299 butters topping recipes

Chocolate waffles with sour cream batter and chocolate syrup, topped with fresh sliced strawberries and whipped cream. Indulgent weekend brunch that tastes like dessert for breakfast.

Blueberry muffins where half the berries get mashed into the batter for purple swirls and double the fruit flavor. Sugar-crusted tops, bakery-style domes.

Lighter applesauce cinnamon waffles made with buttermilk, whipped egg whites, and a splash of maple syrup. Cinnamon-sugar dusted on top, optional raisins folded into the batter.

Oatmeal blueberry muffins fold juicy blueberries into a hearty oat and flour batter, finished with a crackly cinnamon-sugar topping. Wholesome breakfast muffin, ready in 30 minutes.

Coffee bean brownies: thin sheet-pan brownies with Kahlua and strong brewed coffee in the batter, topped with warm fudgy cocoa frosting poured onto the hot tray. Makes 36.

Pumpkin apple muffins with chunks of fresh apple folded through pumpkin-spiced batter, topped with cinnamon streusel. Tender fall breakfast bakes that smell like a farmstand on a cold morning.

Chocolate pumpkin muffins fold semisweet chips and solid-pack pumpkin into a cinnamon-spiced batter, baked hot for tall, tender tops finished with a chopped nut crunch on every cap.

Hershey's chocolate brownies bake a one-bowl cocoa batter with corn oil and egg substitute for a lower-cholesterol take on the classic. Fudgy centers, crackly top, dusted with powdered sugar.

Double apple muffins use both apple juice and chopped fresh apple in a brown-sugar batter, then finish with cinnamon sugar tops. Tender, fruit-loaded breakfast muffins ready in 35 minutes.

Fluffy pumpkin spice waffles with warm cinnamon, allspice, and ginger folded into a tender batter. Top with toasted pecans and maple syrup for an autumn breakfast worth waking up for.

Streusel coffee cake with a hidden layer of stretched caramel candy ribbons baked inside and a cinnamon-brown sugar walnut crumble on top. Best served warm.

Sour cream coffee cake is a tender, moist brunch cake with a cinnamon-walnut sugar topping layered both through the middle and on top. Sour cream keeps the crumb soft and fine, with a gentle tang.

Lighter carrot cake loaf with crushed pineapple, whipped egg whites, and a smooth nonfat cream cheese topping. Warm cinnamon spice in every slice without the heavy guilt.

Malted coconut marble cake baked in a tube pan with swirled vanilla and chocolate malt batters, topped with coconut frosting browned under the broiler. A retro bakery-style cake with a toasty malt flavor.

A buttery base complements the crunchy almond and lemon topping in these feather-light bars.

Fresh fig muffins with a tender crumb, chopped ripe figs folded into the batter, and a tall golden top. Late summer breakfast or brunch in 30 minutes.