10,000 butter recipes

Savory mini corn muffins topped with smoked turkey and cranberry relish make elegant two-bite appetizers for holiday entertaining.

Fresh Cherry Pie with a Buttery Cream Cheese Crust recipe

Slow cooker whole chicken with lemon juice, thyme, paprika, and parsley. Rub with butter, set it, and forget it for tender, fall-off-the-bone results in 8 hours.

Vanilla pecan slice-and-bake cookies from a make-ahead dough that chills into logs and freezes for up to 3 months. Crisp, buttery icebox cookies baked from frozen in 12 minutes.

Grandma Riel's apple pie heaps tart Granny Smiths over a flour-and-sugar bottom layer, then dots with butter under a sugar-crackled crust. A heritage double-crust pie that bakes thick and never weeps.

Luxurious garlic soup made with 40 cloves of garlic and dry champagne, topped with toasted French bread and bubbly melted Gruyere. French onion soup's bolder cousin.

Chocolate silk pie with a no-bake filling whipped silky-smooth by beating eggs into creamed butter, sugar, and unsweetened chocolate. Chilled in a flaky shell and crowned with billowy whipped cream.

Homemade Cracker Jack-style caramel popcorn with peanuts, brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup. A crunchy, sweet snack that comes together in just 15 minutes.

Fudgy double chocolate brownies made with melted unsweetened chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate pieces, and crunchy walnuts. Rich, dense, and loaded with real chocolate flavor.

Classic beef stroganoff scaled for one person with tender chuck steak, mushrooms, and a silky sour cream sauce. Ready in 30 minutes, served over noodles or rice.

Simple red beans and rice with canned kidney beans, sauteed onion, celery, and garlic simmered together. A quick USDA-style version of the Louisiana classic, ready in under an hour.

Mushroom, tomato, and Parmesan puff pastry tarts with garlic, lemon thyme, and optional peppery rocket. An Australian-style brunch or light lunch tart that comes together in under 30 minutes.

Lowcountry benne seed cookies (Charleston style) with toasted sesame seeds, brown sugar, and butter. A thin, crispy Southern Christmas cookie with West African roots.

Kaha buth is Sri Lanka's golden yellow rice cooked in coconut milk with cardamom, cloves, lemongrass, and curry leaves. Fragrant, buttery, and the centerpiece of any rice-and-curry feast.

Sugarplum cookies with dried or candied fruit hidden inside each ball of vanilla sugar cookie dough. Topped with creamy frosting and colored sugar for Christmas cookie trays.

Sauteed beef tips with shiitakes: pan-seared tenderloin cubes with earthy shiitake mushrooms, shallots, spinach, white wine, and a cream-butter pan sauce. 20-minute restaurant plate.