10,000 butter recipes

Hand-shaped vanilla almond cookies baked low and slow for a tender, shortbread-like crumb. Simple butter cookie dough with finely chopped almonds throughout.

No-bake chocolate coconut rice cereal bars made in the microwave with marshmallows, butter, and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Five ingredients, no oven required.

Pizza roll-ups made from flattened bread slices stuffed with tomato sauce, mozzarella, olives, and Italian seasoning, brushed with butter and chilled until bake time.

Sandbakelse, traditional Scandinavian butter cookies with cardamom, pressed into mini tart tins and filled with jam. Delicate, sandy-textured holiday cookies dusted with powdered sugar.

Lehigh County oatmeal cookies with almond extract, rolled oats, and melted butter. A thin, crispy Pennsylvania Dutch heritage cookie that bakes in just 5 minutes.

Flambe bananas in brown sugar butter sauce with raisins, walnuts, and brandy. A 15-minute showstopper dessert with caramelized fruit and a dramatic flame finish.

Old-fashioned oatmeal icebox cookies made with brown sugar, lard, butter, and buttermilk. Slice-and-bake dough that chills overnight for thin, crispy oat cookies.

Meringue madeleines made with whipped egg whites, cake flour, and melted butter. Light as air with crisp edges, best eaten warm straight from the oven.

Rolled spinach tea sandwiches with lemon-dill butter and fresh black pepper. Elegant no-cook finger food made with crustless white bread, perfect for parties.

Classic bananas flambe with rum and banana liqueur, sauteed in butter and brown sugar with cinnamon. A dramatic tableside dessert served over vanilla ice cream.

Braised fennel sauteed in butter, simmered in chicken broth until meltingly tender, and finished with grated Parmesan. Four ingredients, 30 minutes, pairs beautifully with pork.

Biryani layered with saffron rice, spiced meat, butter-toasted almonds, cashews, and raisins, then baked with chicken stock until every grain is fragrant and tender.

Trout fillets baked in parchment parcels with julienned courgettes, carrots, mangetout, herb butter, and fresh mint. An elegant en papillote dish for a dinner party.

Classic buttery shortbread squares with unsalted butter, powdered sugar, and a candied cherry on each. Tender, crumbly, and they improve with age stored in a tin.

Oysters Bingo are lightly breaded fresh oysters sauteed golden in butter, then drizzled with a creamy pan sauce of white wine, oyster juice, lemon, and shallots.

Classic Italian linguine with fresh clams in white wine garlic sauce. Briny clam broth, butter, and parsley create an elegant seafood pasta ready in 45 minutes.