10,000 buttery recipes

Chippewa trout marinates whole dressed fish in sherry, butter, and lemon juice, then wraps each one in bacon and grills over an open fire until the bacon crisps and the flesh flakes clean.

Creamy mushroom sauce made with just butter, mushrooms and cream, simmered into a thick, glossy sauce in about 15 minutes. No flour needed. Spoon it over steak or pile it on burgers.

Hazelnut biscotti are twice-baked Italian cookies studded with whole hazelnuts, perfect for dunking in espresso or vin santo. A simple, butter-rich version with a crunchy bite.

Intensely chocolate layer cake with cocoa filling and dark chocolate frosting, inspired by Brooklyn's famous blackout cake. Four layers of moist cake with fudgy frosting.

Melting moments cookies sandwich tender coconut shortbreads with orange buttercream and dip half in chocolate. Buttery, citrusy, and chocolate-finished sandwich cookies for tea or holiday plates.

Homemade cinnamon rolls with brown sugar, raisins, and nuts, topped with a sweet vanilla glaze. Soft, buttery yeast dough rolled jelly-roll style for a classic bakery-worthy batch.

Maryanne's cheesecake: a low-and-slow New York-style cheesecake with cream cheese, sour cream, butter, and lemon zest on a buttery graham cracker crust. Baked gently for an ultra-silky texture.

Cape Cod cranberry pie with a self-forming buttery crust that bakes right over tart cranberries and chopped nuts. No pie crust rolling needed. Just mix, pour, and bake.

Classic rolled-and-cut Christmas sugar cookies sprinkled with colored sugar before baking. Crisp, buttery, and ready for stars, trees, and bells without any frosting required.

A fluffy folded omelet topped with a creamy chicken sauce loaded with mushrooms, green pepper, pimentos, olives, and chives. Dinner-worthy eggs ready in 20 minutes that turn leftovers into something elegant.

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.

German chocolate pretzel cookies (Schokoladenpretzel) hand-shaped from cocoa dough and topped with cocoa frosting. A fun baking project that makes about 2 dozen pretzel-shaped cookies.

Oxe frosted brownies are big-batch cocoa brownies studded with walnuts, baked in an oversize pan, and finished with a smooth cocoa fudge frosting. Three dozen fudgy squares for crowds and bake sales.

Chocolate Syrup Cake with Chocolate Coffee Frosting recipe

Great and simple gift-idea! And the result tastes great as well.

Frozen toffee butter torte with a chocolate-ganache center, crushed Heath bar crust and crown, and whipped butter-brown sugar filling. An elegant no-bake make-ahead dessert.