541 butter dream recipes

Creamy vanilla cheesecake on a cookie crumb crust, drizzled with melted caramel and German chocolate toppings, then showered with toasted pecans. Every slice is a candy-counter dream come true.

Double-frosted brownies: fudgy chocolate brownies topped with a creamy cooked fondant frosting, then crowned with melted unsweetened chocolate. Three layers, three textures, serious chocolate intensity.

Applesauce cheesecake: smooth cream cheese cheesecake with applesauce and warm spices on graham-pecan crust, finished with warm pecan caramel sauce.

This frozen peanut butter pie has a crunchy chocolate crust and is served with warm caramel sauce.

A hearty and scrumptious casserole made with hash brown potatoes, cheddar cheese and sour cream.

Two-layer peanut butter and chocolate marshmallow fluff fudge. A classic stovetop candy with a soft peanut butter base topped with a rich cocoa layer, cut into squares when set.

No-bake chocolate peanut butter pie with a cream cheese and whipped cream filling in a chocolate wafer crust, topped with a ganache-style chocolate layer.

No-bake peanut butter pie with graham cracker crust, cream cheese filling, and a glossy chocolate-espresso glaze. Decadent freezer-friendly dessert.

Kolachki: tender, flaky Eastern European cream cheese cookies wrapped around a sweet ground walnut filling and rolled in sugar. A buttery, melt-in-your-mouth holiday tradition.

Belgian cheesecake with a chewy oat-and-brown-sugar crust and a creamy cream cheese and cottage cheese filling. Less sweet and lighter than American-style cheesecake.

Steamed cranberry pudding with molasses and a warm vanilla butter sauce. A dense, tart-sweet holiday dessert with jewel-red cranberry halves throughout, steamed for 90 minutes in a mold.

L. J's chili with overnight-marinated beef, tomatoes, mushrooms, crushed chilis, and peppers simmered open-pot for four hours. A bold, slow-cooked chili with a distinctive reduction technique.

Jansson's frestelse is the iconic Swedish Christmas potato gratin: julienned potatoes layered with soft onions and salty anchovies, baked in cream until golden and bubbling. A must on any Scandinavian smorgasbord.

Frozen peanut butter ice cream pie with a chocolate wafer crust, toasted cashews, and clover honey. Top each slice with warm fudge for a no-bake dessert that hits creamy, crunchy, and chocolate-deep in one bite.

Potage Saint-Germain: a classic French green pea soup with carrots, leeks, lettuce, and a finishing splash of cream and milk. Pureed silky-smooth and finished with a dollop of sour cream or sherry.

Here's a recipe for pumpkin soup. It comes from Jon Gatewood, the executive chef of Emma's restaurant in the Silas Griffith Inn in Danby, Vermont.