Ingredient

Butter recipes

Where it is the point, not just the pan. 1824 recipes on the site call for butter.

Butter is in 1,824 recipes from 71 cuisines, among them 535 dinners, 486 bakes, 326 desserts and 140 breakfasts. The cuisines that use it most here are American (653), British (287), French (168) and Italian (139). Of these, 390 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Banana Sandwich (5 min), Cheese and Pickle Sandwich (5 min) and Chocolate Mug Cake (5 min). For 758, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 1,036 easy, 669 medium and 119 hard.

As written, 1,147 are vegetarian and 323 gluten-free. Another 61 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.

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Butter recipes — all 1824 recipes

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
20m
Cook
12m
Serves
24
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Baking

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brown butter, a 24-hour rest and two sizes of chocolate produce cookies with crisp edges, a chewy middle and pools…

25–73 hr · Easy
Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes

Tall, tender pancakes with a tangy edge and a golden, even surface. The lumps in the batter are not a mistake — they…

25 min · Easy
Classic Smash Cheeseburger
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
15m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Classic Smash Cheeseburger

A smash burger with lace-edged, deeply browned patties, American cheese melted to the edges and a soft toasted bun…

25 min · Easy
Fudgy Cocoa Brownies
AmericanFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
16
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Desserts

Fudgy Cocoa Brownies

Cocoa-based brownies with a paper-thin crackly top and a dense, fudgy middle. No chocolate to melt, no mixer needed…

3.5 hr · Easy
One-Bowl Banana Bread
AmericanFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
60m
Serves
10
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Baking

One-Bowl Banana Bread

One bowl, one whisk, and the darkest bananas you can find. Browning the butter first adds a nutty depth that turns…

2.5 hr · Easy
Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani)
IndianFeatured
Prep
25m
Cook
40m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani)

Delhi's murgh makhani: tandoori chicken finished in a sauce of tomatoes, butter and cream, balanced with a whisper…

5 hr · Medium
New York Cheesecake
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
75m
Serves
12
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Desserts

New York Cheesecake

Dense, tall and creamy with a faint tang, on a buttery biscuit base. The water bath and a slow cool in the…

11 hr+ · Medium
Baked Mac and Cheese
AmericanFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
30m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Baked Mac and Cheese

A baked macaroni cheese with a proper béchamel, three cheeses and a buttered breadcrumb top. Evaporated milk and a…

45 min · Easy
German Pork Schnitzel
GermanFeatured
Prep
20m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Dinner

German Pork Schnitzel

Pork loin beaten thin, breadcrumbed and fried in a shallow pool of butter and oil so the coating puffs away from the…

30 min · Easy
Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
40m
Cook
25m
Serves
12
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Baking

Overnight Cinnamon Rolls

Soft, tall rolls made with a tangzhong starter that keeps them pillowy for days, filled with cinnamon-butter and…

11–12 hr+ · Medium
Deep-Dish Apple Pie
American
Prep
45m
Cook
60m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Deep-Dish Apple Pie

A deep-dish pie with a properly crisp bottom crust and apples that hold their shape. Pre-cooking the filling is the…

8 hr+ · Medium
Buffalo Wings
AmericanFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
70m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Buffalo Wings

The Anchor Bar original, baked rather than fried using a baking powder trick that makes the skin crackle like it…

5.5 hr · Easy
Molten Chocolate Lava Cake
AmericanFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
13m
Serves
4
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Desserts

Molten Chocolate Lava Cake

Individual chocolate cakes with a liquid centre, from oven to table in twenty minutes. The whole trick is pulling…

28 min · Easy
Lasagna Bolognese
ItalianEditor’s Pick
Prep
45m
Cook
241m
Serves
8
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Dinner

Lasagna Bolognese

A proper lasagne alla Bolognese is a study in patience: a ragù simmered for two and a half to three hours, a…

5–5.5 hr · Hard
Dal Makhani
IndianFeatured
Prep
20m
Cook
190m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Dal Makhani

