3,736 bitter recipes

Cornmeal crepes with a slight gritty sweetness, spread with apricot jam, folded into quarters, and served with sugared strawberries and vanilla yogurt. A light, fruity breakfast or dessert.

Chocolate mint meltaways are buttery shortbread cookies enriched with melted mint chocolate chips, drizzled with a mint chocolate glaze and topped with toasted almonds. A no-leavener Christmas cookie that melts on contact.

Pan-seared lamb rib chops with rosemary, garlic, sauteed mushrooms, and a red wine pan sauce. A simple, elegant dinner that comes together in one skillet in 45 minutes.

Filo shrimp puffs with spiced shrimp, coconut, ginger, and turmeric wrapped in flaky filo pastry triangles and baked golden. A crispy, aromatic appetizer with Southeast Asian flair.

Scotch mock apple pie: a Depression-era trick that uses soda crackers, lemon juice, and warm spices to taste exactly like apple pie. No apples required.

Jewish rugelach with a flaky cottage cheese dough, apricot jam, cinnamon-sugar, walnuts, and currants rolled into golden crescents. A holiday cookie jar essential for Hanukkah or Christmas.

Whole wheat-dredged chicken breasts pan-seared in olive oil and butter, finished with a quick port wine pan sauce. An elegant, low-fuss dinner ready in under an hour. Serve over rice with steamed Swiss chard.

Peach and raspberry cobbler with a pre-thickened fruit filling and buttery drop biscuits baked golden on top. A quick, fruity summer dessert using frozen berries.

Kahlua mudslide brownies with coffee liqueur, Irish cream, and vodka baked into fudgy chocolate brownies with walnuts. Topped with a Kahlua powdered sugar glaze.

Homemade maple syrup ice cream served in crisp sablé pastry barquettes with a maple custard sauce. A French-style plated dessert made from real vanilla beans and pure maple syrup.

Rabbit chasseur with a pound of mushrooms, tomatoes, and white wine braised in the oven, finished with a beurre manie-thickened hunter's sauce. Classic French technique.

This unique sandwich cookie from Gerry Cofta of Milwaukee offers a classic flavor pairing of chocolate and raspberry.

Stuffed French toast sandwiches filled with mashed banana, walnuts, and nutmeg, pan-fried golden in butter. A decadent weekend brunch ready in 20 minutes.

Creamy, nutty and chocolaty cake, everyone loves it!

Maple walnut bars with raisins, melted butter, and just 7 ingredients mixed in one bowl. Chewy, nutty cookie bars baked in an 8-inch pan and cut into squares.

Sopa de elote is a creamy Mexican corn soup made from pureed corn simmered in milk with sweet and hot peppers. Garnished with fried tortilla strips and crumbled cheese.