Recipes with butter

Italian-style roast chicken with potatoes, pine nuts, raisins, Romano cheese, and red wine vinegar. A one-pan dinner with sweet, savory, and tangy flavors in every bite.

Chicken breasts Veronique-style with seedless green grapes: pan-simmered in white wine, orange marmalade, tarragon, and cream. A French bistro classic with a fruit sauce that comes together in 30 minutes.

Nanaimo salmon and mushroom kebabs roasted hot and fast for crisp edges and tender, buttery fish. Lemon-parsley marinade plus breadcrumb crust on Pacific Northwest classic skewers.

Soft batch chocolate chip cookies using a clever two-temperature baking technique for chewy centers with golden edges. A small-batch recipe that makes exactly 13 cookies.

Vegetarian split pea soup simmered with leeks, carrots, and garlic, then half-pureed for a body that's creamy and chunky at once. Crowned with homemade garlic-butter whole wheat croutons.

Chewy chocolate cookies loaded with Reese's peanut butter chips. Rich cocoa dough, soft and puffy from the oven, they flatten into fudgy discs as they cool.

Sour cream chocolate layer cake with a tangy, moist crumb and a rich sour cream chocolate frosting. Old-school bakery flavor from a one-bowl batter.

Bob's chocolate chip pecan pie loads an unbaked crust with pecans and chocolate chips, then bakes them under a gooey, custardy filling of corn syrup, eggs, and butter. A rich twist on classic pecan pie.

Poached Pacific salmon with a white wine beurre blanc sauce finished with dill and lemon. Gentle poaching keeps the fillets silky while the butter sauce adds rich, tangy elegance.

Cream of mushroom soup with nearly two pounds of fresh mushrooms, dry sherry, thyme, milk, and heavy cream. Rich, chunky, and homemade in 40 minutes.

This is a very classic cheese souffle, very nice cheese flavor mixing.

Cream cheese shortbread cookies crowned with a fresh strawberry half. Buttery, tender rounds with a jammy ruby center that bakes right into the dough. Pretty enough for tea, easy enough for a weeknight.

Double-crust caramel brown sugar pie with a cooked custard filling made from brown sugar, heavy cream, butter, and eggs. A rich, old-fashioned sugar pie served with fresh berries or peaches.

Salmon steaks brushed with vermouth butter, orange zest, and lemon juice, topped with sliced potatoes and grilled in foil. Works on the barbecue or in the oven.

Old-fashioned date nut bread made with boiling water-softened dates, baking soda, and chopped nuts. A dense, sweet quick bread that slices beautifully.

Holiday harlequin fudge stacks dark chocolate-walnut over white chocolate-cherry in one loaf pan. A two-toned, brandy-laced Christmas fudge for cookie trays and tins.