10,000 buttery recipes

Old-school butterscotch brownies (blondies) with dark brown sugar and melted butter. One bowl, six ingredients, and a chewy caramel-edged crumb that bakes up in under an hour.

Grilled sausage foil packet with red potatoes, green beans, and onion sealed up and cooked right on the grill. Smoky sausage and tender vegetables in one no-cleanup hobo dinner for camping or the backyard.

Chocolate pizzelle cookies made with cocoa powder, melted butter, and vanilla, pressed on a pizzelle iron. An Italian waffle cookie with a rich chocolate twist.

Bread machine toffee nut wheat bread loaded with crunchy pecans, brown sugar, and a hint of coffee. Dump it in, press start, and fill the house with that warm, toasty aroma.

Filled butter ring cookies sandwich apricot preserves between two shortbread rounds, the top one cut with a thimble window, dusted with powdered sugar. Linzer-style holiday classic.

Salmon fillets steamed in individual foil packets with fresh thyme, parsley, garlic, white wine, and butter. Ready in 30 minutes with almost zero cleanup. A weeknight winner.

North Indian dahl palak: yellow split peas simmered with spinach, then finished with a sizzled tarka of butter, ginger, garlic, and garam masala. Vegetarian, gluten-free, weeknight-friendly.

This fish pie can use different kinds of fish, and mix all of them, it is a very nice recipe!

Tender bundt cake layered with cinnamon-walnut streusel and studded with dried apricots, finished with a sweet almond glaze that drips down the ridges.

Fish timbales made with pureed cod or halibut, eggs, and nutmeg, baked in a water bath and served with a creamy curry sauce. An elegant seafood dinner from classic French technique.

Mexican cheese dip made in the microwave with cheddar, jalapenos, garlic, tomatoes, and a quick roux for thickness. A from-scratch queso dip ready in about 10 minutes, no Velveeta needed.

A Victorian-era Irish lobster recipe from novelist Thackeray: tender lobster stewed in butter with mustard, vinegar, ketchup, and cayenne. Rich, briny, and steeped in literary history.

Hungarian vegetarian soup with pearl barley, split peas, potatoes, and carrots simmered in white wine, thickened with a butter roux and finished with vegetable juice and liquid smoke.

Butterscotch coffee cake using frozen dinner rolls layered with butterscotch pudding mix, cinnamon, butter, and pecans, risen overnight for a fuss-free brunch pull-apart.

Fudge nut cake with melted unsweetened chocolate and chopped nuts baked in a single 9x13 pan or two round layers. A dense, fudgy from-scratch chocolate cake with old-fashioned charm.

Oat and onion tarts: little British-style savory tarts with crisp oat-and-cheese pastry, slow-sweated onions, and a baked sour cream and cheddar custard. Perfect with drinks or a green salad.