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The Butter Library
Every recipe, every technique, every story. The complete butter collection, gathered in one beautiful place.
About The Butter Library
The Butter Library is the complete archive of every butter post I’ve published on Just Jeannie. If The Butter Edit is the editorial destination for a curated experience organized by theme, The Butter Library is where you come to browse it all in one place.
Every board, every technique, every recipe, every story I’ve written about butter lives here. Sorted by most recent first, updated automatically as new posts are published.
How to use this page:
Browse everything below. The grid is arranged from most recent to earliest. Or explore by section and head to The Butter Edit to browse by theme: Butter Boards, Basics & Techniques, Butter-Forward Recipes, History & Culture, or The Butter Guide.
Whether you’re planning a spring brunch and need a butter board idea, learning to brown butter for the first time, or curious about the history of butter across cultures, this collection has been years in the making, and it’s still growing.
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Homemade Butter from Heavy Cream (Jar or Mixer, 15 Min)
Make butter in a jar with one cup of cream, a tight lid, and ten minutes of shaking. The simplest kitchen alchemy your kids will never forget.
How to Make a Butter Board That Stops the Table
How to make a butter board with fresh herbs, honey, and flaky salt — the easiest elevated appetizer for any gatherin How to Make a
Lemon Herb Butter Board: Easy Spring Brunch Recipe
This lemon herb butter board brings together bright compound butter, warm croissants, fresh figs, grapes, strawberries, and honey for an effortless spring brunch. The butter
Radish Top Butter Board: A Zero-Waste Spring Appetizer
Radish Top Butter Board: A Zero-Waste Spring Appetizer This post contains affiliate links, for which I will receive compensation from the retailer. As an Amazon
Fresh Spring Compound Butter: Light Flavors for Everyday Cooking
Five easy compound butter recipes for summer, from triple citrus to brown butter peach. Bright, savory, sweet flavors for steak, seafood, corn, and warm bread.
Basic Butter: How to Make, Store Use a Basic Butter Intentionally
Few ingredients shape the way food feels and tastes quite like butter does. How to make butter has a way of following us through life.
Vanilla Bean Honey Butter Board
There’s something irresistible about swiping fresh bread through buttery swirls. The vanilla bean honey butter board takes that simple joy and turns it into an
How to Make Compound Butter (Savory Sweet Variations)
Compound butter is one of the simplest ways to elevate everyday cooking. With just softened butter and a handful of ingredients, you can create rich,
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