2,269 sugar butter recipes

Maple syrup shortbread bars with a buttery shortbread base topped with a brown sugar, maple syrup, and toasted walnut layer. A two-layer cookie bar that's part shortbread, part praline.

Almond lace cookies, those delicate, paper-thin discs that roll into cigarettes or fans while warm. The classic French tuile-style cookie with ground almonds and orange zest.

Homemade peanut butter fudge cooks sugar and milk to soft-ball stage, then beats in butter and peanut butter for a four-ingredient old-fashioned candy. The classic stovetop fudge.

Pear and ginger pudding layered with butter-sauteed pears, broken gingersnap cookies, and heavy cream, then baked until bubbling. A warm, spiced fruit dessert.

Make-ahead monkey bread using frozen dough balls coated in cinnamon sugar with a buttery cinnamon sauce, rising overnight in a Bundt pan. Prep the night before.

Almond Brown Sugar Biscotti: classic twice-baked Italian cookies with anise, brown sugar warmth, and chopped almonds. Crisp, dunkable, makes 3 dozen and stores for a month.

Deep-fried pineapple fritters with crushed pineapple folded into the batter, served with a brown sugar and pineapple juice sauce. Crispy outside, fruity and tender inside.

Apfelschaum is a baked Swabian apple mousse: tart Granny Smith apples stewed in white wine, sieved smooth, then folded with stiff egg whites and baked low for an airy traditional German dessert.

Chewy praline cookies with brown sugar, butter, and chopped pecans. Thin, crisp-edged, and candy-like with a soft center. Just six ingredients and 20 minutes start to finish.

Bananas halved and pan-fried in butter until golden, then dusted with sugar and cinnamon. Four ingredients, 15 minutes, and pure warm comfort on a plate.

Sour cream coffee cake with a brown sugar, cinnamon, and nut streusel swirled through the center and on top. A classic tube pan breakfast cake that's tender and rich.

Blueberry crumb cake squares from a jelly roll pan with a rich butter batter, a full quart of blueberries, and a cinnamon-nutmeg brown sugar crumb topping. Makes 24 generous squares.

Pecan sweet potato casserole for two with a brown sugar-pecan streusel topping. A small-batch Thanksgiving side that scales down the classic marshmallow-free version into a 3-cup baking dish.

Strawberry muffins with fresh berries and lemon zest, topped with a pecan-cinnamon streusel and drizzled with lemon glaze. Three layers of flavor in every bakery-style bite.

Old-fashioned lemon chess pie with cornmeal as the traditional thickener and fresh lemon juice for tang. The simplest Southern dessert: 5 ingredients, one bowl, no fuss.

Italian almond butter cookies rolled in powdered sugar, made with just 5 ingredients and no eggs. Tender, crumbly, and nutty with a snowball-style coating.