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Scotch shortbread with a hint of almond extract: butter, powdered sugar, and flour pressed into a slab, fork-marked, and baked golden. Traditional Scottish shortbread squares for tea time.

Eggnog French toast made with raisin bread strips dipped in creamy eggnog and pan-fried in butter. A festive holiday breakfast dusted with powdered sugar.

Green beans with mushrooms is a buttery, six-ingredient side dish. Fresh green beans simmered until tender, then tossed with butter-sauteed mushrooms for a humble holiday classic.

Half-raw, half-cooked blueberry pie with fresh berries topped by a glossy cooked blueberry glaze in a pre-baked shell. No oven needed after the crust.

Le Bisse are traditional S-shaped butter cookies with lemon zest, made from a simple egg-butter-flour dough. Crisp and golden, these French-style cookies have an elegant shape and delicate crumb.

Makaronia is a simple Greek pasta tossed in browned unsalted butter with grated feta or mizithra cheese and shaved kalamata olives. Four ingredients, 30 minutes, bold Mediterranean flavor.

Sweet dough for pies is a classic pate sucree-style pastry: butter, sugar, egg, and flour combine into a tender, cookie-like crust ideal for tarts, galettes, and dessert pies.

Grilled mullet fillets tenderized in fresh lime juice and basted with butter over hot coals. Only 5 ingredients for a simple, smoky, Southern-style fish right off the grill.

Baked bananas with lime juice and brown sugar caramel sauce. Use slightly underripe bananas, baste as they cook, and you get a glossy tropical dessert ready in 30 minutes with just 4 ingredients.

The classic French pastry dough. Make up to 3 days in advance.

A simple all-butter pastry dough made by hand: flour and cold butter rubbed together, bound with a little water, then chilled to rest. A flaky, versatile base for pies, tarts, and galettes.

This is a lovely sauce to go with either pancakes, ice cream or on gingerbread cake

Buttery shortbread-style nut fingers with toasted walnuts and cornstarch for a melt-in-your-mouth texture. Rolled into ropes, baked golden, and dusted with confectioners' sugar.

Crisp butter wafers pressed paper-thin and baked until barely golden. A simple six-ingredient cookie with a delicate snap and pure butter flavor.

Browned butter cookies with a nutty, toasted flavor baked into every bite. Simple thumbprint-style cookies made with just five ingredients and ready in under an hour.

Homemade hot fudge sauce with unsweetened chocolate, butter, and vanilla cooked into a thick, glossy pour. A 6-ingredient stovetop fudge sauce ready in 30 minutes.