10,000 butter recipes

A German-style blueberry kuchen with a buttery press-in crust, cinnamon-spiced baked berries, and a crown of fresh blueberries on top. Five cups of berries in every pie.

Cookie tacos are crisp buttery tuile shells shaped into taco folds while hot, then stuffed with lime-scented sour cream and lemon pie filling and piled with sugared strawberries. A playful dessert that draws every eye at the table.

Buttery cookies hiding a whole Andes mint inside, wrapped in soft dough and topped with a pecan half for surprise chocolate-mint magic in every bite.

Mjuk pepparkaka, a soft Swedish spice bread with cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and cloves in a sour cream batter. A moist, fragrant Scandinavian loaf that's not a cookie.

Slice-and-bake refrigerator nut cookies with a buttery, crisp snap. Make ahead dough rolls keep in the fridge for fresh-baked cookies anytime. Three built-in variations included.

Roasted marinated crab with ginger, garlic, and serrano chiles served with a butter dipping sauce. Whole crab is marinated up to 4 hours, then grilled or oven-roasted until bright red and opaque.

An Italian Piedmontese braise: beef marinated overnight in Barolo wine with bay leaves and thyme, then slow-simmered with mushrooms, carrots, and onions until fork-tender. Old-world elegance in every slice.

Lemon pistachio quick bread with lemon-rubbed sugar, buttermilk, and chopped pistachios, soaked with a hot lemon syrup glaze while still warm from the oven.

Buttery, crisp-edged cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar and topped with a pecan half. Simple pantry ingredients, 30 minutes start to finish, and totally irresistible for snacking or holiday cookie trays.

Add a European touch to your Christmas baking skills with these scrumptious snacks made with cream cheese, walnuts and dark rum.

Bread and cheese baked with veggies, sort of like a savory bread pudding. Lots of cheesy gooey satisfaction.

Moist and delicious chocolate cake is so easy to make, great when you have company to come over.

Raspberry pecan thumbprint cookies spiced with cinnamon and allspice, filled with seedless raspberry jam and topped with chopped pecans. Better the next day.

Pan-sauteed chicken breasts with a quick raspberry vinegar cream sauce, green onions, and unsalted butter. An elegant 30-minute dinner with a tangy, silky pan sauce.

Light apricot almond cake made with ground almonds, egg whites, and fresh apricot slices on top. No egg yolks, no heavy batter, just a tender, airy French-style fruit cake served warm.

A three-layer blackberry cake bursting with fresh berries, flaked coconut, and chopped pecans, frosted in a buttercream loaded with more of the same. Starts with a cake mix but finishes like a showpiece.