10,000 butter recipes

Creamy homemade coffee fudge topped with a glossy layer of melted chocolate and chopped nuts. Old-fashioned candy-making that yields about 49 squares of pure indulgence.

Dark, hearty pumpernickel bread studded with raisins, made easy in a bread machine. Rye flour, cocoa, molasses, and cinnamon create a deeply flavored loaf with old-world character.

Whole walleye rubbed with butter and onion, laid on bacon strips, and topped with a sour cream, Parmesan, and breadcrumb crust. The best thing to happen to your lake catch.

Buttery chocolate madeleines with a Kahlua syrup brush for extra moisture. These shell-shaped French cookies stay fresh for days and freeze beautifully.

For the Nuwave oven, a quick and easy breaded chicken main dish.

Grandma Riel's apple pie heaps tart Granny Smiths over a flour-and-sugar bottom layer, then dots with butter under a sugar-crackled crust. A heritage double-crust pie that bakes thick and never weeps.

Penne tossed in a light béchamel cream sauce with flaked canned salmon, sweet peas, parsley, and parmesan. Pantry-friendly 30-minute weeknight dinner.

Golden pan-seared chicken breasts layered with thin prosciutto, melty fontina, and Parmesan then baked until bubbly. An elegant Italian dinner ready in 40 minutes with just 9 ingredients.

Old-fashioned pot roast braised in a Dutch oven with carrots, onions and a homemade pan gravy. Sunday-supper beef chuck the way grandma made it.

Homemade fig newton bars with fresh fig filling inside a cinnamon-laced brown sugar dough, folded like a letter and baked golden. Better than store-bought.

Chicken with apples: a Normandy-style braise of browned chicken flambed with brandy, then baked with apples, onions, cider, and tarragon sour cream. A French country dinner for four.

Farmer's breakfast skillet with sliced potatoes, diced ham, green peppers, and eggs topped with melted cheddar. A hearty one-pan breakfast cooked low and slow, then cut into wedges.

Baked Italian mac and cheese built on a from-scratch bechamel and three cheeses, ricotta, white cheddar, and Romano, with fresh basil and a crisp Italian breadcrumb top. Creamy inside, golden on top.

Three-layer German chocolate cake with mashed potatoes in the batter for a tender crumb, German milk chocolate, and a cooked pecan-coconut frosting that's stirred for 12 minutes until golden.

Placek swiateczny is a Polish Christmas bread loaded with walnuts, raisins, orange peel, and a splash of vodka. Bake it days ahead for the best flavor.

Famous Brown Derby red velvet cake with buttermilk-cocoa cake layers, vinegar reaction, and the original cooked-flour ermine frosting. Hollywood diner classic from the 1940s Wilshire icon.