10,000 buttered recipes

Fudgy brownies made with unsweetened chocolate, butter, and pecans. Customize the bake time for fudgy or cakey results, and the pan size for giant or bite-sized squares.

Halloween cookies built on a classic chocolate cocoa drop dough: butter, sugar, eggs, and cocoa powder make a tender base ready for spooky frosting, sprinkles, or candy eyes.

Classic Italian pizzelle cookies made with butter, eggs, vanilla, and a shot of whiskey for depth. Crisp, thin waffle cookies pressed on a pizzelle iron. Makes 16 dozen.

Italian lemon ginger chicken breast (Petto di Pollo al Limone e Zenzero) pan-cooked in butter, white wine, and fresh lemon juice with marinated ginger. Just six ingredients.

Sauteed trout with lime, brown butter, and mushrooms. Milk-dipped, flour-coated fillets cook to a golden crust, then get topped with browned mushrooms and fresh lime wedges.

Poppy seed French bread: thick slices of crusty French bread spread with parmesan butter and poppy seeds, then baked golden on both sides. The 4-ingredient garlic bread upgrade.

Mushroom stuffing made with sliced fresh mushrooms, scallions, butter, and bread crumbs. The earthy umami-rich side that turns any roast bird or pork into a Thanksgiving-worthy meal.

Pecan crisps made with butter, brown sugar, and vanilla, rolled thin and topped with a pecan half. A simple kneaded dough yields tender, nutty cookies with lightly browned edges.

Linzer pastry dough with a full pound of butter, egg yolks, lemon zest, and vanilla. A rich, tender Austrian dough for jam-filled cookies, tarts, and meringue-topped pastries.

Pyrizhky are Ukrainian baked turnovers with a flaky sour cream and butter pastry dough, filled and glazed with egg wash and coarse sugar crystals. Crisp, rich, and endlessly adaptable.

Veal Marsala with scaloppine pan-seared in butter and finished with a quick Marsala wine pan sauce. A classic Italian entree with just 6 ingredients, ready in 30 minutes.

Salmon with chanterelles poaches salmon fillets in a white wine-shallot fish stock, then crowns them with butter-sauteed chanterelle mushrooms. An elegant French-style dinner in 30 minutes.

Light spinach dumplings made from cooked spinach, bread crumbs, egg, butter, and parsley, boiled until they float. A quick, simple dumpling to drop into stews, soups, or simmering stock.

Lemon thyme butter cookies with a tender, crumbly texture from cream of tartar and dried lemon thyme folded into the dough. Chill overnight and bake into fragrant, herby rounds.

Rabanadas are Portuguese fried toast soaked in rum-spiked sweet milk, dipped in beaten egg, and pan-fried in butter until golden. Finished with a dusting of cinnamon sugar.

The Bee Cheese is a classic English-style potted cheddar with sharp aged cheese, butter, sherry, horseradish, and garlic. Pack in a crock and let mellow for days. Cocktail-hour staple.