brown-butter caramel and sliced almond topping. Scratch oil-crust, one hour bake.

A from-scratch layer cake with 16 melted Snickers bars and peanut butter folded into a fluffy buttermilk batter. Topped with whipped cream for the ultimate candy bar cake.

Gold Room scones with honey-brushed golden tops, plump raisins, and a tender egg-rich crumb. Tearoom-style drop scones served warm with butter, jam, and whipped cream.

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.

Festive raisin tarts with a brown sugar, walnut, and orange juice filling in mini pastry shells. Bite-sized holiday treats similar to butter tarts, topped with whipped cream.

Individual French-style apple tarts with homemade butter pastry, applesauce base, thinly sliced apples fanned on top, and an apricot glaze. Elegant, bakery-quality dessert from scratch.

Homemade lavash crackers topped with sesame and poppy seeds, baked crisp and golden. A thin, crunchy flatbread that breaks into rustic shards for serving with butter, dips, or cheese.

Three fluffy vanilla layers meet brown-sugar caramel frosting that's silky, not fussy: simple counting-cake proportions topped with butter-toffee sweetness that'll make you swoon.

Butter-sauteed mushrooms, broccoli, bell peppers, and fresh tomatoes tossed with spaghetti and topped with Parmesan. A quick veggie-loaded pasta dinner ready in 35 minutes.