Black urad lentils and kidney beans soaked overnight, simmered for hours, then finished with butter and cream until…

11.5–12 hr · Medium
Chicken Katsu Curry
JapaneseFeatured
Prep
25m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Chicken Katsu Curry

Japan's favourite comfort food: a panko-crusted chicken cutlet sliced over rice and flooded with a thick, gently…

55 min · Medium
Jollof Rice
NigerianEditor’s Pick
Prep
20m
Cook
70m
Serves
6
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Side dish

Jollof Rice

Rice cooked in a reduced pepper and tomato base until the grains are stained deep orange and a smoky crust forms at…

90–105 min · Easy
Brioche French Toast
American
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Brioche French Toast

Thick brioche soaked long enough to reach the centre, cooked slowly so the custard sets rather than scrambles. It is…

25 min · Easy
Beef Bourguignon
FrenchEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
180m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Beef Bourguignon

Julia Child put this Burgundian beef stew on every home cook's bucket list, and it earns the effort: beef braised…

3.5 hr · Hard
Three-Egg Omelette
American
Prep
5m
Cook
5m
Serves
1
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Breakfast

Three-Egg Omelette

Three eggs, butter, and about ninety seconds. The French rolled style has no colour at all and a barely-set centre…

10 min · Medium
Pastéis de Nata
PortugueseEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
25m
Serves
12
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Desserts

Pastéis de Nata

Lisbon's custard tarts: laminated pastry shells filled with a loose cinnamon custard and blasted in a furnace-hot…

55 min+ · Medium
Belgian Waffles
Belgian
Prep
20m
Cook
20m
Serves
6
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Breakfast

Belgian Waffles

Yeast-raised Brussels waffles: tall, rectangular, crisp on the outside and hollow-light inside, dusted with icing…

2 hr · Easy
Butter Croissants
FrenchEditor’s Pick
Prep
180m
Cook
20m
Serves
8
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Baking

Butter Croissants

Genuinely laminated croissants with a honeycomb interior and a shattering shell — 27 layers of butter folded into…

15–16 hr · Hard
Chicken Pot Pie
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
65m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken and vegetables in a velvety sauce under an all-butter pastry lid that shatters when you break through it…

2.5–3 hr+ · Medium
Bakery-Style Blueberry Muffins
American
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
12
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Baking

Bakery-Style Blueberry Muffins

Tall domed muffins with a crunchy sugar top and berries that stay suspended rather than sinking. The high-then-low…

55 min · Easy
Miso Ramen
JapaneseEditor’s Pick
Prep
40m
Cook
90m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Miso Ramen

Sapporo-style ramen: a miso tare whisked into rich pork or chicken broth, stir-fried pork and vegetables piled on…

2 hr · Hard
Skillet Grilled Cheese
American
Prep
5m
Cook
8m
Serves
2
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Quick Meals

Skillet Grilled Cheese

Mayonnaise on the outside instead of butter, two cheeses for flavour and melt, and eight minutes over patient…

13 min · Easy
Japanese Milk Bread (Shokupan)
JapaneseEditor’s Pick
Prep
40m
Cook
35m
Serves
10
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Bread

Japanese Milk Bread (Shokupan)

Shokupan: the pillowy square loaf found in every Japanese bakery, built on a cooked flour paste that lets the dough…

3–4 hr+ · Medium
Cinnamon Churros
Mexican
Prep
20m
Cook
20m
Serves
6
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Desserts

Cinnamon Churros

Ridged, crackling churros dusted in cinnamon sugar with a pot of dark chocolate for dipping. The dough is a simple…

40 min · Medium
Garlic Butter Naan
Indian
Prep
90m
Cook
10m
Serves
8
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Bread

Garlic Butter Naan

Blistered, chewy naan cooked in a screaming-hot cast-iron pan and brushed with garlic butter. Yogurt in the dough is…

3–3.5 hr · Medium
Vanilla Cupcakes
American
Prep
20m
Cook
20m
Serves
12
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Baking

Vanilla Cupcakes

Light vanilla cupcakes with a flat-ish top for frosting, made by the reverse-creaming method that coats the flour in…

