2,443 buttery recipes

Idiot's Delight: a layered no-fuss dessert with pecan shortbread crust, cream cheese filling, butter pecan pudding, whipped topping, and praline pecans. Potluck royalty.

Tender buttermilk yeast sticky buns rolled with cinnamon sugar and baked over a pan of melted butter, brown sugar, and toasted pecans. Inverted to reveal a glossy, gooey caramel top.

Tarte Tatin with a nutty oatmeal crust: apples caramelized in butter and brown sugar in a cast-iron skillet, baked under the crust, then flipped to reveal the glossy upside-down apple tart.

Reese's fudge cookies with cocoa powder dough loaded with chopped peanut butter cups. A rich, dark chocolate drop cookie with melted peanut butter pockets in every bite.

Three-layer creme de menthe brownies with a fudgy chocolate base, green mint buttercream middle, and chocolate chip glaze on top. A retro holiday favorite that freezes well.

Double-frosted brownies: fudgy chocolate brownies topped with a creamy cooked fondant frosting, then crowned with melted unsweetened chocolate. Three layers, three textures, serious chocolate intensity.

Pear and ginger pudding layered with butter-sauteed pears, broken gingersnap cookies, and heavy cream, then baked until bubbling. A warm, spiced fruit dessert.

Hungarian tarts with a cream cheese pastry shell and five filling options: almond, pecan, walnut, coconut, and farmer's cheese. A traditional holiday baking project.

American coffee cake from a Miami County, Ohio Grange recipe: tender egg-white-leavened cake topped with cinnamon-sugar streusel. Two square cakes for a Sunday breakfast crowd.

Copycat Popeye's red beans and rice with canned kidney beans mashed into a creamy, buttery, peppery base seasoned with white pepper and garlic, served over garlic butter rice.

Peach pie with almond crumble topping layers fresh blanched-peeled peaches with almond extract under a buttery sliced-almond streusel. Two-temperature bake locks in juice and crisps the crumble.

Old-fashioned peach gingerbread upside-down cake: molasses-spiced gingerbread baked over fresh sliced peaches, then topped with butter-glazed peaches and a preserves brush. Late-summer dessert perfection.

Toasted herbed millet cooked in water with butter, parsley, and chives. A nutty, fluffy whole grain side dish that can be made ahead and reheated. Gluten-free and naturally light.

Breezy brownies made with Hershey's-style chocolate syrup, pecans, and a poured fudge frosting cooked stovetop. Old-fashioned pantry brownies with a glossy chocolate top that sets like candy.

An authentic german dish, 'Dampfnudle' may be served sour, with sauerkraut, or sweet, with stewed fruit or vanilla sauce.

Potato fudge cake is an heirloom chocolate-spice cake made moist and tender with grated raw potato, warm spices and almonds, crowned with gooey marshmallow icing and a bittersweet chocolate drizzle.