10,000 butter recipes

Krestianskiy zavtrak is a hearty Russian peasant breakfast: pumpernickel croutons crisped in butter, layered with bacon, kielbasa, and onions, then topped with eggs cooked until the yolks stay just runny.

Bananas halved and pan-fried in butter until golden, then dusted with sugar and cinnamon. Four ingredients, 15 minutes, and pure warm comfort on a plate.

I wouldn't think of making roast beef, pot roast, beef stew, or osso buco without thyme. I also use it on steaks and chops as in the below recipe for lamb, which in my opinion, has the best affinity for thyme.

A silky 4-ingredient shrimp pate blended with cream cheese, butter, and a splash of brandy. Ready in 5 minutes flat, this elegant spread is the easiest appetizer you'll ever bring to a party.

So easy to make, and roasted garlic adds the tangy flavor to the baked chicken, a quick and delicious recipe for your dinner!

Easy chocolate-covered cherry cookies from a brownie mix: fudgy chocolate drop cookies studded with pecans and maraschino cherries, baked just until set for a soft, brownie-like center. A quick holiday cookie.

This is excellent served as a spread over fresh French bread or roasted potatoes.

Broiled salmon plated with silky celery root puree, dry mushroom puree, and a bright parsley cream. A restaurant-style dinner worth the extra pots.

Lily cookies: cream cheese pastry rounds folded around a jelly center and dusted with powdered sugar. Old-school holiday cookies shaped like opening lilies.

Steamed salmon fillets crowned with a bright orange-thyme butter sauce. A four-ingredient dinner that leans on quality fish and citrus to do the work.

Apple praline pie with Granny Smith apples in a double crust, topped with a bubbly brown sugar, butter, and pecan praline glaze poured over the baked pie. Two desserts in one.

Old-fashioned buttermilk pound cake with butter, shortening, and five eggs for a dense, velvety crumb. Baked in a tube pan with a tender tang from real buttermilk.

Slow cooker lamb and tomato casserole simmers lamb shoulder with marjoram, onions, and canned tomatoes until fork-tender, building a deeply savory braise that gets richer overnight. A set-it-and-walk-away dinner.

A hearty and scrumptious casserole made with hash brown potatoes, cheddar cheese and sour cream.

Jam kolaches fold a cream cheese pastry dough around a dot of strawberry jam, then bake into tender pillows dusted with powdered sugar. The Czech-American Christmas cookie with a four-ingredient base.

Fudgy from-scratch brownies layered with creme de menthe walnut frosting and drizzled with melted chocolate. Three layers of minty, chocolatey bliss in every bite.