10,000 butter recipes

Pan-seared filet mignon cooked in butter and olive oil. Just four ingredients, high heat, and three minutes per side for a steakhouse-quality crust at home.

Fluffy omelet made with separated eggs, whipped whites, and a touch of cornstarch cooked covered in butter. A soufflé-style technique that puffs up tall and light.

Smooth chocolate glaze made by melting chocolate and butter in a double boiler, then stirring in powdered sugar. Pours silky and sets glossy on cakes or pastries.

Bread machine cornbread from a boxed mix, eggs, milk, and butter. Hands-off Southern staple that bakes into a tall, tender loaf with no mixing bowls to wash.

Milzsuppe is a traditional Bavarian and Austrian spleen soup built on butter-browned onions, scraped spleen, and a whisper of roux. Rustic peasant cookery with deep, iron-rich flavor.

Chocolate wafer crumb crust for cheesecake: three ingredients (crushed chocolate wafers, sugar, melted butter) pressed into a springform pan. The go-to base for mocha and chocolate cheesecakes.

Shrimp scampi with Ritz crackers butterflied in their shells, brushed with garlic butter, topped with crushed buttery crackers, and baked until golden. Old-school New England seafood favorite.

Four-ingredient crumb topping for fruit buckle made with butter, sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Fork-mixed in minutes for a crispy, golden streusel crust on any fruit dessert.

Four-ingredient homemade crumb crust with flour, butter, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt. Mixes in 5 minutes for a buttery, lightly spiced pie base or streusel topping.

Apple Mash is an Irish potato mash with stewed apple and butter beaten in for a sweet-savory side dish that pairs perfectly with bacon or fried herring.

Caramelized shallots cook low in butter and sugar until deeply golden and almost candy-sweet. A four-ingredient French side that elevates roast meats, pasta, pizza, and grain bowls.

Classic Bananas Flambees bakes caramelized bananas in butter and sugar, then ignites warm rum poured over top for a dramatic finish. Just 4 ingredients and one rule: everything must be warm.

Whole trout browned in foaming butter, then simmered in sour cream until silky and tender. Just 5 ingredients and 30 minutes. Serve with boiled new potatoes or chanterelles for a classic meal.

Classic pate brisee: the four-ingredient French shortcrust pastry that forms the base of every great quiche, tart, or pot pie. Flour, butter, salt, and ice water cut and chilled into flaky perfection.

Easy 3-ingredient shortbread with a tender, sandy crumb. Just flour, fruit sugar, and butter rubbed together, then baked low and slow until the edges turn pale gold. Classic Scottish simplicity, no mixer needed.

Lilly cookies: three-ingredient cream cheese pastry folded around a dab of jam into a lily-shaped cone. A delicate, flaky cookie with limitless filling options.