858 bitter recipes

Pearl barley simmers in chicken broth with sautéed onions, fresh mint, and parsley, then gets swirled with yogurt for tangy Armenian comfort.

Quick cherry-almond drop cookies made with cake mix.

Quick and easy way to cook brussel sprouts, and it is a light and refreshing side dish for your holiday menu!

Elegant shortbread-style cookies with ground toasted pecans and a splash of dry sherry. Pressed with decorative designs and ripened overnight for the best texture. Makes 90 cookies.

Irish soda bread flavored cookies, enjoy irish soda bread in these tiny cookies!

Turn frozen bread dough into warm, garlic butter breadsticks topped with Parmesan in under 30 minutes. Just slice, bake, brush, and dip into marinara.

No-bake chocolate fruit balls with dried apricots, raisins, sultanas, and orange zest, dipped in dark chocolate. A rich, fruity homemade candy with no oven needed.

Baked apples and pears layered with buttered cake and topped with a peaked meringue. A classic British fruit dessert with warm spice and lemon.

Baked hot fruit compote with plums, peaches, and mandarin oranges in a brown sugar-lemon glaze. A warm, easy dessert or brunch side from pantry staples.

Butter-tossed lobster tails in a bourbon and white wine cream sauce with sauteed shallots and morel mushrooms, plus bonus tomalley croustades with Gruyere.

Bread machine pain de mie with semolina flour and buttermilk for a tight, even crumb. A Pullman-style sandwich loaf that slices paper-thin for canapes and fancy sandwiches.

Quick sauteed salmon steaks pan-finished in butter with soy sauce and garlic powder, plated with lemon. Five ingredients, 15 minutes, weeknight-dinner heroics for under $10 a serving.

Bread machine semolina bread with buttermilk and durum semolina flour. Pale gold, fine-textured Italian-style sandwich loaf with a tender tangy crumb.

Aromatic curry stock simmered with onions, ginger, garlic, ghee, cloves, and cardamom. The foundation every Indian curry, biryani, or dal deserves in place of plain water.

Holiday master butter cookie dough combines flour, cornstarch, and creamed butter into a tender, rollable base for cut-outs, Linzers, thumbprints, and pinwheels. Chills up to 3 days or freezes up to 6 months.

Lamb rib chops broiled under a rosemary-garlic quince jelly glaze. A 15-minute dinner-party main with a sweet-savory lacquer that caramelizes under the broiler.