10,000 butter recipes

Delicate butter cookies with ground anise and toasted pine nuts mixed into the dough, topped with whole pine nuts for elegant, nutty-sweet bites.

No-bake fruitcake packed with candied cherries, pineapple, dates, raisins, and nuts, bound with sweetened condensed milk and crushed graham crackers. Refrigerate and slice.

Char-broiled rib eye steaks basted with lemon-butter hot sauce, served topped with grilled mushrooms, peppers, onions, and tomatoes. A complete steak dinner cooked entirely on the grill.

Shrimp and rice: garlicky shrimp sauteed with onion, Italian herbs and white wine, finished with a sprinkle of breadcrumbs and spooned over buttery rice. A fast, comforting weeknight seafood dinner.

Slice-and-bake vanilla wafer cookies with powdered sugar, butter, and cream of tartar. Make the dough ahead, chill, slice thin, and bake crispy in 10 minutes.

Martha Washington's devil's food cake made with unsweetened chocolate, buttermilk, and cake flour. A rich, old-fashioned two-layer chocolate cake baked in a single sheet pan.

Spaghetti frittata bound with eggs, melty mozzarella, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and crispy prosciutto. The classic Italian leftover pasta trick that turns last night's spaghetti into a golden pan-fried wedge.

Australian meat pie with lamb or beef, mushrooms, capsicum, and tomatoes in a homemade butter pastry shell. A proper Aussie baked pie from scratch.

German sour cherry chocolate cake: a dense, fudgy chocolate cake crowned with tart pitted cherries that sink into the batter as it bakes. The sharp cherries cut the rich dark chocolate beautifully.

Buttermilk coffee cake layered with crushed Heath bars and chopped pecans under a buttery brown sugar crumb topping. A rich brunch cake with toffee crunch in every slice.

Whole wheat honey cookies use 100% whole wheat flour and honey instead of refined sugar for a wholesome drop cookie with chewy texture and nutty depth. Eight ingredients, 20 minutes start to finish, kid-lunchbox approved.

Impossible crustless breakfast quiche with sausage, cheese, and Bisquick that forms its own crust as it bakes. A quick blender quiche with just a few pantry ingredients.

The following is a Sugar Pie recipe that came from Northern Indiana and is an old Amish recipe. It is very, very good - and different. This will not be a firm custard, so don't despair if it doesn't look like the custard pies you are accustomed to!

Ultra-moist chocolate zucchini cake with buttermilk, brown sugar, cinnamon, and chocolate chips on top. Baked in a 9x13 pan, this one-bowl cake stays soft for days.

Almond poppy seed loaf cake made with amaretto liqueur, sour cream, and butter for a rich, dense crumb studded with crunchy poppy seeds. Dusted with powdered sugar.

Plum cake made with canned plums and their syrup, dark brown sugar, cinnamon, and a full cup of butter. A moist, spiced sheet cake dusted with powdered sugar.