Best butter dish

The best butter dish is a convenient way to store your dairy staple. Whether you're dressing toast or making a favorite batch of cookies, butter is an ingredient that must always be at the ready. To keep this all-important ingredient at its very best, and freshest, consider investing in a butter dish. Made of ceramic, glass, or plastic, this tabletop and fridge-friendly dairy reserve houses butter so its creamy status is maintained. Some even have measurement markings. Optimize your kitchen with any selection from our fine butter dish spread.

Butter dishes are beloved kitchen gadgets that have one crucial purpose, to keep the clutch creamy ingredient fresh and accessible for recipes and more. This OXO dish puts the sliceable spread on display with a clear lid. The transparent top offers a touch of style and a 360-degree view to track usage, so running out is never a problem. Aside from the lid, the dish has a noteworthy base with butter barricades at both ends for stay-in-place security, tablespoon measurement markings for recipe accuracy (accommodating short and long sticks), and rubber feet to keep the entire contraption at its desired location. The dish is crafted from hardwearing plastic that's forgiving when mishandled and easy to clean.

Stowing that staple spread is easy with this hinged butter dish by the aptly named, Butterie. This one-stop butter-holding solution, constructed from easy BPA-free plastic, has the capacity as well as the extras. As far as butter goes, more is better (but not always healthier), and this dish has room to host two sticks at a time. Its roomy design measures a total of 9-by-5.5-by-3 inches. The butter is covered by an easy hinged lid that seamlessly gives the assist to all butter-required cuisine. The lid rests on a sturdy handled base that has its very own knife and a non-slip bottom. This dish is available in an array of fun colors and is dishwasher-safe.

Less like a dish and more like a container, this weighted and sophisticated porcelain vessel combines luxury and function. The hefty porcelain brings class to the world of savory butter savers; it's free from BPA and other unwanted chemicals, and the generous rectangular design, measuring 6.5-by-4-by-3.1 inches, holds up to two sticks of east coast butter and one stick of west coast butter. Offering contrast and coverage, the base is topped with a warm wooden lid textured with notched details (that almost resemble the markings on a baguette). It even has an airtight silicone gasket for freshness. For clean-up, the base pops into the dishwasher, but the lid must be hand washed. Several fun color options are available to complement any kitchen.

This is a classic, traditional choice for your dining table. With a sleek, transparent look, this glass butter dish delivers on style as well as function. Butter appears to almost float in its rounded, barely-there design. Like most butter dishes, it comes down to two pieces: a lid and a base. Each piece fits together perfectly to keep butter right where it's supposed to be until you need it. Buttery goodness is as simple as lifting away the lid. West coast buyers beware; this butter dish only accommodates east coast butter-sized sticks.

Refined kitchens need a butter dish to match, and this graceful design is perfect. Its soft, rounded edges are realized in lasting porcelain and finished in a bevy of must-have tones from cool blue to stand-out red. Though a small detail, the top handle sweetens the traditional design and even makes the butter reveal that much more satisfying (if that's possible). For functionality's sake, the base has a raised lip and interior rim to help keep the lid and butter (both east and west coast sizes) in place. We almost feel like this design calls to mind room service's covered dishes for that expensive feel that will pamper food and palates alike.

Bring butter to a whale's belly with this charming maritime dish. Featuring tons of quirky charm, the butter dish calls upon the sea, emulating that gargantuan finned mammal on a smaller scale (much smaller). Crafted from weighty and machine-washable porcelain, the two-piece design keeps butter fresh, tasty, and intact. The lid is easy to lift, sporting a spout of water that doubles as a handle. The base also features whale-like details down to the spine-like measurement markings and tail. To keep the butter from escaping (and the lid in place), there are even raised butter boundary lines. Depending on location as it relates to butter offerings, there are several size options available. Choose from turquoise and white color options.

You butter believe it 

The best butter dish is a dairy-themed essential. Our overall staff pick, the OXO Good Grips butter dish, is roomy enough for both east and west-coast-style butter. It even has two sets of measurements to accommodate both size options. 

The Butterie flip-top butter dish and spreader make an impression with its fun features. It has a hinged design that keeps the lid in check and even has a built-in knife for portioning and spreading. The is made of dishwasher-safe plastic and is available in several color options.  

If you want a butter dish that is as decorative as it is functional, consider the DOWAN porcelain butter dish. This contemporary choice has a stylish design and features an attractive wooden lid. This comes in a range of colors, including pale blue, dark green, and a warm terracotta orange. 

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