10,000 butter recipes

Carolina-style roast venison soaked in a vinegar brine, then slow-roasted for 4 hours with a tangy homemade mustard-butter barbecue sauce. A hunter's trophy dinner that melts off the bone.

Rose geranium cookies made with rosewater and chopped geranium leaves baked into a soft, floral butter cookie. A unique garden-to-cookie-sheet treat.

Silky sweet corn coulis made from fresh corn kernels and cob broth, strained smooth and finished with butter and cayenne. A refined sauce for shrimp and corn ravioli.

Feta and scallion omelet seasoned with paprika and fresh dill, folded soft and fluffy. A quick brunch omelet with a Russian-style salty-cheese filling that comes together in minutes.

These squares have a great lemon taste and look so good on a dessert tray. I found the recipe on The Pampered Chef card and they sounded so good I had to try them, I think everyone will like them. Easy to make and tasty.

A double-crust apple pie sweetened with brown sugar instead of white for deep butterscotch flavor that tastes like fall itself.

Buttery rolled sugar cookies with a hint of sour cream and fresh lemon zest, cut into any shape you like and sprinkled with crunchy granulated sugar. A chilled dough that rolls out beautifully every time.

Everyone in my house goes NUTS over these. They are easy to make (fool proof, really) and you can also freeze what you don't use for later use.

Granny's ham and potato gratin for a crowd layers parboiled potatoes, diced ham, and Swiss cheese with a mustard-garlic bechamel. Feeds 24, bakes in under an hour, and can be assembled a day ahead.

Classic rolled sugar cookies with a buttery, tender dough that holds its shape when cut with pumpkin, leaf, or any seasonal cookie cutter. Sprinkle with sugar or frost after baking.

Pineapple fudge cooked stovetop with crushed pineapple, marshmallows, and pecans, then beaten to a creamy, old-fashioned finish. Ready in 30 minutes and yields nearly 49 pieces.

Purple plum pie loads sliced fresh plums into a deep-dish crust under a cinnamon-spiced buttery crumb. A late-summer fruit pie with jammy tart filling and golden streusel topping.

Greek shrimp baked with feta, tomato sauce, ouzo, and flamed cognac. Garides saganaki-style seafood with anise-scented depth, perfect for dinner party theatrics.

Jewel cookies (thumbprint cookies) rolled in chopped pecans, baked with a center depression, and filled with jelly or a maraschino cherry. A vintage Christmas cookie tin staple.

Why waste money on a romantic dinner when you can enjoy this tasty chicken dish in the convenience of your home!

Bagna Cauda pasta sauce with 15 garlic cloves, anchovies, roasted garlic, and cream, reduced and tossed with ziti and carrot matchsticks. A rich Piedmontese-inspired pasta in 40 minutes.