Recipes with butter

Garlic chicken Provencal soup with golden-browned chicken breasts simmered in plum tomatoes and white wine, loaded with Italian vegetables and pasta. Served in shallow bowls with Parmesan.

Garlic chicken Provencal soup with golden-browned chicken breasts simmered in plum tomatoes and white wine, loaded with Italian vegetables and pasta. Served in shallow bowls with Parmesan.

Gramma Bahrt's salmon piroghi, a hearty double-crust pie layered with stock-cooked rice, flaked salmon, hard-boiled eggs and buttery chives. A Russian-style salmon pie baked golden and glossy.

Gramma Bahrt's salmon piroghi, a hearty double-crust pie layered with stock-cooked rice, flaked salmon, hard-boiled eggs and buttery chives. A Russian-style salmon pie baked golden and glossy.

Tender butter cookies studded with chopped fresh strawberries and scented with nutmeg and brandy, dusted in powdered sugar. Little jewel-like bites that melt on the tongue.

Not your grandma's carrot cake. This one's spiked with Coca-Cola, loaded with grated carrots, nuts, and coconut, then drenched in a hot cocoa-cola syrup that soaks right through the warm crumb. Serves 16.

Hearty soybean burgers with eggplant, oats, wheat germ, and garlic, served with a homemade mushroom tamari gravy. A from-scratch vegetarian patty with serious substance.

Shrimp Creole omelets stuffed with a spicy tomato sauce built on the Cajun holy trinity of onion, bell pepper, and celery. Fold them soft, fill them hot, and serve with rice.

Shrimp Creole omelets stuffed with a spicy tomato sauce built on the Cajun holy trinity of onion, bell pepper, and celery. Fold them soft, fill them hot, and serve with rice.

For years I only ate carrot cake with a butter and cream cheese frosting, but I was surprised by this glazed carrot cake. It was actually delicious. I will not mind enjoying a glazed carrot cake any more.

Flaky, buttery pastry triangles filled with jam and kissed with orange zest. A classic Austrian cookie that uses hard-cooked egg yolks for an impossibly tender dough.

Fettuccine with fresh artichokes, prosciutto, and pesto cream sauce finished with toasted pine nuts and Parmesan. A rich Italian pasta made from scratch.

Pan-seared chicken breasts topped with a zesty Mexi-corn salsa, garnished with cherry tomatoes and fresh cilantro. A quick, colorful Tex-Mex weeknight dinner ready in just 30 minutes.

Chocolate thumbprint cookies filled with orange-tinted icing and a tiny green stem, shaped to look like miniature pumpkins. A festive Halloween cookie recipe the whole family can decorate together.

Chocolate thumbprint cookies filled with orange-tinted icing and a tiny green stem, shaped to look like miniature pumpkins. A festive Halloween cookie recipe the whole family can decorate together.

Chocolate chip cake with a dense, moist sour cream crumb and a full bag of chocolate chips baked in a tube pan. Simple, buttery, and loaded with melted chocolate in every slice.