10,000 batter recipes

Bert's homemade barbecue sauce: cider vinegar, ketchup, butter, real lemon and onion slices, mustard, and Worcestershire. A tangy-rich Southern-style sauce that simmers in twenty minutes.

Traditional kolache fillings: ground walnut, dried apricot, coconut-pecan, and poppyseed. Four classic Czech and Eastern European pastry fillings for cookies and yeast buns.

Thick, creamy potato soup made with grated potatoes, leeks, Muenster cheese, heavy cream, and a whole stick of butter. No blender needed, just pure richness.

Bread machine blueberry bread weaves canned blueberries into a soft yeast loaf. Reserved berry juice deepens both color and flavor. A hands-off bread-machine yeast bread.

You can try, but they taste great and your guests will have trouble figuring out what they are.

This is the ultimate pound cake and it is quick and easy to make. It is moist, buttery and fluffy with the subtle flavors of vanilla and fresh lemon. Great served with sorbet or fresh berries.

These sweet and delicious cakes are filled with slivered almonds, honey and mixed candied fruit.

Comforting baked pudding layering sliced apples with buttery graham cracker crumbs, walnuts, and brown sugar, baked until the fruit melts into jammy sweetness.

This very quick and easy sidedish can be made very quickly. A great compliment to the grilled salmon I had with it.

Easy eggnog cookies: classic Christmas roll-out cookies made with real eggnog and freshly grated nutmeg. Crisp edges, soft centers, perfect for decorating with kids.

Cafe Beaujolais sour cream waffles with sauteed cinnamon apples and toasted pecans folded into a light, fluffy batter made with separated eggs and sour cream.

A Boston landmark recipe: Durgin-Park's corn bread made with cornmeal, flour, eggs, milk, and butter, baked hot and fast for a golden crust and tender crumb. Old-school New England simplicity.

Greek monastery cookies rolled in chopped nuts or sesame seeds, filled with apricot or rose preserves. Buttery thumbprint cookies with a crisp nut coating and jammy center.

Three-ingredient shortbread dough shaped three ways: classic wedges, thumbprint cookies with fruit preserves, and pecan spice triangles with vanilla icing. One dough, three desserts.

Peanut butter white chocolate fudge swirled with dark chocolate. Tiger-striped candy that's easier than traditional fudge. Makes 36 pieces, perfect for holiday gifts.

Norwegian fiskepudding: a silky cod mousse bound with cream and cornstarch, baked in a water bath until firm. Classic Scandinavian fish pudding served hot with sauce.