4,020 butter recipes

Pork chops in Dijon mustard sauce with tarragon and sour cream, served over egg noodles. A quick French-inspired skillet dinner with a creamy, tangy pan sauce.

Silky chicken and ham mousse blended with Madeira wine and whipped cream, set in a gelatin mold. An elegant make-ahead appetizer for cocktail parties and holiday entertaining.

Delicate phyllo triangles filled with spiced apples, toasted pine nuts, and lemon zest, brushed with butter and baked until golden and crisp.

No-bake Halloween spider cookies made by stacking peppermint patties on butter cookies, then piping frosting legs and candy eyes. A spooky craft kids can eat!

A show-stopping rhubarb tart in an almond pastry shell, served with fresh strawberry-kirsch sauce and homemade cinnamon ice cream. Three components, one unforgettable spring dessert.

Quick cherry-almond drop cookies made with cake mix.

Rainbow trout Provencale with red bell pepper, fennel seeds, garlic, vermouth, and tomato paste. A light French-inspired fish dish cooked in minutes.

Turkey piccata: flour-dredged turkey cutlets sauteed in butter and finished with a fresh lemon pan sauce. A lighter, faster take on the Italian veal classic.

Creole shrimp gumbo simmers a dark roux with shrimp, crabmeat, oysters, okra, tomatoes, and the holy trinity. Louisiana-style seafood stew served over hot rice with a kick of Tabasco.

Spicy green beans glazed with orange juice, brown sugar, and butter with serrano chiles. Marinated for an hour, then simmered into a sweet-heat side dish.

Halloween witches' broom sticks shape biscuit dough into twisted handles topped with fringed twig bundles, brushed with butter and Parmesan. A savory shaped snack kids can help craft for Halloween parties.

Serve with vanilla icecream or a dollop of best available double cream

Old-fashioned rock cookies packed with raisins, chopped dates, and nuts in a spiced brown sugar dough with cinnamon and cloves. Dense, chewy, and fruit-studded, these hold up for days in a cookie tin.

Saffron risotto in the simple Milanese tradition: rice toasted in butter and onion, simmered in saffron-laced broth, finished with parmesan. Golden, fragrant, and unfussy.

They are not potatoes that come from the soil, they are made with sugar, and shaped like potatoes, also mixed in vanilla extract and milk. Dust with cinnamon or cocoa powder. People love these cute looking candy potatoes!

Melomakarona, traditional Greek honey cookies made with olive oil, butter, and orange juice, dipped in warm honey syrup and topped with walnuts and cinnamon.