10,000 bitter recipes

Semmelschmarren: a traditional German-Austrian torn pancake made from stale bread soaked in egg custard with raisins, pan-fried in butter, and dusted with cinnamon sugar.

Hayes Street Grill apricot crisp tops tart apricots with a cinnamon brown-sugar crumble and bakes until the fruit bubbles golden. San Francisco restaurant classic dessert in under an hour.

A bold beef barbecue sauce simmered with beer, chili sauce, pimento-stuffed olives, and butter. Briny, tangy, and ready in 15 minutes. Makes 1½ cups of pure backyard magic.

Almond krumkake: paper-thin Norwegian wafers pressed on a krumkake iron, rolled into delicate cones while warm, then filled with whipped cream or jam. The Scandinavian holiday cookie classic.

Chocolate cake mix cookies with crisp rice cereal folded inside and crushed on the outside for a double crunch. A 5-ingredient cookie that kids love to roll and bake.

Light cream of pea soup combines pureed green peas with a quick white sauce of butter, flour, and milk. A simple vegetarian soup ready in 40 minutes with pantry staples.

Jam shortbread bars sandwich a layer of cherry or raspberry preserves between two almond-rich shortbread layers. A buttery, almond-scented sliced bar for tea trays and holiday tins.

Baked curried fruit casserole with pears, peaches, pineapple, apricots, and cherries layered with slivered almonds in a buttery brown sugar curry glaze. A retro holiday side dish that's best made a day ahead.

Campfire potatoes are a cheesy foil-packet side for the grill, sliced potatoes and onion with butter, cheddar, and a splash of Worcestershire, steamed tender in broth. Easy, no-cleanup cooking for cookouts.

Date pecan snowball cookies rolled in powdered sugar with a buttery, crumbly shortbread base. No eggs, no leavening, just butter, flour, dates, and pecans.

Mexican wedding cookies (polvorones): tender almond shortbread balls baked low and slow, then rolled twice in powdered sugar for that signature snowy coating. Melt-in-your-mouth holiday classics.

Homemade butter toffee loaded with almonds and walnuts, topped with melted milk chocolate and more nuts. Cooked to hard crack stage with a hint of rum extract. Break into shards for gifting.

Patty Ann's chocolate diamonds are dense, fudgy chocolate-pecan bars cut into diamond shapes. A short ingredient list and one bowl deliver brownie-like richness with a satisfying nutty crunch.

It is a nice recipe, asparagus with prosciutto, matching. Very great flavor.

Buttermilk chive biscuits: tender flaky biscuits with chopped fresh chives baked at 425°F for tall, golden tops. Ready in 45 minutes from start to plate.

Cinnamon-spiced almond meringue cookies made with just 5 ingredients. Light, crisp, and naturally gluten-free with ground almonds folded into stiff egg whites.