3,422 bitter recipes

Individual French-style apple tarts with homemade butter pastry, applesauce base, thinly sliced apples fanned on top, and an apricot glaze. Elegant, bakery-quality dessert from scratch.

Apple cinnamon crumb pie with cinnamon-spiced apple slices thickened with tapioca, topped with a buttery brown sugar streusel crumb. Classic Dutch apple pie style.

Maple pecan sticky buns bake an oat-enriched dough over a gooey maple-pecan syrup that turns into a glossy topping when inverted. Filled with cinnamon, raisins and pecans, they're a weekend brunch treat.

Classic French chicken fricassee from the Poitou region. Golden-browned chicken braised on a bed of caramelized onions that melt into their own sauce.

Batatas a Portuguesa: sliced potatoes fried golden in butter and oil, seasoned with salt and pepper, finished with fresh parsley. The classic Portuguese side dish that's crispy, buttery, and impossibly simple.

Classic shortbread with rice flour for a delicate sandy bite, baked in a sheet pan and cut into bars. Five ingredients, scored before baking for clean snap-apart pieces.

Soft honey butter rolls shaped as cloverleaf pull-aparts in muffin tins. A tender yeast dough with honey sweetness that stays fresh for days.

Polish ptysie (choux puffs) filled with sauteed mushrooms, onions, and sour cream. Golden savory pastry appetizers baked twice for a crisp, hollow shell.

Lemony anise hyssop tea bread is a fragrant herb-laced loaf with bright citrus zest, toasted walnuts, and a tender, buttery crumb. A garden-to-table baking project for herb growers.

Whole red snapper stuffed with toasted almonds, bread crumbs, celery, and tarragon, basted in melted butter until golden and flaky. A stunning centerpiece for any dinner table.

Apricot-raspberry jam pairs sweet, golden apricots with tart raspberries in a quick liquid-pectin jam that fills 7 jars in 20 minutes. Perfect for toast, scones, or layered into thumbprint cookies.

Moist inside and crispy outside, these scones are full of flavors.

Texas-style chocolate sheet cake with buttermilk, cocoa, and a hot fudge icing poured over the warm cake. A 30-minute one-bowl chocolate sheet cake that feeds a crowd at potlucks and church suppers.

Mascarpone sandwiched between crispy ginger brandy wafers with caramelized fresh figs and orange sauce. A stunning restaurant-style plated dessert with snap and tuile textures.

Chocolate vinegar cake with no eggs or milk, mixed in one bowl using the three-well method, topped with a mocha chocolate frosting made with hot coffee. A Depression-era classic.

German Brussels sprouts simmered in beer until tender, drained, and tossed with butter and salt. A traditional Bavarian side dish where the beer adds malty sweetness and tames the bitterness.