3,696 butter recipes

Velvet devil's food layer cake with coffee and cocoa for deep chocolate flavor, plus a silky coffee buttercream frosting. A bakery-style two-layer showstopper (Part 1).

Old-fashioned date and pecan cake baked low and slow in a tube pan. More fruit and nuts than batter, with a dense, rich texture similar to fruitcake.

Cranberry lemon bread is a quick bread studded with fresh cranberries and pecans, brightened with lemon zest in the batter and a tart lemon-sugar glaze on top. Best served the day after baking.

Intensely chocolate layer cake with cocoa filling and dark chocolate frosting, inspired by Brooklyn's famous blackout cake. Four layers of moist cake with fudgy frosting.

Hearty ground beef and tomato soup with rice, celery, and a touch of chili powder. A quick one-pot soup that simmers in just 20 minutes with simple pantry staples.

County fair banana pie with a chocolate chip layer on the bottom, rum-spiked banana cream filling, and whipped cream with chopped pecans. A blue-ribbon worthy layered banana cream pie.

Sirups kager are traditional Danish brown spice cookies made with dark corn syrup, cinnamon, and cloves. Crisp, warmly spiced, and ideal for holiday cookie tins and Christmas baking.

Sicilian pizza dough made in the bread machine with active dry yeast, dry milk powder, and a touch of butter. Hands-off thick-crust dough that rises pillowy and bakes with a crisp underside.

Frankentaters are a one-skillet stovetop scalloped potato dish layered with sliced hot dogs in a creamy milk sauce. Six ingredients, no oven needed, and done in under 45 minutes. Kid-approved comfort food.

German-style microwave spareribs on a bed of sauerkraut with chopped apple and caraway seeds, topped with a ketchup-mustard-brown sugar barbecue sauce. Ready in under 45 minutes.

Bananas and pecan foster simmer halved bananas in a brown sugar, butter, orange juice, cinnamon, and toasted pecan sauce, served warm over vanilla ice cream. A New Orleans classic with a Southern pecan twist.

Kekstorte is a classic German no-bake cookie cake layering crisp butter cookies with rum-spiked cocoa-coconut cream, chilled overnight in a loaf pan until sliceable and rich.

Potato skin soup uses just the peels, sauteed in butter with onion, simmered in chicken broth, and blended smooth. A resourceful, zero-waste soup with surprisingly rich potato flavor.

Family macaroni and cheese blends Velveeta into a classic béchamel for ultra-creamy sauce, then bakes with shredded cheddar and Monterey Jack on top until bubbly. Crowd-pleasing weeknight comfort.

Traditional Irish roast lamb shoulder with a buttery herb breadcrumb crust, roasted over a bed of potatoes, onions, and sliced apple. Sunday dinner the old country way.

Pain au Sucre, Quebec sugar house maple toast: buttered whole wheat bread broiled with maple sugar until bubbling, topped with walnuts and cream. A 25-minute French-Canadian breakfast treat.