Use it up · Eggs and dairy

Butter

Have extra butter? Here’s how to choose, store and prep butter, plus 43 family recipes to use it all up, best matches first.

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🛒 Choosing it

Salted is fine for spreading and most cooking; unsalted lets you control the salt in baking.

🧊 Storing it

Fridge: 1 to 3 months
Freezer: 6 to 9 months

Keep the fridge at 40°F or below and the freezer at 0°F. Freezer times are for best quality; food kept frozen at 0°F stays safe. When in doubt, throw it out. Times from Rutgers Cooperative Extension.

🔪 Prepping it

Soften it on the counter for baking, or cut it cold into flour for biscuits and pie crust.

🥣 Make it from scratch

Butter (and the buttermilk it leaves)

It also goes into:

Sandwich bread Whole-wheat sandwich bread Half whole-wheat sandwich bread Oatmeal bread Potato bread Soft breadsticks English muffins Soft buns and dinner rolls

📊 Nutrition per 100 g

Butter, salted. 100 g is about 3 1/2 ounces.

Calories	717 kcal	36%
Protein	0.8 g	2%
Total fat	81 g	104%
Saturated fat	51 g	257%
Total carbohydrate	0.1 g	0%
Dietary fiber	0.0 g	0%
Total sugars	0.1 g
Sodium	643 mg	28%
Calcium	24 mg	2%
Iron	0.0 mg	0%
Potassium	24 mg	1%

% Daily Value for adults (FDA). From USDA FoodData Central 173410 (SR Legacy).

🍽 Recipes that use it up

43 recipes, the ones that use the most butter first.

With a smaller amount

Plan them into your week in the meal planner, or find recipes for two or three things at once with the “What can I make?” picker.

More eggs and dairy

Eggs Milk Cheddar and other firm cheeses Mozzarella Parmesan Cream cheese Sour cream Yogurt Cottage cheese Ricotta Cream and half-and-half Buttermilk Feta All ingredients →

Storage times and buying tips are general guides from the sources below; follow any date or instructions on the package. Cook meat, poultry, fish and eggs to the USDA safe temperatures in each recipe.