Recipes with butter

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.

Chocolate spritz cookies made with cocoa and real butter, pressed into shapes and drizzled with melted semi-sweet chocolate. A holiday cookie press classic.

Parisian Sophisticates: almond-vanilla buttermilk cupcakes hollowed out and filled with airy chocolate truffle mousse, topped with toasted cake crumbs. Vintage tea-party fancy.

Schwaemme, a traditional German cream sauce with king boletes and chanterelles, finished with parsley and lemon. Serve over potato or bread dumplings for a classic Bavarian side.

Old-fashioned peanut butter fudge cooked to hard ball stage with sugar, milk, butter, and vanilla. Smooth, creamy, and made with just six pantry staples.

Soft honey carrot cookies with shredded carrots, nutmeg, and real honey for natural sweetness. Shaped into 1-inch balls for a tender, cake-like bite.

Shaker fresh herb soup with chives, chervil, sorrel, tarragon, and celery simmered in vegetable stock. Poured over toast and topped with nutmeg and cheddar cheese.

Pecan-lemon shortbread hearts: buttery food-processor shortbread brightened with fresh lemon zest and toasted pecans, cut into hearts for Valentine's, weddings, or any tea tray that needs charm.

Rich cream of mushroom soup made with fresh mushrooms two ways, shallots, milk, heavy cream and egg yolks. Finished with dry sherry for a deep, restaurant-quality French-style soup.

Mom's cream cheese pie on a vanilla wafer crust, topped with a sweetened sour cream layer and baked in two quick stages. A simple, no-fuss cheesecake-style pie that's been a family favorite for generations.

Noodles tossed with sauteed mushrooms, strips of ham, and Parmesan in a buttery garlic sauce with tomato. A quick weeknight pasta dinner ready in 20 minutes.

Strawberry cream pie with a stovetop vanilla custard filling layered with fresh strawberries in a baked pastry shell. A classic no-bake filling pie with old-fashioned egg yolk custard.

Cream cheese butter cookies topped with fresh strawberry halves. A simple thumbprint-style cookie with a tender, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread base and bright berry on top.

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.

Sesame cheese crackers with cheddar, toasted sesame seeds, soy sauce, and cayenne in a buttery dough rolled thin and baked crisp. Homemade crackers with an Asian-cheddar twist.

Savory hazelnut compound butter with Parmesan, lemon zest, and fresh tarragon. A no-cook flavored butter for grilled fish, roasted vegetables, or crusty bread.