40 min · Easy
Beef Stroganoff
RussianFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Beef Stroganoff

Strips of seared beef in a mustard and soured cream sauce with mushrooms, done in twenty-five minutes. It is a fast…

40 min · Easy
Philly Cheesesteak
American
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Philly Cheesesteak

Thinly shaved ribeye, sweated onions and melted cheese crammed into a soft hoagie roll. The debate over Cheez Whiz…

75 min · Easy
Eggs Benedict
American
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
2
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Breakfast

Eggs Benedict

Poached eggs and ham on a toasted muffin under a blanket of hollandaise. The sauce is the whole game, and the…

35 min · Hard
Shepherd's Pie
British
Prep
25m
Cook
90m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Shepherd's Pie

Lamb mince in a rich gravy under a piped mash with crisp golden ridges. Made with beef it is a cottage pie; the…

2–2.5 hr · Easy
Paneer Tikka
IndianFeatured
Prep
25m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Paneer Tikka

Cubes of paneer marinated in spiced yoghurt, threaded with peppers and onion, and charred hard under a grill until…

105 min · Easy
Crispy Hash Browns
American
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Crispy Hash Browns

Grated potato squeezed bone dry, pressed into a pan of butter and left completely alone until a solid golden crust…

30 min · Easy
Red Velvet Cake
American
Prep
30m
Cook
30m
Serves
12
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Desserts

Red Velvet Cake

A tender buttermilk cake with a whisper of cocoa, a tang from vinegar and buttermilk, and a proper cream cheese…

3.5 hr · Medium
French Onion Soup
FrenchFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
75m
Serves
4
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Dinner

French Onion Soup

Forty-five minutes of patient caramelisation turns four pounds of onions into something meltingly sweet and mahogany…

90 min · Medium
Crisp Belgian-Style Waffles
American
Prep
10m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Crisp Belgian-Style Waffles

Waffles with a crisp, deeply grooved shell and a light, almost hollow interior. Cornflour and whipped egg whites do…

30 min · Easy
Pistachio Baklava
Greek
Prep
40m
Cook
50m
Serves
24
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Desserts

Pistachio Baklava

Thirty layers of filo, three layers of spiced pistachio and walnut, and a citrus syrup poured over at exactly the…

7.5 hr · Medium
Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts
AmericanFeatured
Prep
40m
Cook
15m
Serves
12
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Baking

Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts

Yeasted doughnuts fried until they wear a pale band around the middle, then rolled straight into cinnamon sugar…

3–3.5 hr · Medium
Fettuccine Alfredo
Italian
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Fettuccine Alfredo

Before the cream and the garlic crept in, Alfredo was three ingredients: pasta, butter and Parmigiano, whipped…

25 min · Easy
Spiced Carrot Cake
American
Prep
25m
Cook
40m
Serves
12
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Desserts

Spiced Carrot Cake

A properly spiced carrot cake, moist from oil and crushed pineapple, with walnuts for bite and a tangy cream cheese…

110 min+ · Easy
Adjaruli Khachapuri
GeorgianFeatured
Prep
90m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Bread

Adjaruli Khachapuri

A boat of bread filled with molten cheese, with an egg yolk and a knob of butter dropped in at the end and stirred…

3 hr · Medium
Classic Pumpkin Pie
American
Prep
25m
Cook
75m
Serves
8
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Holiday Specials

Classic Pumpkin Pie

A silky custard pie with proper spice and a blind-baked base that stays crisp. Cooking the purée down first…

7–7.5 hr · Easy
Swedish Meatballs
Swedish
Prep
20m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Swedish Meatballs

Small, tender meatballs in a creamy pan gravy, served with lingonberry jam and mashed potato. The bread-and-cream…

75 min · Easy
Snickerdoodles
American
Prep
20m
Cook
12m
Serves
24
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Baking

Snickerdoodles

Soft, cracked sugar cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar, with a distinctive tang from cream of tartar. Without the…

62 min · Easy

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