Recipes with butter

Buttermilk chocolate bar nut cake: a dense, fudgy tube cake made with melted milk chocolate bars, chocolate syrup, buttermilk, and chopped nuts. A vintage Southern dessert showstopper.

Wellesley Fudge Cake is the classic two-layer chocolate cake from the Wellesley College era, topped with a deep fudge frosting and chopped walnuts around the edge. Old-school, properly rich.

Homemade English muffins cooked on a griddle in DIY tuna can rings, made from a simple yeast sponge dough with butter. Nooks-and-crannies texture that beats store-bought, with whole wheat and raisin variations.

Cinnamon roll-ups made from flattened white bread spread with sweet cream cheese filling, rolled, and coated in cinnamon sugar butter. A no-yeast party pastry that serves 16.

Triple-layer creme de menthe brownies with a fudgy base, minty buttercream filling, and glossy chocolate chip ganache topping. A retro holiday dessert that's worth the chill time.

Spring asparagus soup with tender asparagus pieces simmered in milk or cream with butter and black pepper. A bare-bones four-ingredient soup that lets fresh asparagus shine.

Steak au poivre, sirloin pressed with a bold crust of cracked peppercorns, chilled overnight, then seared and oven-finished. Sliced thin and brushed with a bright lemon butter, this is French pepper steak done simply.

No-bake pineapple cheese pie with a cookie crumb crust, cream cheese pudding filling brightened with orange juice and zest, and a glossy pineapple-juice glaze. A tropical fridge dessert.

Buttermilk chocolate cake is the tangy, tender German-chocolate style cake with a fine, moist crumb, made for topping with coconut-pecan frosting. A classic Southern church-supper dessert.

Fish house barbecue with whole grilled trout basted in a tomato sauce, white wine, butter, and lemon juice. A classic lakeside cookout recipe ready in 35 minutes.

Scottish shortbread from a simple flour, sugar, and butter mix: buttery, crumbly, melt-in-the-mouth wedges baked pale and gold. A classic three-ingredient treat that doubles as a gift-in-a-jar mix.

Macadamia white chocolate cookies with raspberry jam stirred into the batter for fruity sweetness. Buttery, chewy, and ready in under 30 minutes.

Sopa de ajo, a Spanish garlic soup with poached eggs, golden garlic croutons, and a lemon-brightened broth. Simple, restorative, and ready in 30 minutes.

Crisp cocoa-almond cookies filled with white chocolate ganache. Slice-and-bake dough makes shaping simple, and the thin, snappy wafers pair beautifully with the creamy filling.

Grilled fruit skewers with peaches, plums, mango, and papaya brushed with butter and sprinkled with cardamom sugar. Served with fresh strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries.

Chewy chocolate peanut butter chip cookies bake up soft in the center with deep cocoa flavor and a full bag of peanut butter chips folded through the dough. A drop-and-bake batch cookie ready in 30 minutes.