210 cakes pecan recipes

Homemade apple pie filling for freezing or canning combines sliced apples with cinnamon, nutmeg, and a clear cornstarch syrup. Make-ahead pantry filling for instant pies all year.

Classic butter pecan snowball cookies rolled in powdered sugar while warm for melt-in-your-mouth tender bites packed with toasted nuts.

Mexican wedding cookies (polvorones) made with butter, finely chopped pecans, vanilla, and a hint of cinnamon, rolled in powdered sugar while still warm. Tender, crumbly, and melt-in-your-mouth.

Raspberry pecan thumbprint cookies spiced with cinnamon and allspice, filled with seedless raspberry jam and topped with chopped pecans. Better the next day.

Rum-scented candy logs made with powdered sugar and cherries, coated in melted caramel and rolled in crunchy pecans. A vintage holiday confection that makes half a dozen logs.

Sticky caramel pecan buns with a melted chocolate kiss hiding inside each one. Made with refrigerator biscuit dough for a 4-ingredient shortcut that tastes anything but simple.

Pecan shortbread cookies shaped into little ovals and rolled in powdered sugar. Only 4 ingredients, no eggs, mixed by hand, and they melt in your mouth. A Mexican wedding cookie cousin that makes 4 dozen.

Lacy, crisp pecan cookies made with just 5 ingredients: egg white, brown sugar, flour, salt, and chopped pecans. A dainty, old-fashioned tea party cookie that bakes in 10 minutes flat.

Nutkins are light, crispy pecan meringue cookies made with just 4 ingredients: egg whites, powdered sugar, pecans, and vanilla. Naturally gluten-free.

Chocolate cinnamon meringue cookies with toasted pecans and cocoa powder. Crisp on the outside, chewy in the center, and naturally gluten-free.

Buttery pecan snowball cookies rolled in powdered sugar. No eggs, no leavening, just six ingredients for a crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread-style cookie.

Caramel pecan buns with a melted chocolate kiss hidden inside each one, made with refrigerator biscuit dough. A four-ingredient sticky bun shortcut that bakes golden in under 35 minutes.

Meringues aux noix: light, low-calorie nut meringue cookies with chopped hazelnuts, honey, and amaretto. Crisp, airy French-style cookies that crackle and dissolve.

Easy caramel chocolate sticky buns: a four-ingredient hack using refrigerated biscuits stuffed with chocolate kisses and baked over coconut-pecan frosting that turns into instant caramel when inverted.

Irish cream balls combine crushed vanilla wafers, toasted pecans, cocoa, and Irish cream liqueur into no-bake boozy bites rolled in powdered sugar. The grown-up holiday cookie tray staple.

Christmas hazelnut balls rolled in powdered sugar, a buttery shortbread-style cookie with ground hazelnuts and vanilla. No eggs needed, melt-in-your-mouth tender.