10,000 buttery recipes

Schnecken are German-style cinnamon pecan rolls made from a soft yeasted dough filled with brown sugar, raisins, pecans, and cinnamon, then baked in muffin tins until golden.

Classic Florentine cookies with chopped almonds, brown sugar, and cream, finished with a smooth chocolate coating on the bottom. Thin, lacy, and elegantly crisp.

Rich chocolate drop cookies loaded with flaked coconut, chopped pecans, and chocolate chips, each topped with a pecan half. Melted unsweetened chocolate in the batter gives them a deep, fudgy flavor that tastes like a German chocolate cake in cookie form.

Crisp almond meringue base layered with homemade golden syrup toffee cream, billowy whipped cream, and a dusting of cocoa. An elegant British-style cake with a nearly gluten-free base.

Yaourtopita, a Greek yogurt cake with butter, almonds, and vanilla, lightened with whipped egg whites for an airy crumb. A traditional Greek baking gem served at room temperature.

Chewy Rolo cookie bars: a yellow cake mix base studded with halved Rolo candies that melt into rivers of chocolate caramel. Five-ingredient bake-sale magic.

Old fashioned tea cakes made with buttermilk and self-rising flour. Soft, simple, sugar-topped Southern cookies with just 7 ingredients and no fancy equipment needed.

The crisp, densely chocolaty cookies, with an unusually long baking time, were an annual favorite among the 20-plus recipes that Susan Couchman of Hartland remembers were made each year by her mother, Gloria Kuchler.

Delicate, light and thin Swedish lemon cookie that is as light as an angel's wings.

Broiled flank steak (London broil) with lemon-garlic oil baste and buttery sauteed onions. Sliced thin against the grain for tender beef in 30 minutes flat.

Garlic butter shrimp scampi with lemon, herbs, and orange liqueur reduced into a concentrated sauce. Served over pasta or rice for a quick, elegant seafood dinner.

Buttery, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread bites with dried blueberries and orange zest, pressed into mini muffin tins. Food processor simple and done in 25 minutes flat.

Minimalist fortune cookies with just 4 ingredients: butter, sugar, egg whites, and flour. Quick to make, fun to fold, perfect for parties. Work fast while they're hot and pliable.

A decadent butter icing made with crushed pineapple that is perfect for cakes and muffins.

Butternut squash and prawn soup with a homemade shellfish stock, white wine, rosemary, and a touch of Tabasco. Velvety, rich, and served with whole prawns on top.

Old-fashioned spice cake loaded with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger, plus chopped nuts and plump raisins baked into a tender loaf with a wooden-skewer-clean crumb.