Desserts & Sweets with butter

8 oz. room temp butter 3c. sugar 5 eggs + 2 yolks( make sure your eggs are room temp as well..this insures your batter won't curdle) 3c. all purpose flour ([...]

1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast 1 Tbsp. sugar 1/4 c. lukewarm lowfat milk 3/4 c. all-purpose flour 1 lrg egg 1/4 tsp salt 3 Tbsp. unsalted butter cut into pcs and[...]

    Galette Dough, (pg 696) 1/3 c. crushed amaretti , biscotti, or possibly     dry bread crumbs 12 lrg ripe apricots , sliced in half 3 Tbsp. butter , melted[...]