Recipes With Butter
Got butter on hand? Here are 468 recipes you can make with it, ranked by how few extra ingredients they need — the simplest matches come first. Showing 60 of 468.
Pairs well with
Eggs Flour Milk Sugar Onion Vanilla Garlic Baking Powder
Storing & using Butter
Keep refrigerated and check the use-by date — eggs are best used within a few weeks, most dairy within a week of opening. Out of Butter? margarine is a common swap (1:1).
Nutrition facts: Butter
714 kcal · 0 g protein · 78.6 g fat · 0 g carbs per 100 g, as published for “BUTTER” (FDC 2542726, branded). Nutrition data: USDA FoodData Central, fetched 2026-09-11. These are reference values for the ingredient as listed — not a per-serving count for any recipe on this page.
Butter recipe FAQs
What can I make with just butter?
Start with the simplest recipes above — most lean on eggs or a few everyday staples alongside it.
What goes well with butter?
Eggs, Flour, Milk, Sugar, Onion are the most common pairings in our recipes.
How do I find recipes for butter plus what else I have?
Use Cook with what you have (/pantry/) — add butter plus anything else in your kitchen, and recipes rank by how many you already own.