Recipes with nuts

Nutty carob chip cookies sweetened with honey and made with whole wheat flour. Caffeine-free chocolate-chip-cookie alternative for the carob-loving, health-conscious snacker.

Cinnamon apple Jello mold made with applesauce, ginger ale, chopped nuts, and raisins. A nostalgic no-bake gelatin salad for Thanksgiving and holiday dinners.

Easy German cheesecake brownies: German chocolate cake mix base with cream cheese topping baked into rich layered bars. Cake mix shortcut for sixteen squares.

Cherry divinity is the pink church-cookbook candy: hard-ball sugar syrup whipped into beaten egg whites with cherry Jello, then loaded with chopped nuts and coconut. Old-fashioned, fluffy, festive.

Festive cherry bread with maraschino cherries, flaked coconut, and chopped nuts. A sweet holiday quick bread made with cherry juice for extra flavor. Makes two loaves.

Classic banana oat bread with buttermilk tang and crunchy walnuts throughout. Dense, moist, and sturdy enough to slice thick for the best banana bread toast.

California fig oatmeal cookies with dried figs, brown sugar, cinnamon, and chopped nuts. A chewy, fruit-studded drop cookie that bakes in just 10 minutes.

Snowball cookies made with butter, ground nuts, vanilla, and flour, then rolled in powdered sugar while warm. A classic melt-in-your-mouth holiday cookie.

Zucchini quick bread with two cups of grated zucchini, cinnamon, vanilla, and chopped nuts baked into a moist, oil-based loaf. The best way to use up summer zucchini.

Fresh apple cake with macerated apples that release their natural juices into the batter for an extra-moist crumb. Cinnamon, allspice, and chopped nuts in a simple loaf or tube pan. The fall apple cake worth pulling out the bushel.

Tropical coffee cake doctors a yellow cake mix with mandarin oranges and their juice, then crowns it with a coconut, nut, and cinnamon streusel. The whole thing bakes in the microwave in about 10 minutes for a fast brunch treat.

Traditional German lebkuchen: honey-and-molasses spice cookies studded with citron and nuts, finished with a brushed sugar glaze. A heritage Christmas cookie that gets better as it ages.

Cocoa-spice snackin' cake mixes cocoa, applesauce, and warm cinnamon-nutmeg into a tender square pan cake. Easy weekday baking with a moist crumb and chocolate-spice depth.

Butterscotch blonde brownies, also known as blondies, with brown sugar caramelized into melted butter, chopped nuts in the batter, and chocolate bits sprinkled on top.

Persimmon cookies loaded with 2 cups of fresh persimmon pulp, raisins, chopped nuts, and warm spices. A soft, cake-like drop cookie that puts fall's most underused fruit to work.

Microwave honey roasted nuts with cinnamon, orange zest, and a sticky honey glaze. Five ingredients, 15 minutes, and no oven needed for a crunchy homemade snack or gift.