Nut recipe collection

Four-ingredient low-calorie cookies made with banana, oats, peanut butter, and baking powder. No flour, no sugar, no eggs, no butter. Just mash, mix, and bake.

Make sure to sit by the fireplace when enjoying this decadent cake that goes great with a cup hot chocolate.

These are good on basic whole-wheat bread, but try having them in Syrian flat breads, or as open-face sandwishes heated up in the oven.

Four-B chili loads black beans, stout beer, broccoli, and peanut butter into a three-chili vegetarian chili with deep, roasty, unexpected flavor. Served over Spanish rice with warm corn tortillas.

Pecan chocolate chip oatmeal cookies baked low and slow for a chewy center and crisp edge. Dark brown sugar, real butter, and a full cup each of pecans and chocolate chips.

French apple spice cake with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, chopped walnuts, and raisins. An oil-based one-bowl cake that starts by macerating apples in sugar.

French banana cake using white cake mix, very ripe mashed bananas, and chopped walnuts. A semi-homemade banana cake that improves after 24 hours chilled.

French onion, garlic and cumin bread, a bold savory yeast loaf packed with crispy bacon, sauteed onion and garlic, Swiss cheese, pecans and warm cumin. An artisan round that freezes well and slices like a dream.

Moist quick bread loaded with grated fresh apples and crunchy pecans, topped with cinnamon sugar before baking. Serve warm from the oven or at room temperature for afternoon tea.

Fresh blueberry cream pie with a tangy sour cream custard filling and a crunchy pecan streusel topping. This simple summer pie showcases ripe blueberries.

Layered fresh fruit cups with bananas, strawberries, peaches, pears, raspberries, and walnuts, soaked overnight in Grand Marnier and topped with orange-zest whipped cream.

Fresh fruit medley with apples, bananas, oranges, and grapes tossed in orange juice concentrate, topped with a spiced yogurt-ricotta sauce. A light, diabetic-friendly dessert.

Three-ingredient apple walnut relish with toasted walnuts, diced Golden Delicious apples, and sweet wine. Make it a day ahead for the best flavor.

Butter-seared halibut steaks baked with strips of smoked salmon, lemon-sherry pan sauce, and walnuts. An elegant seafood dinner ready in 20 minutes with just a handful of ingredients.

Fresh pineapple nut bread folds juicy pineapple and crunchy macadamia nuts into a brown-sugar quick bread, with a cinnamon-sugar crust baked right on top. A tropical, tender loaf that tastes like a Hawaiian morning.

Fresh pineapple pie with dried apricots, macadamia nuts, and a splash of rum in a flaky double crust. A tropical twist on classic fruit pie with Hawaiian accents.