10,000 buttery recipes

Whole bananas baked in their skins, then pan-fried in honey-allspice butter and flambeed with rum. A show-stopping Caribbean dessert with a squeeze of fresh lime to finish.

Oyster St. Laurent simmers fresh oysters in buttery milk with their own liquor stirred in at the end. A simple four-ingredient French-Canadian oyster stew with pure briny flavor.

Three-ingredient strawberry fruit butter: softened butter blended with crushed strawberries and fresh lemon juice. A pink, spreadable compound butter for scones, toast, or pancakes.

Shallot sandwich butter blends softened unsalted butter with finely chopped shallots into a savory, spreadable compound butter for tea sandwiches and steaks. Two ingredients, five minutes flat.

Honey roasted peanuts with just 3 ingredients: peanuts, butter, and honey tossed together and baked until golden brown. A 20-minute homemade snack.

Two-ingredient maple butter made by whipping softened butter with pure maple syrup. A sweet, spreadable compound butter for toast, muffins, pancakes, and warm biscuits.

Traditional Irish nettle soup thickened with oatmeal and simmered in butter. A forager's spring soup with just five ingredients and a 30-45 minute simmer.

Cornmeal-crusted pan fried trout cooked in butter until golden and flaky. A classic four-ingredient fish recipe ready in 15 minutes from rinse to plate.

One egg omelet made fluffier by whipping the white to soft peaks before folding in the yolk. A clever technique that turns a single egg into a full-sized omelet.

Homemade puff pastry made with instant flour and water, laminated through six folds for flaky layers without the fuss of traditional methods.

Teno salmon is a Finnish method of poaching salmon steaks in water until dry, then finishing in butter. Simple, traditional, and lets the fish speak for itself.

Garlic sandwich butter made from unsalted butter and mashed raw garlic. Two ingredients, five minutes, and your garlic bread will never be the same.

Classic savory kugel with egg noodles, butter, and eggs baked until golden and set. Four ingredients, endlessly forgiving, and the ideal side for any roast.

Fried bread crumbs: dry crumbs sauteed in melted butter until deeply golden and crisp. A two-ingredient finishing topping for pasta, vegetables, casseroles and gratins.

Caper sandwich butter: two ingredients, five minutes. Unsalted butter blended with finely chopped capers for a briny, savory spread that upgrades any sandwich or open-faced toast.

Mini snow people made out of fruity pebbles. Kids will love helping out with this one.