Recipes with butter

Broiled salmon steaks topped with a garlic, parsley, and dill breadcrumb crust. A 25-minute fish dinner finished under the broiler for a golden herb crust on a flaky salmon steak.

Make some halloween cupcakes with your kids, so much fun!

Chunky peanut soup with a creamy peanut butter base, loaded with potatoes, zucchini, mushrooms, sweet halibut, and peas, then brightened with lemon and cayenne. A hearty West African-inspired bowl.

Zesty cioppino with shrimp, Dungeness crab, and scallops simmered in a tomato-white wine broth with herbs. A San Francisco-style seafood stew in one hour.

A scrumptious low-fat cake that is perfect snack to have while enjoying a relaxing night on the couch.

Lemon poppy seed cookies with fresh lemon zest, ground coriander, and lemon extract baked low and slow at 300F. Tender, citrusy drop cookies with a subtle crunch from poppy seeds.

Cheddar pinwheels made from a quick biscuit dough rolled thin with sharp cheddar and sliced like cinnamon rolls. Flaky, buttery, and cheesy with golden edges. No yeast needed.

Christmas oyster soup with butter-simmered carrots and celery in hot milk, finished with gently warmed oysters. A traditional holiday first course meant to be served immediately.

Buttermilk pecan pralines cooked to soft ball stage for a creamy, melt-on-your-tongue candy loaded with toasted pecan halves. The buttermilk and baking soda create a caramel flavor that plain sugar pralines can't touch.

Shrimp and cheese enchiladas in a creamy jalapeño-pepper sauce with Monterey Jack, sour cream, and fresh tomatoes. A rich, Tex-Mex seafood enchilada baked until bubbly.

Mexican wedding cookies shaped into crescents with butter, crushed pecans, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Tender, crumbly, and melt-in-your-mouth with just six ingredients.

Red wine-marinated grilled flank steak with a pecan-serrano chile compound butter and a red wine black bean butter sauce. A Southwestern showstopper served with warm tortillas.

Cheese Monkey Bread was a rage in the '60s and '70s, when bakeries in Los Angeles began selling it.

Scandinavian braided cardamom coffee cake with a buttery egg yolk-enriched dough and a sparkling sugar crust. Makes two beautiful braided loaves from one batch.

Beefy chili casserole with ground beef, canned tomatoes, corn, black olives, and cornmeal, baked under a layer of melted cheddar cheese. A Tex-Mex one-dish dinner the whole family will dig into.

Texas-style chocolate sheet cake bakes a thin, fudgy buttermilk-cocoa cake in 25 minutes, then gets crowned with warm pecan-laced fudge icing poured straight onto the still-warm surface. Sixteen squares from one 9x13 pan.