Nut recipe collection

Old-fashioned applesauce cake: applesauce and oil keep it moist and tender, warm cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg give it autumn spice, and raisins and nuts add chew. An easy one-pan cake.

Bienenstich (Bee Sting Cake), a classic German yeast cake with a caramelized almond topping and vanilla pudding filling. A bakery favorite made at home.

New York-style sour cream cheesecake on a graham cracker almond crust with lemon juice and almond extract. Slow-cooled in the oven to prevent cracking.

Birds in the Nest cookies with brown sugar dough rolled in ground nuts and filled with jelly. A thumbprint cookie recipe passed down through generations of holiday baking.

Birds nests are thumbprint cookies rolled in egg white and crushed walnuts, then filled with a jewel of fruit jam. A classic holiday tea cookie that bakes in 10 minutes.

Biryani layered with saffron rice, spiced meat, butter-toasted almonds, cashews, and raisins, then baked with chicken stock until every grain is fragrant and tender.

Italian almond-hazelnut biscotti twice-bake to crisp dipping cookies with lemon zest, almond extract, and toasted nuts. Lower-fat traditional Italian style, keeps a month in a tin.

Classic almond biscotti are twice-baked Italian cookies made with whole-wheat and white flour, turbinado sugar, eggs, vanilla, and toasted almonds. Crisp, dunkable, and made for coffee.

Savory Italian cheese cookies loaded with freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, butter, and a hint of nutmeg, each topped with a whole almond and baked golden. Rich, crumbly, and utterly addictive.

Biscotti di anise are traditional Italian twice-baked almond cookies with anise seeds and anisette liqueur. Crunchy, fragrant, and made for dunking in espresso or Vin Santo.

Traditional Italian almond biscotti (Biscotti di Prato) baked twice for shattering crunch. No butter, no oil, just flour, eggs, sugar, and whole blanched almonds.

Authentic Tuscan almond biscotti twice-baked until crisp and golden. A traditional Italian cookie with toasted almonds, almond extract, and an egg wash finish.

Biscotti di Prato (cantucci) with whole roasted almonds and ground almond flour for that authentic Tuscan crunch. The classic twice-baked Italian cookie meant for dunking in vin santo or coffee.

Almond orange chocolate biscotti: toasted slivered almonds, orange zest, and chocolate chips folded into a buttery twice-baked Italian cookie dough with a splash of amaretto. Perfect with coffee.

Whole wheat biscotti with toasted walnuts and hazelnuts twice-bake into crisp, lemon-zest-scented cookies for dunking. Lower-sugar Italian cookie shaped into ropes, sliced, then re-baked.

Anise biscotti (mandel bread) with lemon zest, anisette liqueur, and star anise baked twice for a crisp, crunchy dunk-worthy cookie. An Italian-Jewish crossover recipe with optional hazelnuts or sliced almonds.