1,308 butters topping recipes

Bakery-style chocolate chip banana muffins with mashed ripe bananas, melted butter, and a crackly nut-topped dome. Sized for jumbo tins, with cinnamon warmth in every bite.

Maine blueberry muffins with whole wheat flour, melted butter, cinnamon, and fresh blueberries. Topped with sugar for a crunchy crust. A New England classic in 30 minutes.

Classic peanut butter cookies with brown sugar depth and the signature crisscross fork pattern on top. Soft-centered, chewy-edged drop cookies from pantry staples in 45 minutes.

The easiest cake you'll ever make: cherry pie filling and crushed pineapple topped with dry cake mix, melted butter, pecans, and coconut. Just dump, bake, and devour.

Cheddar buttermilk biscuits with cold butter cut into flour, grated cheese folded into the dough, and golden tops baked tender and tall. A flaky brunch-table staple.

Cappuccino cupcakes blend espresso into a moist chocolate batter lightened with prune puree as a butter substitute. Topped with whipped cream and cocoa for that cafe-style finish.

Rich, fudgy from-scratch brownies built on melted unsweetened chocolate and butter, studded with toasted nuts. A bakery-quality brownie with a thin crackly top and a moist, dense center.

Broiled tilapia Parmesan: mild fillets broiled fast, then topped with a savory Parmesan, butter, and mayo crust and run back under the broiler until golden. A quick, rich weeknight fish.

Quick cheese biscuits with cheddar, baking mix, and a brushed-on garlic butter topping. A 15-minute drop biscuit recipe that tastes like the famous seafood-restaurant rolls.

Sharp cheddar biscuits with butter and milk, baked hot for crisp golden tops and a tender, cheesy crumb. Six ingredients, one bowl. Best straight from the oven, split warm.

Mocha walnut cookies bake coffee-spiked, cinnamon-warmed butter cookies and finish each warm cookie with melted chocolate chips smeared on top. Coffee-shop cookies with a frosted finish.

Pumpkin nut bread combines pumpkin puree, pecans, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a moist quick bread, finished with a brushed butter and cinnamon-sugar topping. Two-loaf yield made for the holidays.

Soft and chewy peanut butter cookies built on all brown sugar (no white) for caramel depth, plus shortening for a tender, almost crumbly texture. Classic crisscross fork press on top.

Fudgy chocolate brownies: dense, rich brownies built on six squares of unsweetened baking chocolate and real butter. The bake-sale champion that crackles on top and stays gooey inside.

Breakfast fruit focaccia uses thawed frozen bread dough as a shortcut base, topped with sliced plums, butter, and cinnamon sugar. Tastes like a Tuscan breakfast pastry without the dough work.

Juicy turkey burgers with raw bacon ground into the patty, sage, and sautéed mushrooms on top. Pan-cooked in butter, the leanness of turkey paired with the richness of bacon.