8,907 sugar butter recipes

James Beard's brownies sweetened with maple syrup instead of granulated sugar. Just seven ingredients, one bowl, ready in 40 minutes. No butter or oil added.

Mocha frosting: cocoa, instant coffee, butter, and powdered sugar whipped into a silky chocolate-coffee glaze. Pipes, spreads, and stays put on cakes, brownies, and cupcakes.

Soft chocolate chip cookies made with prune puree instead of butter for moist, fudgy texture. Brown sugar and vanilla create rich flavor at just 145 calories per cookie.

Delicious chocolate chip packed zucchini oat brownies made without flour or butter! Vegan, gluten free, optional nut free, low sugar, and high in fibre - SO YUM!

Classic Scottish scones, the real deal: no sugar in the dough, cream-of-tartar leavened, knuckle-flattened and fork-pricked. Lean, tender scones for jam, butter, or proper afternoon tea.

Lemon poppyseed cake sweetened with apple juice concentrate instead of refined sugar. Bright citrus zest, butter, and vanilla make this tender, golden dessert a lighter choice for diabetic-friendly baking.

Old-school peanut cookies packed with chopped peanuts, brown sugar, and vanilla. Crisp-edged, chewy-centered cookies that taste like a peanut butter cookie's nuttier cousin.

Low-calorie chocolate brownies made with melted semi-sweet chocolate and egg whites instead of yolks or butter. A lighter brownie with a fudgy bite and powdered-sugar dusting.

Muddy buddies, aka puppy chow: crunchy Chex tossed in melted chocolate and peanut butter, then shaken in powdered sugar for a sweet, snowy coating. No-bake and ready fast.

Microwave pumpkin butter cooks in 8 minutes with brown sugar and a 5-spice warm blend of allspice, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon. A fall spread for toast, biscuits, or pancakes.

Chunky pickles brine cucumbers overnight, cook in vinegar, then steep in a brown sugar pickling syrup with cinnamon, allspice, mustard, and celery seeds. Sweet old-fashioned bread-and-butter style.

Low-fat blueberry muffins with applesauce in place of butter, sweetened with sugar and maple syrup, and lightened with whipped egg whites. A moist tender breakfast bake under 150 calories per muffin.

Light chocolate brownies made with cocoa powder, egg substitute and a corn oil spread instead of butter, so they bake up fudgy and cholesterol-free. A one-saucepan brownie, dusted with powdered sugar.

Oven-baked dessert pancake (Dutch baby): a giant puffed pancake baked in a hot skillet with butter, then dusted with sugar and lemon juice. Fill with fruit or ice cream for an instant dessert.

The Kaufmans' apple butter, a slow-cooked spread made from cooking apples, reduced apple cider, and sugar simmered for hours into a deep, glossy spread. The Pennsylvania Dutch farmhouse classic, ready for water-bath canning.

Slow cooker apple butter simmers unpeeled apples and cider for 10 hours, then adds sugar and warm spices for the last hour. Yields ten 6-ounce jars of deep, spiced spread for toast or biscuits.