10,000 buttery recipes

Kolachkes are Polish-American cream cheese cookies: a tender butter-and-cream-cheese dough wrapped around fruit jam, walnut, or sweet cheese filling. Rolled in powdered sugar instead of flour.

Quickie beef stroganoff with tender chuck steak strips, earthy mushrooms, and tangy sour cream sauce over buttered noodles in under an hour.

Freezer-friendly sour cream drop cookies with cardamom that bake straight from frozen. Make the dough ahead, freeze for up to 6 months, and bake fresh warm cookies whenever the craving hits.

Creamy broccoli and artichoke casserole loaded with cream cheese, butter, and a squeeze of lemon, topped with crunchy cracker crumbs. Ready in 45 minutes with just 6 ingredients.

Fanky (faworki) are Polish deep-fried pastry diamonds made with egg yolks, sour cream, wine, and butter, dusted with powdered sugar. Thin, crispy, and addictive.

Onion cake with bacon, sour cream, and eggs baked on a crescent roll crust. A savory German-inspired appetizer cut into bite-sized squares and served warm.

Traditional Russian Pascha (Paskha) made with cream cheese, butter, raisins, sultanas, and cherries, drained in muslin for 24 hours. A rich, no-bake Easter dessert.

Liptauer cheese spread with cream cheese, butter, sweet paprika, capers, anchovies, shallot, and caraway seeds. A bold Austrian appetizer that chills overnight for deep flavor.

Liptauer cheese spread with cream cheese, butter, anchovies, capers, and caraway seeds. A bold Austrian appetizer that chills overnight for the deepest flavor.

Eggs baked in sour cream with breadcrumbs, butter, and freshly grated Parmesan. A rich, creamy brunch dish with set whites and golden, bubbly cheese on top.

Polish mushrooms in sour cream sauce with sauteed onions, butter, and paprika. A rich and velvety Eastern European side dish ready in under 30 minutes.

Honey almond tartlets with a flaky sour cream pastry shell, cream cheese and honey filling, toasted almonds, and fresh strawberries on top. An elegant make-ahead dessert.

Pecan rice melange marries chewy wild rice and tender long grain rice with toasted pecans, butter, and fresh parsley. A nutty, herbal side that holds its own next to roast chicken or pork.

Halibut baked in the microwave with orange juice, orange zest, lemon juice, butter, and a hint of nutmeg. A citrus-glazed fish dinner for two that cooks in about 10 minutes.

Eggnog cheesecake flavored with rum and nutmeg, baked in a crumb crust with a high-low oven method for a silky, crack-free top. A festive holiday cheesecake for rum-lovers.

Mushroom soup concentrate is a homemade replacement for canned condensed mushroom soup, built from fresh mushrooms, butter, onion, celery and broth. Use it in casseroles or thin with milk for a quick bowl.