10,000 butter recipes

No-bake graham cracker crust: just three ingredients (graham crumbs, butter, sugar) pressed into a pie plate and chilled. Perfect base for cheesecakes, icebox pies, and cream pies.

Pastel de pescado: a showstopping fish pie of cod and spiced Swiss chard wrapped in buttery pastry, twisted into a rustic topknot and baked golden. A centerpiece dish worth the time.

Chicken with raspberry vinegar pan-sears thin chicken breast cutlets and finishes them in a quick shallot and raspberry vinegar pan sauce. A French bistro classic ready in 30 minutes.

Crispy Rice Krispies cookies with butter, brown sugar, and optional coconut. Baked cookie balls with a crunchy cereal crunch in every bite. Makes 6 dozen.

Broiled salmon steaks with butter-sauteed pears, apples, and lime slices. A fruit-forward seafood dish where the sweet compote and citrus brighten rich, fatty salmon in every bite.

Salmon tomato loaf is an old-fashioned baked dinner that turns canned salmon, cooked tomatoes, and breadcrumbs into a savory main. Pantry ingredients, hot-oven bake, ready in about half an hour.

Super blueberry pie packs 7 cups of berries into a flaky double crust, sweetened with maple syrup, thickened with tapioca, and brushed with cream for a glossy golden top. A bakery-worthy summer dessert.

A rustic pie-cake hybrid loaded with diced apples and pecans, baked in a pie plate and served warm with rum butter sauce and whipped cream.

Sauteed Breast of Cornish Game Hen with Herb Sauce recipe

Showstopping three-layer cappuccino torte with a nutty graham crust, thick semisweet fudge layer, and espresso chocolate buttercream. A make-ahead dessert that chills overnight.

New Orleans-style Cornish game hens stuffed with spinach, mushrooms, and vermouth cream, wrapped in bacon, and roasted with a white wine pan sauce. Masterchef-worthy dinner.

No-bake oatmeal cookies made with strawberry gelatin, coconut, and chopped nuts. Cooked to soft-ball stage on the stovetop and dropped onto waxed paper to set. Quick, chewy, and fruity.

Mincemeat-nut bread with chopped walnuts folded into a creamed butter batter. Fruity, spiced, and baked until golden with a tender crumb.

Pan-seared sole fillets glazed with a syrupy balsamic vinegar reduction and briny capers. Just 7 ingredients and 25 minutes for a stunning weeknight fish dinner.

Boston cookies are an old-fashioned drop cookie with cinnamon, raisins and chopped walnuts in a simple butter-sugar base. Soft in the middle, lightly chewy at the edges, ready in 30 minutes.

Double chocolate cake doughnuts made from scratch with unsweetened chocolate and buttermilk, then fried and topped with cocoa icing. Rich, cakey, and worth the overnight chill.